Awkward design details on production cars
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Dads Taxi said:
The position of the rear foglight switch on the Jaguar XF is irritating - down by your right knee, next to the boot release, and hidden by the steering wheel. Why?
the previous generation XF was ergonomically abysmal, despite the fancy bits. If anything many of the details are contrary to this thread, as they'd put so much thought into the elegance of design that they'd left how people might interact with it more or less completely out of the frame. Far too many of the controls were provided through the (really slow and ste) touchscreen which meant paging through menus and waiting for the fking thing to catch up before you could set the heater or whatever. At least with the newer edition they took some of those often used functions and exposed them through traditional style separate controls elsewhere. Blown2CV said:
Dads Taxi said:
the previous generation XF was ergonomically abysmal, despite the fancy bits. If anything many of the details are contrary to this thread, as they'd put so much thought into the elegance of design that they'd left how people might interact with it more or less completely out of the frame. Far too many of the controls were provided through the (really slow and ste) touchscreen which meant paging through menus and waiting for the fking thing to catch up before you could set the heater or whatever. At least with the newer edition they took some of those often used functions and exposed them through traditional style separate controls elsewhere. Jimbo. said:
Blown2CV said:
Dads Taxi said:
the previous generation XF was ergonomically abysmal, despite the fancy bits. If anything many of the details are contrary to this thread, as they'd put so much thought into the elegance of design that they'd left how people might interact with it more or less completely out of the frame. Far too many of the controls were provided through the (really slow and ste) touchscreen which meant paging through menus and waiting for the fking thing to catch up before you could set the heater or whatever. At least with the newer edition they took some of those often used functions and exposed them through traditional style separate controls elsewhere. wst said:
Blown2CV said:
sorry to break it to you, but those parts are all plastic.
Well they all have a chrome finish which is the point that really matters. Pistonheads: Pedantry matters.marmitemania said:
wst said:
Blown2CV said:
sorry to break it to you, but those parts are all plastic.
Well they all have a chrome finish which is the point that really matters. Pistonheads: Pedantry matters.wilfandrowlf said:
Slightly TLDR, but has anybody thought the back end of the new Jeep Renegade looks like it's died!
I remember reading Viz a few years ago and when a character was dead it's eyes were represented by simple crosses....
Yes! Apparently its meant to look like the X on the jerry cans that US army Jeeps carried. Still looks dead though.I remember reading Viz a few years ago and when a character was dead it's eyes were represented by simple crosses....
ajprice said:
wilfandrowlf said:
Slightly TLDR, but has anybody thought the back end of the new Jeep Renegade looks like it's died!
I remember reading Viz a few years ago and when a character was dead it's eyes were represented by simple crosses....
Yes! Apparently its meant to look like the X on the jerry cans that US army Jeeps carried. Still looks dead though.I remember reading Viz a few years ago and when a character was dead it's eyes were represented by simple crosses....
mgtony said:
This pointless detail on the rear wheel arch of the new Clio. Thought it was the result of a minor accident the first time I saw it.
I suspect they'll be to get around type protrusion limits for type approval with a certain wheel option. Not sure why they didn't design the arch to pass type approval with all the wheel/tyre combinations they intended to fit, though.kambites said:
I suspect they'll be to get around type protrusion limits for type approval with a certain wheel option. Not sure why they didn't design the arch to pass type approval with all the wheel/tyre combinations they intended to fit, though.
oh thats what they're for. seen this little detail on lots of cars over the years, had always thought it was some aerodynamic tweak up 'til now.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff