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Clean Dashboard Design - 2016 BMW 340i xDrive Long-Term Road Test

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edited May 2016 in BMW
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Clean Dashboard Design - 2016 BMW 340i xDrive Long-Term Road Test

This BMW 3 Series has a simplified dash layout that includes a unique set of programmable buttons.

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    darexdarex Member Posts: 187
    Same "universal memory buttons" as found in every F-series BMW and MINI.
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    greg128greg128 Member Posts: 529
    My wife's new Malibu also has it.
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    roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 17,366
    I really like the newer BMW interior design; I never warmed up to the E9x interior; it moved away from the great BMW driver-centric cockpits in its predecessors. I prefer function without flash.

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive

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    darthbimmerdarthbimmer Member Posts: 606
    I like how these controls provide direct access to so many classic functions: climate mode, vent controls, fan speed, audio mode, volume, presets. Too many cars nowadays have gone too far in the name of "simplification" and hidden these functions behind multiple levels of menus in the integrated nav system. That is not simplification, that is just making it gratuitously hard to do things like change the fan speed.
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    roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 17,366
    darthbimmer said:

    I like how these controls provide direct access to so many classic functions: climate mode, vent controls, fan speed, audio mode, volume, presets. Too many cars nowadays have gone too far in the name of "simplification" and hidden these functions behind multiple levels of menus in the integrated nav system. That is not simplification, that is just making it gratuitously hard to do things like change the fan speed.

    I hate having to drill-down through touch-screen menus to access a function that could easily be handled by a button or knob. I really like "manual" HVAC and radio controls- particularly for volume and tuning.

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive

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    schen72schen72 Member Posts: 433
    roadburner said:

    darthbimmer said:

    I like how these controls provide direct access to so many classic functions: climate mode, vent controls, fan speed, audio mode, volume, presets. Too many cars nowadays have gone too far in the name of "simplification" and hidden these functions behind multiple levels of menus in the integrated nav system. That is not simplification, that is just making it gratuitously hard to do things like change the fan speed.

    I hate having to drill-down through touch-screen menus to access a function that could easily be handled by a button or knob. I really like "manual" HVAC and radio controls- particularly for volume and tuning.
    Interestingly, a couple years ago, auto journalists constantly derided any car with "cluttered" dashboards having too many buttons. Be careful what you wish for.
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    roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 17,366
    I didn't say I wanted a dashboard filled with buttons- I just prefer rotary knobs for ICE tuning and volume as well as a tactile method to deal with HVAC. I think the F3x and F2x dash layouts are just about perfect in that respect.

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive

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