I have an S with a yoke and prefer it to a round steering wheel. 95% of the time it’s better: you can see the entire dashboard and your body can feel the angle of the wheel instinctively. 5% of the time it’s worse, during low speed maneuvers.
It's a very natural thing to unwind a wheel with a dragged hand when entering traffic from a stop on a perpendicular side street. And I'd argue that's far more than 5% of the substantialsteering a driver does.
They could have just flattened the circle on the top like a D wheel to give some clearance on the instrumentation. Interrupting the continuous shape with a yoke is the problem, not that it isn't a circle.
It's as if the decision makers behind the yoke don't drive themselves, or were actively trying to make the driving experience worse to compel FSD adoption
Depends on where you drive. I live in SE PA. Roads here tend to be winding, even in the suburbs. Like "slow down to 20 mph so you don't slide off the road" winding. Never mind going into Philly with its weird intersections and tight turns.
Maybe 5% of your driving it's worse, it would be more like 70% of mine. I don't need to see the entire dashboard, I can get all the info I need just fine through the wheel, which adjusts. Also, cars with HUDs are a thing if you go for top level trims.
But when muscle memory matters, I want a wheel to grab. One double-take because the yoke isn't where my instincts expect could be one too many, it's like taking the shoulder-harness off your seat belt so that you look better while driving. Just serves no good purpose beyond vanity.
pengaru|3 years ago
They could have just flattened the circle on the top like a D wheel to give some clearance on the instrumentation. Interrupting the continuous shape with a yoke is the problem, not that it isn't a circle.
It's as if the decision makers behind the yoke don't drive themselves, or were actively trying to make the driving experience worse to compel FSD adoption
scottLobster|3 years ago
Maybe 5% of your driving it's worse, it would be more like 70% of mine. I don't need to see the entire dashboard, I can get all the info I need just fine through the wheel, which adjusts. Also, cars with HUDs are a thing if you go for top level trims.
But when muscle memory matters, I want a wheel to grab. One double-take because the yoke isn't where my instincts expect could be one too many, it's like taking the shoulder-harness off your seat belt so that you look better while driving. Just serves no good purpose beyond vanity.
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svnpenn|3 years ago
AKA maneuvers. Driving on the highway in a straight line is not a maneuver.