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by bitexploder 1258 days ago
We ditched our Tesla in favor of an e-tron because the Tesla controls were just not good. you should never need a touch screen for safety critical features like wipers. Also the whole touch screen can and did crash intermittently. The car will still works (e: when the touchscreen is down) but it is unsafe IMO. e-tron has traditional controls everywhere.
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> you should never need a touch screen for safety critical features like wipers.

I have Model S. The wipers are controlled by a traditional stalk on the left of the steering column. Is it different in other models?

Newer S and X models don't have stalks. There's rumors they'll drop the stalks on the Model 3 refresh.
We had a Model 3. You could do one spritz with a physical control, but then had to interact with the touchscreen.