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Yaz · 12-24-2005, 10:14 AM

It would be really interesting to see a comparison of all three systems from one person. It sounds like they didn’t like it much in the car connection review of the S-Class.

[QUOTE = The Car Connection]In theory at least, the new controller, and the latest version of M-B's COMAND interface system, should help keep the driver's eyes from looking down too far away from the road. The system's menus have now been restructured for easier use, but as with BMW's iDrive and Audi's MMI, it's not a system to go navigating through while driving. Some features like climate control are easily accessed through the system, and there are steering-wheel-mounted buttons for audio controls and other often-used functions. But others are unexpectedly complicated. For instance, some of the map-display functions are still hidden under several layers of menus.[/quote]

IMO, I think younger people will be able to master it better than older people. It’s just like computers. I show my dad how to do something on a computer, but then after a day or two, he forgets how to do it by himself.

12-24-2005, 10:14 AM	#9
Yaz Advocate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 815 Thanks: 394 Thanked 70 Times in 32 Posts	Re: MMI vs iDrive vs Comand. It would be really interesting to see a comparison of all three systems from one person. It sounds like they didn’t like it much in the car connection review of the S-Class. [QUOTE = The Car Connection]In theory at least, the new controller, and the latest version of M-B's COMAND interface system, should help keep the driver's eyes from looking down too far away from the road. The system's menus have now been restructured for easier use, but as with BMW's iDrive and Audi's MMI, it's not a system to go navigating through while driving. Some features like climate control are easily accessed through the system, and there are steering-wheel-mounted buttons for audio controls and other often-used functions. But others are unexpectedly complicated. For instance, some of the map-display functions are still hidden under several layers of menus.[/quote] IMO, I think younger people will be able to master it better than older people. It’s just like computers. I show my dad how to do something on a computer, but then after a day or two, he forgets how to do it by himself.