[coleca]

This article is spot on. I am not even a fan of how the manufacturers switched from sliders and knobs on the HVAC controls to up/down buttons with a digital temperature reading. Does it really matter if you set the heat to 78 or 79? Most people I venture would be happy with all the way low, all the way high, and the midpoint. It's so much quicker and less distracting to be able to turn a knob for temperature to your desired level without even taking your eyes off the road. Up/down arrows with a readout require you to look at the current reading, then press the correct button a number of times, sometimes 20+ times to get your desired setting.

[devilbunny]

Even worse, those digital temp settings try to make your cabin that temperature. No, no, no. Let me pick the temperature of the air that blows out of the vents, and just keep on blowing at that temp. If I'm in the sun in my car, I'm going to need cool air (but not necessarily the coldest setting) blowing on me to avoid discomfort. But no; it's winter, and now my choices are either coldest setting or at least somewhat warm air. I'm in winter clothes; the sun is more than enough heat.