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[spurlz]

Whats to ALL. I just wanted to introduce myself. I recently bought a 2012 Genesis sedan 3.8 V6 with 112k approx. I am from PA also. So I was searching to buy a new vehicle online and came across the Genesis and just fell in love. its been a couple months now since I've had it. I don't have any complaints except for 1 major one in my opinion. It has the lexicon system and yea the system is def top notch but Genesis really shit the bed with the dash unit and how it isn't touch screen. It should of been touch and be able to use the knob as well. other than that I totally love my car. I would like to know what some ppl think of my new car.

 

[EdP]

Whats to ALL. I just wanted to introduce myself. I recently bought a 2012 Genesis sedan 3.8 V6 with 112k approx. I am from PA also. So I was searching to buy a new vehicle online and came across the Genesis and just fell in love. its been a couple months now since I've had it. I don't have any complaints except for 1 major one in my opinion. It has the lexicon system and yea the system is def top notch but Genesis really shit the bed with the dash unit and how it isn't touch screen. It should of been touch and be able to use the knob as well. other than that I totally love my car. I would like to know what some ppl think of my new car.

You bought a 12 year old car with components that were designed a few years before that and expect 2024 technology. I prefer the knob anyway.

 

[srobak]

Agreed - the knob is better. Fingerprints look like ass. In 2012 touch screens were extremely rare in cars. If you wanted that you needed to go with at least a 2015.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

Whats to ALL. I just wanted to introduce myself. I recently bought a 2012 Genesis sedan 3.8 V6 with 112k approx. I am from PA also. So I was searching to buy a new vehicle online and came across the Genesis and just fell in love. its been a couple months now since I've had it. I don't have any complaints except for 1 major one in my opinion. It has the lexicon system and yea the system is def top notch but Genesis really shit the bed with the dash unit and how it isn't touch screen. It should of been touch and be able to use the knob as well. other than that I totally love my car. I would like to know what some ppl think of my new car.

Welcome aboard! And thank you for signing up. I'm glad you found us. Congratulations on your new Genesis Sedan! What did the Genesis replace for you?

 

[orange260z]

@spurlz, congrats on the new car! Looks really classy in white. I had been looking at/considering the Genesis sedan since around 2013, when I was looking to go back to a sedan after driving a Hyundai Veracruz for a few years.

I had owned a couple of Hyundais over the years, but the Veracruz and Genesis sedan were Hyundai's first foray building a "premium" vehicle, with the Veracruz positioned as a value alternative to Lexus (RX350)

I remember comparing it to the more-common Santa Fe, and the two vehicles were night and day in terms of materials and build quality - a lot of things that don't show up on spec sheets, but you can feel it when you spend time in it. Better plastics, better leather, better paint, better noise control, and the doors closed with a "thunk".

Agreed - the knob is better. Fingerprints look like ass. In 2012 touch screens were extremely rare in cars. If you wanted that you needed to go with at least a 2015.

I don't agree that they were "extremely rare" in 2012 - many Chryslers had UConnect with touchscreen interfaces starting in 2011, as did many Fords with MyFord Touch.

Porsche (and some VWs) had been using touchscreeds for quite a while by they, having introduced PCM3.0 around 2007 in the Cayenne, 2008 in the Toureg, and 2009 in the 997.2 Carrera.

I'd say I really appreciate having multipe options to manipulate the infotainment system - direct knobs/buttons for commonly used things (volume, home, source, phone, nav, temperature, wipers, lights, heated/ventilated seats, heated steering wheel, defros/defog, etc) but touchscreens can be useful when diving deeper into menu systems. I also like rotary controllers on the console for some things.

I understand that Apple Carplay and Android Auto really don't work well with non-touch systems, and their proliferation has been a big driver for some holdouts to add touchsceens, even alongside their rotary controllers or other input mechanisms.

I would have really liked to have had the ability to navigate through the menu systems in the G70 via rotary controller or through buttons on the steering wheel. My PCM3.0 provides the option to do this (through the combination of a scroll wheel with "push" for "enter" and a "back" button below it) in addition to managing the same navigation through the touchscreen; and our Mazda CX5 does the same through a console rotary controller with back and home buttons.