• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Let me play devils advocate……

    One of my cars has the hvac controls on the screen and it’s usually fine, because it is actually smart. I only need to set the temperature and it remembers that.

    For example now that it’s getting cold, I almost never need to touch those controls

    • I can preheat through an app (no subscription needed)
    • when I start my car, the thermostat is set to 69 (heh heh) where I last left it
    • the car goes through a progression: heating steering wheel and seat first, then automatically off when the cabin temperature comes up
    • the glaring problem is defroster. Aside from initial heat up I don’t know a good way to switch to that while driving. I don’t know if it’s supposed to be automatic and fails or if there is a shortcut somewhere