There’s no way anyone will press it by accident!

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    “I want this especially off!”

    Jeremy Clarkson, as he presses the “ESP OFF” button.

  • earphone843@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    My car’s SOS button is about half an inch from the passengers sun visor. If you try to slide it to the left to block sun towards the middle, it’ll hit the button every time.

    • psychOdelic she/her@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I used to be afraid of the light buttons on the top, because there was some sos button next to it and I couldn’t really tell what the signs meant so I always thought I would hit the sos

  • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Meh; pro drivers turn it off anyway, so it doesn’t interfere with your inputs and prevent you from Tokyo Drifting around corners.

    I wish my traction+stability control button was next to my knee too, so I don’t have to keep reaching for the button every time I start my car.

    (FWIW, I’m not a pro driver. I just turn it off because it’s a bit too aggressive in my 350Z. Even the tiniest bit of wheel spin cuts all power from the engine and doesn’t give it back for at least 5-10 seconds, which is especially annoying when you’re in the middle of a gear change.)

      • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        The problem is that I’m not the best shifter in the world. My 1st to 2nd shift is often rough, which causes TCS to kick in cause I keep popping out the clutch too fast. And when TCS cuts fuel in the middle of a gear change, it causes the car to buck and stall, which can cause an accident. So I turn it off.

        I’ve been driving manual since 2008 and honestly, I’ve never really had this issue before in other cars. Just my 350Z. It’s significantly harder to shift smoothly in.

    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I have to hold it a few seconds for it to actually turn off (and not just go into sport handling whatever mode) and then I drift a little to get that 0.5 of joy I can on my daily commute without going out of my way to get the chance.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Buddy that’s a Lexus. The corect way to sit in those is to put the seat low and far back than what even a bucket seat would do. You should basically be so reclined like it’s one of those sofas from a shrink’s office.

    It’ll take you a few minutes to adjust to the new ride height and gain your superiority complex over the other peasants on the road.

    spoiler

    Have driven a 2007 i350, basically stole this concept from the owner lmao

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeah you shouldn’t have knees that close to the dash, unless you are 7ft and the seat can’t go back further.

        • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          6’6 here I feel the pain.

          But have you tried the Citroen BX? I had to put on the blinkers to get in, and leave them on while driving…

          • Hubi@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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            11 months ago

            There’s no way you just mentioned the Citroen BX. Crazy coincidence. I’ve actually been looking to buy one for a couple of months (the early model with the cool instrument panel) but I’ve never actually sat in one. And I’m just now finding out that it’s too small??

            • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              11 months ago

              I can be wrong, it was a very long time ago like in -93 or -94 but if I were you, I sure wouldn’t buy one without trying it out first!

              It had the craziest blinker stick, like really fat with lots of dials and buttons. You also sat really close to the ground IIRC. Maybe it was the more modern version, the cool steering wheel one doesn’t seem to even have a blinker stick?

              • Hubi@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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                11 months ago

                Yeah, the earlier ones have a toggle switch on the side of the dash that apparently takes a bit to get used to. The non-adjustable steering wheel is pretty huge in all the models, so that will most likely be the limiting factor. But you’re right, I should probably find one to try sitting in before I intensify my search. Thanks for the heads up!

    • Hubi@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m aware, but I’m very tall and the seat does not go any lower or back far enough for me.

      • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I get you. My biggest issue in pretty much any car I’ve driven so far has been just getting my knees ubder the damn wheel. I almost have to do acrobatics to get my right leg into the car.

      • tonyn@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Hey, I feel your pain. Tall guys need bigger cars. I don’t know what circumstances led to you being stuck in a car that doesn’t fit you but I’ve been there too. I hope you find yourself in something more suitable in the near future. I was able to finally get into a vehicle I’m comfortable in a few years ago and it’s life changing. I’m driving an Expedition.

        • Hubi@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Thanks, that’s nice of you to say! This one is fortunately not mine, it belongs to someone in my family and I just drive it occasionally. In my own car the seat goes so far back that I can barely touch the pedals even with outstretched legs. And there are no annoying buttons to be pressed by accident :D

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Here it is on my Sequoia. At least the knobs are different shapes. Not at all good place for that.

      Those plastic climate control knobs come off easier than you’d expect and are a pain to get back on.

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    A general “fuck you and the horse you rode in on” goes out to all car designers, who put buttons under hidden beneath the wheel at all.

    My car has a heated steering wheel, but the button is between the wheel and the door, in the second row on the left. Guess what I can’t see when I’m driving. Lane assist? Same. And it’s not like missing the button is inconsequential either, one button on that row is opening the charging port. Probably wouldn’t open while doing 90km/h, but I’d not finding out in the first place.

    Meanwhile the center console has multiple blank place holders where physical buttons could be installed, and my car has all the options is fully optioned. Just move the buttons, that you could want to use while driving, so they are actually visible.

    • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I had a car with a parking light switch hidden on top of the steering wheel column. It was blocked from view by the wheel and the angle of the column. I hit it by accident while cleaning my car and didn’t see the parking lights were now on in the glare of the sun. I came out to a dead battery the next day. Why they felt the need to include a switch for just the parking lights and make it independent of the ignition is beyond me.

    • Hubi@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Meanwhile the center console has multiple blank place holders where physical buttons could be installed, and my car has all the options

      I hate this trend so much. Even modern “luxury” vehicles have these blank spaces like they are some economy car from the 90s. God forbid they’d have to spend a few bucks extra for panels that match the actual options.

      • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        There’s always a higher trim level.

        Also, no blank switches in my car, just a big ass touch screen, and a few buttons where the actual function was not included in my model year, but they didn’t bother to remove the button.

    • Hubi@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The steering column only moves in position when I turn the ignition on. Getting in is fine, just a bit of a squeeze.

  • deadcatbounce@reddthat.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You’re either

    • far too tall for that car,
    • the car is a heavily modified Peel P50,
    • or you’re one of those (short-sighted?) grannies that sits within licking range of the windscreen (marshmallow, with hints of orange, for the curious).
  • skip0110@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Be thankful you have a button and don’t need to navigate through 3 levels of touchscreen menus to get to the option.