Anyone else annoyed that there's no option on the driver info cluster to view currently playing audio?

[ilikememes]

Hey guys, new G70 owner. I've had it for a few months now. This is my first post but I have lurked around here the past couple of months.

Anyone else find it annoying that there's no option to view your audio info on the driver info cluster? I always have my phone plugged in with android auto and leave it set to google maps with my destination plugged in so I can keep monitoring the traffic and incidents while I drive. It's good to have a quick heads up of changes in traffic (by how google color codes traffic with yellow and red) so you can anticipate it and start slowing down gracefully before you hit the minor traffic/choke point, whether it be a heavy merge, construction, broken down car, etc etc. In more urban driving I just leave Waze on for the same reason but also plus red light and speed cameras, as there a shit ton of both where I live (NYC).

So anyway, I usually just play whatever music I want to using my voice (ok google) and it's nice to get a quick notification popping up on the driver cluster of what just started to play (to make sure google understood me correctly) but then it usually plays songs which it deems similar to the one you just played and thinks you will also like because of that reason.

It'd just be nice to have a quick peek at the driver info screen to see what's playing at all times as opposed to switching back and forth between nav and music on android auto, esp when driving on the highway.

Here's to hoping google adds a feature in AA where in the bottom bar section of the nav screen it shows the audio controls (pause, skip etc) it will also show a quick bit of song info like the title and artist. That would literally be the perfect fix. Have google maps/Waze on screen at all times with the song info displayed at the bottom with small icons for pause, previous and skip. We don't even really need the icons because we have our steering wheeling controls to mute, prev and next track but I guess they're useful for the passenger, and for that reason the icons being small wouldn't matter because it's not like the passenger is too distracted to not focus on them and press the right one since they're not you know...driving!

Anyways, other than that, I love the car!

 

[Toddasaurus]

I personally don't mind at all, as for me, the driver's gauge cluster info is for anything related to driving.

What does bother me, on the other hand, is the HUD not showing what gear you're in. And while we're talking about it, how about Genesis add some little shift lights in there too, yeah? Haha. I get annoyed that it even shows me what audio source I have on. I don't care about that! Haha.

Guess we all have different tastes. Nothing wrong with that.

Congrats on your car. Enjoy it!

 

[ilikememes]

The only other minor annoyance I have is that the valet key doesn't lock all the doors when you use it. It makes no sense to me as every car we've had in the family totally worked the way it was supposed to; when you take the valet key out of the keyfob (leaving the fob inside the car) and lock the driver door with the valet key it'll lock every single door. With the G70 it ONLY locks the driver door, not every door. I have to remember to hit the door lock button before I get out of the car so that the other 3 doors are locked, and then lock mines with the valet key.

I like doing this as opposed to just shutting the car off completely when I'm only going to step out for a few mins like going to buy/grab something at a convenience store/gas station.

Also having to remove the tiny little panel that hides the slot for the valet key is kind of annoying too. I'd be totally fine with that not existing and just having the key slot integrated into the door handle.

Just minor nitpicking lol, the car drives amazing though.

 

[petraman]

I didn't know the gauge cluster can't display audio information, but that would have gotten in the way of the oil temp/torque/boost gauges anyways . Audio info is only a button click away in the center screen!

What does bother me, on the other hand, is the HUD not showing what gear your in. And while we're talking about it, how about Genesis add some little shift lights in there too, yeah?

I think the HUD in the G70 is way underutilized, from a performance standpoint. Even though the Cadillac CT5 drives like a wet sponge, the HUD offers a rev gauge, shift lights and gear indicator. I just scratched the surface on my test drive, too. It feels like the G70's HUD is intended to be more of a safety feature than a performance one, which is a shame. Still works really well, though.

 

[rqc]

I never understand why cars don’t always display the current gear. Even when I’m going for the paddles to downshift from Drive, I‘d want to know the current gear so I know how many paddle shifts I need to do to get to my desired gear. And it should be shown in the HUD; if I’m switching gears, my focus is on the road ahead, not the lower instrument cluster.

 

[rqc]

I never understand why cars don’t always display the current gear. Even when I’m going for the paddles to downshift from Drive, I‘d want to know the current gear so I know how many paddle shifts I need to do to get to my desired gear. And it should be shown in the HUD; if I’m switching gears, my focus is on the road ahead, not the lower instrument cluster.

Also, I’d like some kind of tach display in the HUD.