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Not crazy about the vertical wall on the console but will hold judgement until I see it in person. One thing i'm pretty sure of with all that leather that is not the interior of a 60K car.
i don't get the cover over the shift dial for the mode, maybe just press down for different modes
could that 3rd button be for the top to come down?
I thought about this all night while I couldn’t sleep. I came to the same conclusion on that third button.
The cover is probably to prevent accidentally changing the mode with a bump of the dial. My Mercedes dial is always getting changed because of bumping it, but the last loaner I got had a cover like shown in photo
Last edited by HooosierDaddy; 07-12-2019 at 07:10 AM.
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Not crazy about the vertical wall on the console but will hold judgement until I see it in person. One thing i'm pretty sure of with all that leather that is not the interior of a 60K car.
Leathers going to be cheap soon... you know, with having to kill all the farting cows for the green new deal.
I think I finally figured out where the HVAC comes out. See that satin metallic strip that runs across the lower third of the steering wheel? See those centered little *****, one on either side? That’s two very long, very narrow air vents. Almost stealth-like. Nice! No more array of binnacle protrusions.
How durable is the switch gear pulling and pushing on it all day?
Honestly how often are you really changing from park to drive in a day...I would guess that you use the window switches more and they seem pretty robust and built for the task.
Is that a push button with a picture icon just above on the Info Screen?
That is the HVAC directional manipulator control I just mentioned. You can see it's mate on the other side of the steering wheel, just above that CarScoops logo.
The angle and distortion in these photos are why you don’t like the wheel or think the “wall” is awkward or too big. Both will appear to look much better on the 18th and when you finally sit in the car.
Honestly how often are you really changing from park to drive in a day...I would guess that you use the window switches more and they seem pretty robust and built for the task.
Well... I plan on nice weather dailying the car. So every time I back it out of my garage or a parking spot it I pull that thing up for reverse. I'd have preferred push buttons for all of them, but they probably varied them so the user has less of a chance to make a mistake selection i.e. the early Jeeps where people couldn't tell if they were in park and that Star Trek actor got run over by his own Jeep. I wonder if there's some kind of mechanical override for towing the car i.e. something fails you pop a cover and can get it in neutral? Regardless... just the musings of an analyst, not a criticism of the car.
That is the HVAC directional manipulator control I just mentioned. You can see it's mate on the other side of the steering wheel, just above that CarScoops logo.
Good catch chaz!
So the vent is coming from below the infotainment screen. I like it... No point in the vents being obnoxiously large or distracting if they can be integrated into the design.
The angle and distortion in these photos are why you don’t like the wheel or think the “wall” is awkward or too big. Both will appear to look much better on the 18th and when you finally sit in the car.
07-12-2019, 06:53 AM
