COMPLETELY USELESS CAR FEATURE

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Lincoln Navigator

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Why it worked

The video taps into a common frustration with modern car interfaces, specifically the move away from physical buttons towards touchscreens for basic functions. The relatable complaint, demonstrated with a luxury vehicle, likely resonated with viewers who have experienced similar issues.

Summary

The video criticizes modern car interior design, specifically highlighting the Lincoln Navigator's vents which lack physical toggles and require navigating a touchscreen menu to adjust airflow. The creator argues this over-reliance on touchscreens, influenced by Tesla's minimalist approach, makes simple functions difficult and distracting while driving.

Structure

1Introduction of the problem: useless car features
2Criticism of touchscreen controls for vents
3Demonstration of difficulty in adjusting airflow
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Lincoln Navigator: ACTS - the car's interior and features are being discussed and demonstrated. Removing it would change the video's subject. Tesla: ACTS - mentioned as a company that ruined automotive design and influenced other manufacturers. Removing it would change the video's subject.

On-screen text

COMPLETELY USELESS CAR FEATURE NEW CAR FEATURE BEEN HITTING, LIKE, THE LUXURY CAR MARKET. IS POSSIBLY THE MOST MORONIC USE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. LIKE, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD. IT'S IN THIS LINCOLN NAVIGATOR THAT IT'S ALSO IN OTHER LUXURY CARS. I NEED YOUR THIS IS CRAZY, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR, COME DOWN TO THE VENTS, OKAY? VERY SLEEK LOOKING. THERE'S NO TOGGLE AIR FLOW. OKAY? CHANGE THE AIR FLOW, YOU HAVE TO GO OVER HERE, HIT THIS BUTTON, HAVE TO FIND YOUR VENT TO MOVE IT. ALL THAT WORK TO STOP THE AIR FROM BLOWING IN MY FACE. YOU'RE PAYING FOR THAT. AND IN A LINCOLN NAVIGATOR, TON FOR THAT. TESLA RUINED THE AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, ON THAT HILL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S ALL MANUFACTURERS FAULTS FOR EVERYBODY COULD HAVE JUST LOOKED AT THE MODEL S TO THE MODEL 3 THAT'S KINDA UGLY AND BASIC. THEN KEPT DOING THE NORMAL INTERIOR OTHER COMPANIES HAD, BUT INSTEAD THEY DECIDED TO COPY, OF IT LOOKS UGLY. IT JUST ADDS TO DISTRACTED DRIVING. I WANT BUTTONS BECAUSE NOW WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING 70 OR 80 MILES THE HIGHWAY. IPAD SCREEN AND OF IT PERFECTLY JUST TO GET OF YOUR FACE. THAT SEEMS SAFE.

Transcript

Car manufacturers have gone too far with their tech, and it is possibly the most moronic use of technology that I've ever seen. Like, just because you can, doesn't mean you should. It's in this Lincoln Navigator that I'm driving this week. It's also in a lot of other luxury cars. I need your opinion on this. This is crazy, right? It's obviously a beautiful interior, but then you come down to the vents, okay? Very sleek looking. There's no toggle to change the air flow. Okay? If you want to change the air flow, you have to go over here, hit this button, have to find your vent to move it. All that work to stop the air from blowing in my face. You're paying for that. And in a Lincoln Navigator, a ton for that. Tesla ruined the automotive design, and I will die on that hill. But at the same time, it's all manufacturers' faults for everybody could have just looked at the Model S to the Model 3, that's kinda ugly and basic, and then kept doing the normal interior other companies had, but instead they decided to copy, of it looks ugly. It just adds to distracted driving. I want buttons because now when you're driving 70 or 80 miles an hour on the highway, iPad screen and of it perfectly just to get air out of your face. That seems safe.