Yeah climate control is where he lost me. My wife’s Honda odyssey has that.

I’m okay with the soft-buttons for memory, or to toggle input, since they are always in fixed locations. In fact soft-buttons are slightly better because they are labeled with the station….though my 2013 Passat has the better compromise of a physical button with the station printed above it.

But HVAC is where I draw the line. I guess the trade off would be that a thermostatically controlled digital systems are probably more simplistic, in their operation and maintenance, than the vacuum-and-linkage systems of yore, and this gives way to multi-zone climate systems in mass market cars. But I still hate that I have to utilize the touchscreen to change which blowers are on or to change the temperature in the rear zone, which blocks GPS if you’re using CarPlay/Android Auto/Nav (I’d assume, I don’t have nav).

Really the only thing on my Tesla I ever need to access on the touchscreen while driving is the climate controls (assuming I don't want to use voice, which is a pain as it hears you wrong)

The other used to be fog lights, but I just keep those on now for extra visibility, like another day time running light.

Everything else including wipers I can do from the wheel now without having to touch the screen.

I only use voice to choose a new song/artist, I'm not trying to navigate spotify by hand while driving.

Just wait 'til you try this knob!