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Post by Big Blue on Nov 7, 2023 10:44:29 GMT
Just watched the Autogefuhl review of next year’s Škoda Superb estate and aside from the fact it looks like what the next 5er should look like one thing made me look up. There is an addressable physical switch, among other analogue switches (including temperature). You can select 4 functions from the big screen and assign them to the rotary dial, so Volume, map zoom and stuff like that. It’s a bit like the assignable buttons on the current 5er, which will disappear from the next, and I’m guessing other cars offer this assignable feature. If not they should: it’s a simple solution to the problem of having to look or touch a screen to do stuff.
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Post by PetrolEd on Nov 7, 2023 13:29:48 GMT
It does seem that VAG are going back to a few more buttons hopefully. The one switch for four things still seems a bit complicated though. As an aside a Skoda Superb 280 Estate is most definitely all the car you would ever need.
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 7, 2023 14:35:59 GMT
. As an aside a Skoda Superb 280 Estate is most definitely all the car you would ever need. Yes. That’s where I ended up after watching the review. |
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Post by Tim on Nov 7, 2023 15:26:08 GMT
So, basically Skoda are re-inventing the button/switch when we've already had a perfectly adequate solution - buttons and switches - for decades?
Well done them!
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Post by Alex on Nov 8, 2023 4:58:39 GMT
. As an aside a Skoda Superb 280 Estate is most definitely all the car you would ever need. Yes. That’s where I ended up after watching the review. Well here's hoping an Octavia estate PHEV gets reasonably close to that. Compared to the mk8 Golf I did feel when looking at them that the Octavoa was better in terms of having physical controls but it annoys me that they moved away from a the nice quality feeling rotary switch for the headlights to a row of cheap buttons. Thanks like that just make a car feel cheap and it's been a recent trend across the VAG lineup. |
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Post by Martin on Nov 8, 2023 6:36:46 GMT
Yes. That’s where I ended up after watching the review. Well here's hoping an Octavia estate PHEV gets reasonably close to that. Compared to the mk8 Golf I did feel when looking at them that the Octavoa was better in terms of having physical controls but it annoys me that they moved away from a the nice quality feeling rotary switch for the headlights to a row of cheap buttons. Thanks like that just make a car feel cheap and it's been a recent trend across the VAG lineup. That’s less of an issue than some of the other changes, when was the last time you touched the headlight controls? I can’t remember. Back to the OP, sounds like positive move and quite an interesting solution, I’ll watch the review. |
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Post by Alex on Nov 8, 2023 10:08:51 GMT
I normally only touch the headlight control when picking the car up from service and realising they've turned the auto lights off! I know it's not an issue but it's just one thing that makes it feel that bit cheaper. In the Golf it was replaced with a touch sensitive haptic pad which, whilst in itself has its own issues, at least looked technological so not quite so cheaply made.
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Post by alf on Nov 8, 2023 10:18:20 GMT
Good! Having buttons, but allowing you to decide what they do (assuming they start out doing what the majority want) is a decent solution.
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Post by chipbutty on Nov 8, 2023 21:28:28 GMT
Just watched the video, assignability aside, this is very similar to the f-type controls but with added complication.
The outer dials set the temp, push once for seat heating, push again for cooling. In the f-type, you push once and turn left for cooling and right for heating.
Works well, looks great….job done.
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Post by bryan on Nov 9, 2023 13:46:10 GMT
The Evoque controls were similar temp left/right, push for seat heating/cooling. Worked well
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