Mechanical things like door latches should stay mechanical. There is no real benefit to it being software driven…just like turn signals. Just like a plethora of shit that gives no benefit other than Look at that! It uses electricity ooohh…

I feel like BMW and Mercedes is to blame for this… They are the ones who pioneered vehicles with a plethora of electronic control systems in the name of ‘Luxury’, and it was as if every single manufacturer decided to dive head first… and you can tell that the people driving these changes are absolute idiots that do nothing because customers say they like something but because some trend watch bean counter is claiming this is the new direction…

Case in point, touch controls… they have zero use in a vehicle besides the radio and even then they cant seem to get their heads out of their own asses and leave it up to tried and true methods (apple carplay and android auto) all in the name of… ‘we must be different!’ also called… 'we spent 2 million developing our own shitty/unreliable or both infotainment system and… im not going to be the one who says we need to can that investment on the quarterly investor call…

But now there are cars where almost everything is touch controls… We need to drive fucking cars man!! Not play with it like my smartphone…

Ratchets And Wrenches is a DAMN GOOD DIY repair channel and IMHO, a very overlooked auto repair youtuber. He only has 1M subs. Check em out.