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Center stack controls are a bloody mess of poor design

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The center stack controls in the Mustang are a bloody mess of major poor ergonomics and stupid design.

Controls are small, immediate adjacent to each other, impossible to see in the dark, cannot be operated with taking eyes off the road, and are not tactile differentiated. In short, the design is a huge FAILURE.
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Just tell your sync lady what you want done. She listens most of the time.
 

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I've seen worse.
 

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Probably because you have a base model...
 

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We must have 2 different cars as I think the controls are great. :cheers:
 

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I think it looks nice and is laid a lot better than most, but it really comes down to preference.
 

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The center stack controls in the Mustang are a bloody mess of major poor ergonomics and stupid design.

Controls are small, immediate adjacent to each other, impossible to see in the dark, cannot be operated with taking eyes off the road, and are not tactile differentiated. In short, the design is a huge FAILURE.

Is the car design a huge failure or did you fail to thoroughly test drive and research the car before buying. Plenty of Camaros sitting on the lot waiting for folks like you.
 

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Sorry, I completely disagree.
 

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Some of the best I've ever had in a car. My only quibble is I wish the fan speed knob direction was reversed but I'm used to it now. Everything else is far more intuitive and better laid out than my Company staff car Mercedes.
 

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I actually love the look of the base model. Yeah big touch screen is nice and all, but at night all those buttons lit up really makes it look like the inside of a cockpit, which is what the mustang was designed after.
 

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Some of the best I've ever had in a car. My only quibble is I wish the fan speed knob direction was reversed but I'm used to it now. Everything else is far more intuitive and better laid out than my Company staff car Mercedes.

Lol.. I had this same thought at first.. got used to it tho.. no other issues other than I wish I didn't have to hold down traction control for 5 seconds everytime I get in it. I wish I could just press it once and disable everything.
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