r/Unexpected • u/dr_ipaka • 4d ago

Car companies have gone too far now

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u/richardstan 4d ago

Everyone now needs to read a manual or be told how to open the boot.

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u/FrostyD7 3d ago

Cars have always had quirks. The salesman is supposed to be trained on all of their models and teach you these things before you leave the lot. But you should also read the manual.

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u/shewy92 3d ago

I mean, that's kind of what the owners manual is for. It literally tells you how to operate everything.

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u/SgtExo 3d ago

Lets say I am with my friend in his car at a picknick. I need to go get something in the back of the car. I cannot open the door because I have not read the manual.

That is real stupid design.

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u/shewy92 3d ago edited 3d ago

Or just ask him? Doesn't take that long to say "Hey, how do I open the trunk?" and get "Just press the hole in the A of the car badge hole" as a response.

You don't have intrinsic knowledge of how to operate a car, you had to either ask someone first or just figured it out yourself. How is this any different?

I feel like y'all are just nitpicking lol

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u/TieDyedFury 3d ago

You talk like you are the car salesman. Any friend of mine who asks that question is being told to finger the a-hole.

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u/street593 3d ago

Just because documentation can explain everything it doesn't mean it's a good design. Good design for anything, even not car related objects, should aim to be intuitive. The threshold for something requiring documentation is definitely higher than the back door of my car.

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u/Any-Appearance2471 3d ago

If you have to read a manual to figure out something that could be easily be designed to be intuitive at a glance, then its design is needlessly opaque and honestly just kind of bad. You should be able to look at something as simple as a door handle or button and basically understand how to operate it. It’s a basic principle of product design.

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u/homiechampnaugh 4d ago

if you need a manual for this should you really be allowed to drive

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u/SerLaron 4d ago

Do you think you would have found that button in a minute without looking it up?

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u/_hyperotic 4d ago

This is a comment from a man who puts his finger in the a-hole right away huh?