In-car touchscreens are dangerous

Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by nerdponx on Friday February 26, 2021 @06:17PM (#26280989)

I can't speak for nowadays, but my experience with early non-hybrid CVT vehicles was negative. I test drove a Nissan Versa and the engine was sitting at around 4k RPM doing 60 MPH on the highway. It was very loud for a small hatchback, and generally unpleasant to drive.

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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by sebastien_b on Saturday February 27, 2021 @09:08PM (#26290039)

That’s what I used to have (2008) and it wasn’t like that for me.

Your experience sounds like the overdrive was off. Or the transmission was dying/defective.

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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by nerdponx on Saturday February 27, 2021 @11:01PM (#26290566)

I think I tested the Versa in 2008. I specifically raised this concern with the car salesman who was sitting in the passenger seat; he insisted it was normal. Weird!

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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by sebastien_b on Saturday February 27, 2021 @11:53PM (#26290788)

Yeah weird, cause mine ran in the normal RPM range at those speeds.

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