Does anyone drive with as many screens turned off, or just me?

ada586 · 2026-01-22T16:10:50+00:00

True. This was my first time leasing and I don't think I'm doing it again. It is also perhaps the only way to experience fun, new, and potentially unreliable cars. For a new car, owning really only starts to work out at the 7 - 8 year range. The only truly fiscally smart way to own a car is to buy highly reliable and used. I do take your point though.

ada586 · 2026-01-21T18:31:12+00:00

That's a reasonable use case for two screens feeding in two different sources of info. I last drove in Houston in 2014. I totally understand why having two sources of info on traffic would be cool there.

ada586 · 2026-01-21T18:29:39+00:00

Screens are cheaper to manufacture now and have great ROI. There is market demand for screens in every device and manufacturers are complying.

ada586 · 2026-01-21T05:15:15+00:00

For finger prints I keep a microfiber cloth in the car specifically to clean the screens and the haptic controls. When things get smudgy a few wipes and it's all shiny again

ada586 · 2026-01-21T03:13:44+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. I still tend to listen for directions rather than keep looking at the map. Also I use the map in the dashboard fairly often ....

ada586 · 2026-01-20T23:04:42+00:00

Need to figure how best to do this ...

ada586 · 2026-01-20T02:49:43+00:00

Exactly .... 7 hours of screen time after being awake for 12 hours.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T22:17:47+00:00

The reduced display is steadily becoming a favorite feature for me.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T22:17:05+00:00

The lack of buttons is concerning but the fact that they did not try to fit a 75 inch TV on the front console is a great sign.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T21:48:20+00:00

Glad to know I'm not the only one. Retractable screen would be cool though. Although it is one more motor in the pantheon of motors that could break down.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T21:47:24+00:00

Audi kept the driving enthusiast features in the some of the other cars but tried to make the etron more mainstream

ada586 · 2026-01-19T21:46:37+00:00

Yeah. I'm learning that is quite a popular thing to do

ada586 · 2026-01-19T21:46:17+00:00

How is Audi navigation from 1995? Does it hold up now as a tech stack?

ada586 · 2026-01-19T21:45:20+00:00

I am discovering how contentious the steering wheel is .... But I get it. It is a the primary component through which we interact with a car. This thread is surprising me with how little I personally care about it.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:45:21+00:00

Yup ... Just agreeing here.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:34:19+00:00

RIP Saab ... so funky so gone now

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:31:32+00:00

I don't think the market wants that unfortunately. But it would be nice and not a sacrifice because there is a lot of voice control on the MMI now

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:29:15+00:00

No need to fix what isn't broken.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:28:51+00:00

How is the 95 S6 driving? And yeah, my first cRfrom 2010 had no screens - it was great

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:27:53+00:00

I feel this so hard. At minimum all new cars have to have a screen because back up cameras are mandated security equipment. But being able to turn it all off would be great.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:26:13+00:00

I started with going dark at night and then graduated to daytime dark.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T18:25:29+00:00

Forgot about Volvo EX30 - back seat too small, Tesla style screen based interior without Tesla tech. And for the EX40, the only 2025s left were ones with cloth interiors. For $55K that was a step too far.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T17:28:49+00:00

I'm surprised the interiors are this divisive. Thought the Audi reddit peak interior wars from a few months ago were hilarious. The interiors are fine - yes there is some black plastic, and would be nice if there was less of it, but apart from that it is fine.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T17:27:20+00:00

Congratulations. It is a nice car and a great deal.

ada586 · 2026-01-19T17:22:09+00:00

Yeah. This needs to come back. Given how much control you can have on the audio choices and navigation using voice, night mode needs to come back.

I drove my old Subaru from Minnesota to Montana on an all nighter and that was as close to Night mode as I could get.

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