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 Have any of the auto makers moved away from horrible touch screen controls? 
 Mazda has a non-touch screen, controlled my a wheel/trackpad. Works great! 
 I want to like mazda but not happy about their subscription fee to use remote start. Shitty business model 
 Did not know about that subscription… that’s a crappy way to operate for sure 
 my wife's palisade has all the buttons/knobs AND a touchscreen 
 BlackBerry cars, analog tectile feedback, sign me up 
 No, but my fingers do while driving. 
 If you look at decade+ old cars you can might tactile controls 
 My newish Ford Explorer has the touch screen for non-driving stuff, and all analog controls and traditional (but electronic) displays for stuff you need to do while paying attention to the road. 

No way am I going to drive my car by iPad. 
 Mazda 3 '21 doesn't have a touchscreen full stop 
 My Kia Telluride has touch screen, but it has manual controls (knobs & buttons) also for all of the common stuff that you really need.  The rest of the features are just window dressing. 
 i was wondering what @telluride 's nick was related to

tellurium is some rare or synthetic element i think, i forget... but thet word has some magical significance in norse mythology i think 
 ah, just read up on it... it's a rare mineral but not that rare, and it can be used to change lead and copper to be more useful in certain ways 
 also a ski town in Colorado where I lived once upon a time.  
 
 Just in case, does this make sense to you?

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