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Originally Posted by mazeroni
Fine by me. I've been concerned that they will simplify the range to basically fully loaded with AT or MT. If there is a base+MT then awesome. Although I quite enjoy keyless entry and start, but I'm okay losing that.
In fact, I'm a little salty about buttons littering my sterring wheel.
My Base MK6 GTI didn't have any buttons either.
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Ive come to like steering wheel buttons. And that mainly has to do with the location of the infotainment screen.
In my X1 the screen is high up and obviously controlled by Idrive. But my Scion IM is in the dash like the twins, but its kind of parallel with the steering wheel. Its actually NOT a good spot, continuously having to look down at it whereas the bimmer is in the sightline and i just need to glance right.
With the twins infotainment screen located somewhat similar to the as the iM, i would imagine the same issue will arise. And thats where the steering wheel buttons come in. I feel safer using it because changing songs and interacting with the screen takes my focus away from the road for quite a lot longer than i would like. Its almost like looking down at a phone while driving....
Obviously i cant tell if sitting lower down and having the center stack not as tall helps makes the sightlines any more paralell with where your eyes are, but that is my take on steering wheel buttons.