Originally Posted by
nr73
I agree with the OP. Aesthetics aside, what bothers me even more is that a touchscreen, unless done properly (ie large easy-to-hit "buttons") is surely more of a liability than physical switches, dials etc which I often find you can locate by touch without even looking. There's all this focus about speed, road safety etc but then they go and whack a 10" tablet on the dash which you need to look directly at in order to use. Don't try and tell me that isn't hugely distracting especially when there are menus, submenus etc. The i-Drive setup which at least uses a rotary dial is perhaps better in this regard.