What vehicle do you drive?

Don’t rent a car who’s claim to fame is… the wheels fall off

Tholan said:

I rented an electric car in Norway last week, a Toyota BZ4X. Probably one of the worst car i've driven.
- a gazillion buttons everywhere. the layout made no sense
- The head up display was 50% covered by the wheel.
- I'm not big at all, nor tall, but the wheel was also touching my legs. I could lower the seat, but then that would block all information from the HUD.
- The HUD was horrible also. They decided that creating new pictograms is smart - but they gave it to someone retarded obviously.

And of course, that gaze tracking system shouting at you everytime you look to your left to pass someone. The car gave some many beeps and buzzs that 5 minutes in and your brain ignores every warning.
Great car.
Edit : here is a picture I took at my eyes level :
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It's amazing how ugly some new interiors are getting; that dash is atrocious, in multiple ways. Not sure how I feel about the center console, as it looks like most of the buttons at least have some tactile feel to them?




Small aside (since I really like HUDs in vehicles): that's just an ugly/poorly designed dash display/instrument cluster, not a HUD. A HUD is when the information is reflected on the windshield or canopy (first made famous for it's use in aircraft). Although it wouldn't surprise me if vehicle manufacturers/sales have started purposely conflating the two if customers keep requesting HUDs on vehicles without them.

In your case a HUD would have worked a lot better, since at it's lowest point the bottom line of the windshield is still above the steering wheel.

There is even a thread on BZ4X sub-reddit with people complaining about the dash and others saying it's fine for them: LINK.

Here is Mercs (newest?) HUD as an example:


Panasonic is supposedly developing this HUD with AI integration to identify hazards in view (like the bike):

Panasonic debuted it in 2021, so may already be outdated AutoBuzz Link.

Burns said:

It's amazing how ugly some new interiors are getting; that dash is atrocious, in multiple ways. Not sure how I feel about the center console, as it looks like most of the buttons at least have some tactile feel to them?

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Small aside (since I really like HUDs in vehicles): that's just an ugly/poorly designed dash display/instrument cluster, not a HUD. A HUD is when the information is reflected on the windshield or canopy (first made famous for it's use in aircraft). Although it wouldn't surprise me if vehicle manufacturers/sales have started purposely conflating the two if customers keep requesting HUDs on vehicles without them.

In your case a HUD would have worked a lot better, since at it's lowest point the bottom line of the windshield is still above the steering wheel.

There is even a thread on BZ4X sub-reddit with people complaining about the dash and others saying it's fine for them: LINK.

Here is Mercs (newest?) HUD as an example:
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Panasonic is supposedly developing this HUD with AI integration to identify hazards in view (like the bike):
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Panasonic debuted it in 2021, so may already be outdated AutoBuzz Link.

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You're right about the HUD, I called this abomination a hud cause it stands higher than the dashboard.
I'm not sure I like overlays, but the gps info looks neat, especially in cities.

Siliconemelons said:

Don’t rent a car who’s claim to fame is… the wheels fall off

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I wasn't aware of that, I usually randomly pick a car I never drove before when renting one, just for the fun and see how they like to overengineer everything.
Last time was a toyota cross and it was not better than this one. And thank God they have apple car otherwise I would be forced to use their software.
One car was clearly dangerous — I think it was a Volvo hybrid (probably an XC40). The regenerative braking would randomly switch on and off, so you never knew whether the car would actually slow down when you lifted your foot off the pedal. I tried to turn it off, but after drowning in a toxic sea of sub-menus in their software, I gave up and just played braking roulette.

Burns said:

It's amazing how ugly some new interiors are getting; that dash is atrocious, in multiple ways. Not sure how I feel about the center console, as it looks like most of the buttons at least have some tactile feel to them?

View attachment 607462


Small aside (since I really like HUDs in vehicles): that's just an ugly/poorly designed dash display/instrument cluster, not a HUD. A HUD is when the information is reflected on the windshield or canopy (first made famous for it's use in aircraft). Although it wouldn't surprise me if vehicle manufacturers/sales have started purposely conflating the two if customers keep requesting HUDs on vehicles without them.

In your case a HUD would have worked a lot better, since at it's lowest point the bottom line of the windshield is still above the steering wheel.

There is even a thread on BZ4X sub-reddit with people complaining about the dash and others saying it's fine for them: LINK.

Here is Mercs (newest?) HUD as an example:
View attachment 607460

Panasonic is supposedly developing this HUD with AI integration to identify hazards in view (like the bike):
View attachment 607461
Panasonic debuted it in 2021, so may already be outdated AutoBuzz Link.

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That's a car designed for the Chinese market and sold to the rest of us.