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Originally Posted by David

I'm curious what car features do some manufactures get right that others should copy.

I'll start:

1. One of my favorites is the intermittent windshield wiper control on the air cooled 911. It's so simple but so perfect. Almost infinitely adjustable from super slow to fast.

2. The cruise control on a BMW. It's on a stalk on the lower left where most German cars correctly put it but the best part is that it applies the brakes when pulled all the way back and it increases and decreases speed in increments of 5 mph when held a little longer. Drives me crazy that modern Porsches don't do this but maybe it's a patent thing.

1 Yep, the infinite adjust ability of the old 911 was great. My boxster does the same, but automatically. I have to turn the wipers on, but once I do, the speed adjusts. I think I can them kick them into 2 constant speeds as well.

2 Yep, similar to our 2018 outback. If the cruise is on and set, a quick bump of the stalk increases/decreases to increments divisible by 5 (if you're at 62, it'll go to 65, then 70, etc...). If you hold the stalk, you can increase/decrease 1mph at a time depending upon how long you hold the stalk. And if you drop the speed by enough (10mph, I think) then the car will brake. So if I get off the interstate at 80, and then drop the cruise down to 40, it'll brake from 80 to 50 then coast from 50 to 40.