Things That Annoy Me About Cars
An author critiques modern electric vehicle design, specifically focusing on the annoyance of glass roofs and the over-reliance on touchscreens for basic vehicle controls. The piece argues that these design choices prioritize aesthetics over driver ergonomics and safety.
Why it matters
Reflects growing consumer pushback against the 'tech-first' design philosophy currently dominating the automotive industry.
This is a big rant about the things in modern cars that piss me off, because I have been looking at a new car and am thoroughly unimpressed with all the options available to me. All the electric cars within my price range and with the features I want, are all plagued by one or more of these design flaws:
I will now explain each annoyance in excruciating detail.
Glass roofs are endemic in electric cars, even the cheap base models, and I hate them.
Being relatively tall, my head is only a few centimeters away from the hot, burning glass radiating directly onto my middle aged balding scalp. In summer the interior side of the glass gets so hot that it hurts to touch.
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