I hear you loud and clear. I had a 2002 F150 Supercrew and I now have a
2013 F150 Supercrew. One sort of expects that each generation should get
better as the designers tend to pay more attention to ergonomics than
they once did.
However, on the 2013, they moved the ignition lock such that I cannot
see it when sitting in the driver's seat unless I lean over and look for
it. It was much easier to put the key in the ignition of the 2002
because I could see the ignition lock without having to contort myself
to see the lock.
The second thing that annoys me is that the switch on the dash to change
into 4 wheel drive is now behind the shifter when the truck is in drive.
It is difficult to access in the winter when I am wearing gloves. It was
fine in the 2002 version as it was in a different spot on the dash.
Randy
On 24/09/2019 1:54 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
Earlier this summer we rented a VW Passat for one day, one way, mostly
driving at night.
I was not too impressed because of a couple of major design "features".
(1) the parking brake is activated by a button near the gear shift, which
is difficult to identify and far from intuitive to use. Several times I
thought I had it engaged, but it wasn't. I believe that it would
automatically disengage when the engine was running and the gear shift was
moved out of park!
(2) in order to dim the instrument panel for night driving, which is done
via several layers of menus on the touchscreen, I had to pull over to the
side of the road and spend a few minutes examining / playing with all the
various buttons and wheels on the dash and then finally resigning to
searching through the touchscreen menu, with print so small it would be
quite impossible so safely adjust those lights at night, while driving on a
strange road.
Many other controls were ergonomically perfect and right where they should
be, identical to cars and trucks I'm used to driving, but these two things
sunk it for me. Ride was very quiet, handling responsive, power was
adequate, visibility was not too bad but nowhere close to as good as my 124
cars. No thanks, I'll keep driving my anachronisms.
I think this car also had something odd about how the gear shifter
controlled the automatic trans which was also "non-standard" so one had to
pay close attention going into reverse or something.
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Max
Charleston SC
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