New Golf going toouchscreen

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 11:38
New Golf going toouchscreen - madf

Any system of control requiring teh driver to look at a screen to control something in a car is inherently unsafe.. HUDs in aircraft say so.

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 11:45
New Golf going toouchscreen - FoxyJukebox

I suspect VW will follow others with a process that prevents both drivers and their passengers from operating an infotainment screen when the vehicle is in motion?.

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 12:19
New Golf going toouchscreen - badbusdriver

I suspect VW will follow others with a process that prevents both drivers and their passengers from operating an infotainment screen when the vehicle is in motion?.

I don't think the problem is watching films or surfing the internet, it is adjusting the heating controls, changing the radio station, that sort of thing. There is a touch screen on our Jazz and it really is tricky trying to do these things while driving, even after more than a year. Before touch screens, these things were controlled by buttons or knobs which, with very little familiarity, could be done without taking your eyes off the road.

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 13:46
New Golf going toouchscreen - daveyjp

If you don't like touch screens (I don't) avoid any review of the Tesla 3 - the only buttons are on the huge screen on the dash.

The controls even for basic ventilation are far too involved to be used whilst actually driving.

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 13:56
New Golf going toouchscreen - Engineer Andy

Just as dangerous as fiddling with a mobile phone whilst driving. The old style buttons and knobs are far better.

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 16:10
New Golf going toouchscreen - Leif

Just as dangerous as fiddling with a mobile phone whilst driving. The old style buttons and knobs are far better.

I agree.

The reason manufacturers are moving to touchscreen is cost. Quite simply it is cheaper to use a touchscreen for control rather than have buttons.

However, you can get touchscreens that provide haptic feedback (basically a sensation of touching a push button) which are better. There are other improvements that you can make which I'd rather not go into for reasons I'd rather not say ...

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 17:06
New Golf going toouchscreen - RichT54

I'm not a fan of touchscreens. Unless the road is very smooth, I find it difficult to tap the required point on the screen, a slight jolt at the wrong time and I frequently end up selecting the wrong option. Also, the response of the touchscreen on my C-HR is very sluggish and it's difficult to know whether it has detected the touch or not. Fortunately the heating and ventilation controls are serparate.

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Wed 5 Sep 2018 23:32
New Golf going toouchscreen - SteveLee

If you don't like touch screens (I don't) avoid any review of the Tesla 3 - the only buttons are on the huge screen on the dash.

The controls even for basic ventilation are far too involved to be used whilst actually driving.

Yes I went in a Tesla the other day - very impressive but I found the touchscreen setup to be daunting.

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