Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:58:37 GMT From: Marc Escuro <mgescuronopsami.com> Subject: Re: BMW goes wacky ! Have you seen this ?
Actually, a lot of the cars today have steering wheel controls. Saturns have had them from day one. Pontiacs have had them since the 80's. I LOVE those steering wheel controls. It's great also to surprise people who have no idea that you can control things from the wheel. You know they give you the, the "How did you change the radio station" look?? Wish the SAAB had an HUD though. Cadillac's got some new controls on the wheel of the CTS. > On 2/20/02 9:42 PM, in article a523pb$5gi$1nopsam.pdx.net, "Brian" > Witch*Drnopsamnojunkemail.net.ru> wrote: > I think a lot of car mfr's are looking at the military to make their cars > uber-cool. This idea BMW has is probably their attempt at HOTAS (Hands On > Throttle And Stick). Idea being you never take your hands off controls > because there are controls on the stick and throttle controller. You'd be > amazed how good one can get hammering through radar modes while acquiring a > target and tracking it while never taking your hands off the stick. > Unfortunately a car is not a jet aircraft so the averages user isn't going > to adapt and utilize quirky features. > > With that being said, I can't understand why more car companies aren't > putting controls on the steering wheel. I have a 99 Pontiac and absolutely > love steering wheel controls. Not hard at all to adapt to. Plus with a HUD, > you really never have to look down. > > -- Marc Escuro mgescuronopsami.com mgescuronopsamnet