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Old 01-01-2021, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Removing a snake out of the neighbor's washing machine
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Originally Posted by KemBro71 View Post
Can you stop with the generational insults, this is the
auto forum and it's not appropriate.
Alright. But neither is excessive use of acronyms.

EXCA, PEOFJ
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Old 01-01-2021, 02:42 PM
 
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This sounds like it came right from a Millennial. Especially that gobbledy-guhk at the end!

RTFM in plain words please? (And don't tell me to "google it"!)
"Read the er, foolish manual." And I'm far from being a millennial, as if that changes the fact that the index will contain the word "lights" and the page listed will tell how to turn them on.

Too much for some to deal with?
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Old 01-01-2021, 02:53 PM
 
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Too much for some to deal with?
Annoying as all out for those of us who, in the turn of events, end up driving a variety of vehicles. Good user interface design is supposed to be intuitive.
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Old 01-01-2021, 03:37 PM
 
Location: NYC
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Well on a Tesla, it is just a push button to park as well far from a traditional gear shift and nobody has sued yet.

The problem with technology as usual is the the "user's fault" anybody who works with technology knows there are dumb users who can eff up anything as simple because they can't adapt to change or read the instructions.

The one thing cool with Tesla is that it's not gonna automatically move if it detects the door is opened or driver has left the seat.
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Old 01-01-2021, 04:00 PM
 
Location: Removing a snake out of the neighbor's washing machine
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"Read the er, foolish manual." And I'm far from being a millennial

And that's something I don't get: A lot of older folks, possibly older than my fifty years, corresponding like KWIDJ! ZIZZZZIZIU, "EJCJRC3PO".

I guess I'm just a very ollllld fifty-something, in my conduct and in my beliefs.
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Old 01-01-2021, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Fuquay Varina
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And that's something I don't get: A lot of older folks, possibly older than my fifty years, corresponding like KWIDJ! ZIZZZZIZIU, "EJCJRC3PO".

I guess I'm just a very ollllld fifty-something, in my conduct and in my beliefs.
Arent you the same poster that was over thinking the whole tire pressure scenario a while back?

This OP is funny to me because of that lol
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Old 01-01-2021, 04:28 PM
 
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Arent you the same poster that was over thinking the whole tire pressure scenario a while back?

This OP is funny to me because of that lol
Yes, multiple threads about that and about the auto trans shifter patterns.
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Old 01-01-2021, 04:30 PM
 
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And that's something I don't get: A lot of older folks, possibly older than my fifty years, corresponding like KWIDJ! ZIZZZZIZIU, "EJCJRC3PO".

I guess I'm just a very ollllld fifty-something, in my conduct and in my beliefs.
How is this auto related?

We get it...you enjoy believing you're old and wise beyond your years.
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Old 01-01-2021, 04:32 PM
 
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This is the interior in question. A 2017 Range Rover. Article did not specify if Sport or any other model, so we can only surmise they meant Range Rover (Full Size). It's a dial:





This is neither an unprecedented control as a shifter, nor confusing to use. It's like a dial on a washing machine.

The shifter below is on all other models of Range Rover for 2017. The same ol' slap stick that's been used on BMW's for... 10 years?





Both setups automatically apply the parking brake when Park is selected. It cannot be defeated by the driver. If it rolled away, it wasn't in Park.
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Old 01-01-2021, 06:03 PM
 
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The problem with technology as usual is the the "user's fault" anybody who works with technology knows there are dumb users who can eff up anything as simple because they can't adapt to change or read the instructions.
One of these days I'd like to adapt to improvement. That would, ironically, be a welcome change.
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