• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    5 days ago

    Climate controls need to be physical, though.

    I had an 02 Peugot with automated climate controls. Shits not new. it’s one of the few cases where I will not go back to the caveman way. automated headlights are another.

    a case can be made for demister buttons but I haven’t owned a car made this century that would fog up so that’s a pull over and figure this shit out for the first time affair not a take your eyes off the road and dick around with controls physical or otherwise affair.

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        5 days ago

        again that’s not something you should be dealing with doing 110 on the freeway while steering with your knees and eating cup ramen.

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          5 days ago

          I think my “peak American” was that time many years ago when I went driving down the I35 interstate in rural Kansas…eating a plate of chicken fettuccine alfredo.

          It’s OK. The statute of limitations has long passed.

          Although, now that I think of it, this might be my peak Italian moment, though I’m not of Italian ancestry…

          Anyway, it was delicious Fazoli’s.

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            5 days ago

            Absolutely not. Italians may drive like madmen, but they drive well and are focussed.

            Also why the hell would you add chicken to butter and parmigiano.

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      We have a 2015 Toyota Highlander with automatic climate controls. Except when it’s 72° outside and 110° inside the car when I get in, I don’t want it lazily whispering 72° air at me (which it does sometimes), I want it to blow ice-fucking-cold air for several minutes so I don’t sweat my balls off waiting for the interior temp to come down. Having physical controls is quite nice for that. I can set it back to 72 or 69nice or whatever after the fact.

      Both of my cars have automatic headlights, so 95% of the time we don’t really touch those controls. Every once in a while I’ll turn them on during a storm, when the light level isn’t quite low enough to trigger the headlights.