How much day-to-day technology is enough?

[Doctors Do Little]

That will be a nice feature. South bama gets spicy also.

Indeed! L.A. (lower Alabama for the non-locals) does get hot!

 

[Bo’sFarmGeneva]

Indeed! L.A. (lower Alabama for the non-locals) does get hot!

Hit 100 Tuesday

 

[brian10x]

If so, that's arbitrary and deliberate.

Preconditioning could be initialized any way Slate wants it to be.

Button on the remote.​

Flash the high beams while parked.​

Spell S-L-A-T-E in Morse code on the break pedal.​

Anything.​

It's programmable. An event happens and preconditioning starts.

Requiring the app would be deliberate crippling designed to nudge the user into running the app.

BRAKE. Forum spelling NAZI on duty.

 

[enigma9o7]

I wouldn't want to have to use any of that stuff on that list for day-to-day usage. I don't mind there being an app for diagnosing problems or changing default settings to preferred settings (preferably available for OS besides android and ios) , but in no way would want to be required to use an app day to day . And wireless would not be important to me, a USB-C port would be preferred as more reliable and easier.

I wouldn't want a screen either, but that's something we don't have a choice about for US use, all cars since 2019 are required to have a screen and backup camera.

The only steering wheel buttons I would want are for horn and cruise control (if offered).

Keyless entry and remote start are nice features tho, so although not on the list above, they have been discussed in this thread, and that is something I would use daily. Ideally with long range, in the 90s in Alaska I used a 2-way autostart from compustar with very long range, forgot what they advertised butwas well over a mile, just using RF. The problem I see with that keyfob pictured tho, is that unknown button is for autostart, unsure if its 2-way - I want to be able to see if its started or not, not blindly press the button and *hope* it worked.

 

[AZFox]

The problem I see with that keyfob pictured tho, is that unknown button is for autostart, unsure if its 2-way - I want to be able to see if its started or not, not blindly press the button and *hope* it worked.

Maybe have the horn do a short-beep when preconditioning enables and double-short-beep when it disables.

For my purposes I think that would be adequate.