*Wow!* A button panel automatically slides out to reveal _more buttons!?_ *SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!*
@lcameeno1
8 жыл бұрын
go away
@Goblintom
8 жыл бұрын
+Sean Place I fucking love buttons! More the merrier.
@fartman10284
6 жыл бұрын
Toyota did that to the Lexus GS. A cubby that opens to reveal less frequently used buttons
@MultiDesignGuy
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂👏
@edbo10
2 жыл бұрын
it's a nice gimmick at first, but people got tired of it quite quickly, as evidenced by the move to fixed controls
@ronaldderooij1774
8 жыл бұрын
Note that it still works after 25 years. I like this kind of dahboard better than the modern multimedia shit we have today where you pay a lot of money for updating your maps (if possible at all). This silly layout gives the car character.
@uselessDM
4 жыл бұрын
I mean he clearly says that the climate control thing breaks fairly often and I imagine that is the case for most of this stuff. Just because something is mechanical it doesn't mean it will magically never fail, just the opposite actually. And what has upüdating your maps to with anything lol?
@spooky9176
2 жыл бұрын
@@uselessDM I think you forget that this was a lot earlier in digital displays being in cars, as well as mechanic things can brake yes, but are offend much easier to repair
@BKofficer23
8 жыл бұрын
Still better than the touchscreen bullshit in cars today.
@armedessential
8 жыл бұрын
I agree
@Mittau
8 жыл бұрын
+BKofficer23 There is a lot to be said for tactile feedback, something touchscreens lack.
@Turismo860
8 жыл бұрын
+BKofficer23 i totally prefer this
@RobPTK
8 жыл бұрын
+BKofficer23 It really isn't.
@ChargedCovers
8 жыл бұрын
I'd take this over stupid touchscreens anytime
@amopastorcanadense
8 жыл бұрын
+ChargedCovers i kinda liked the dashboard cassette style!!
@Drives31forhalo
8 жыл бұрын
+ChargedCovers no kidding, those touchscreens take way too long to do anything.
@MrFreezy911
8 жыл бұрын
+ChargedCovers They came to conquer, Uranus!
@amirbutcher2147
4 жыл бұрын
Ok boomer
@aretard7995
3 жыл бұрын
@@amirbutcher2147 ok dumbass
@needleonthevinyl
8 жыл бұрын
No wonder a former pilot would feel at home in a Cressida
@stevenvictoria9568
8 жыл бұрын
am I the only one who thinks using a touch screen infotainment is boring? I like pressing bottons.
@zkambov
8 жыл бұрын
+Dualshock GT3 You should become an accountant
@MrGoldenwaffler
8 жыл бұрын
i remember that in the 90s. literally.. more buttons mean better / more exciting
@Katzelle3
8 жыл бұрын
+A Rare Trump Actually, you can replicate the sensation of a button press on a touch screen by placing a pressure sensor and a really fast vibration motor behind it. Apple does that with the trackpads of their new laptops to make them thinner.
@mosesberkowitz3298
8 жыл бұрын
Katzelle3 Well, actually they simulate a button, not replicate it. I haven't tried the Apple trackpad yet, but I can tell you I'm sick to death of touchscreens. I don't want one in my car.
@hbsupermage
8 жыл бұрын
they dont feel anything close to a button
@tomokokuroki2506
8 жыл бұрын
This car is A E S T H E T I C
@MultiDesignGuy
2 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏
@ARMYTRIX
8 жыл бұрын
Real cars have buttons! And lots of them!
@marlindfarka
8 жыл бұрын
+ARMYTRIX You mean like one of those exhaust buttons that make cars sound lovely & insanely loud! ;)
@Will-gd9dx
8 жыл бұрын
+MarLinD FarKa that make them sound like ass?
@marlindfarka
8 жыл бұрын
+top memes ohh come on! Armytrix has some of the nicest sounding exhausts out there :) But i guess it's just a matter of personal opinion...
@FronkG
8 жыл бұрын
+MarLinD FarKa I disagree
@whatevers31
8 жыл бұрын
I need every car to have that level of cyberpunk technology and A E S T H E T I C
@roddydykes7053
3 жыл бұрын
You mean shitty AI and graphical glitches?
@xdavie3
2 жыл бұрын
@@roddydykes7053 he's not talking about cyberpunk 2077
@BlueHokage
8 жыл бұрын
I fucking love 80s/90s innovation
@HikariSakai
8 жыл бұрын
+BlueHokage interesting for sure yes but most innovations from the 80's and 90's are extremely inconvenient for today's society
@speedytech7
8 жыл бұрын
+xboxgamer969 It's all just layers of marketing crap. Not too far off from now we'll all regard selecting everything from increasingly convoluted cascading touchscreen menus annoying as well. I like a few simple buttons and a couple touchscreen controls, the important stuff needs to be on a dial, slider, or switch. For that reason I usually buy base model vehicles.
@HikariSakai
8 жыл бұрын
speedytech7 we have a 2007 Dodge Nitro, its ok, pretty basic but gets the job done
@sexymikeization
8 жыл бұрын
unnessicarily complicated ? more like unnessicarily brilliant
@mookie714
8 жыл бұрын
+sexymikeization I agree with you, this dashboard is really cool.
@FatherWicker
8 жыл бұрын
Bring that thing to California and someone will buy it in a heartbeat just to stance it lol
@kcm732
8 жыл бұрын
shameful!
@sparko123456
8 жыл бұрын
+Mark Wicker ....stance as in that negative camber shit? or just dropped a few inches?
@Maxaxle
8 жыл бұрын
+YLLA I may not be Mark, but I can clarify that it''s the former. Excessive negative camber is a thing now, for some reason.
@Maxaxle
8 жыл бұрын
Widebody treatments are what happens when you think your car's too narrow and its aerodynamics are too good.
@MiikeyLawless
8 жыл бұрын
+Maxaxle or you want more tire for traction...but some camber it so bad that it means nothing 😄
@inveca
8 жыл бұрын
the '90 cressida had a telescopic steering wheel yet my '98 avalon (which replaced the cressida) does not? c'mon, toyota =)
@ExodusisThere
6 жыл бұрын
Neither does my 03 IS, and it uses the same tilt lever!
@edbo10
2 жыл бұрын
avalon was the _marketing_ successor to the cressida, the lexus gs is considered the mechanical successor to the cressida. it seems like the US market got more features though. aussie cressidas didn't have the telescoping steering wheel, nor did we get the redundant radio controls beside the speedo cluster
@zacharymaclellan6761
2 жыл бұрын
@@ExodusisThere The 03 Lexus IS didn't have it? My 03 G35 did and my 08 MDX.
@kyrptonitefusion
8 жыл бұрын
omg, thank you for explaining what the emergency belt release levers do. I've had a cressida for 20years and never knew what that purpose was!
@Speedysnail9999
8 жыл бұрын
Wow. 86,000 miles. May be complicated, but I'd still buy it just because it's unique, and I missed out on the 90s
@chbrules
8 жыл бұрын
Toyota - "We need more buttons, here, here, and here. When you're angry, you can never find a button to press!"
@BaltimoreAndOhioRR
8 жыл бұрын
Definitely madness! It seems to foreshadow my gripe of current web design - specifically KZitem - making the user take 2 or 3 steps to perform a function instead of one single step. That's just insane to have the fan speed and output options hidden behind a motorized unit. Not only does it take a couple extra steps to operate it , something that should only take a quick glance a single push of a button, but if it malfunctions, it causes unnecessary inconvenience. Sure, you could say that about most all gimmicks in higher end cars (the more options, the more that can go wrong) but this gimmick doesnt SOLVE any problem, make anything better, or give enjoyment to the driver or passenger. It actually does nothing except add more work to the operator! Very bad design! And all I keep thinking of is KZitem! haha Very similar thought process. Make the user hit a button to access more buttons rather than have them all visible from the start. Trying to solve a problem that never existed in the first place. (there's plenty of room for all the buttons - in the car & in KZitem)
@tb2748
6 жыл бұрын
my exact thoughts, yet it seems that everyone likes it...?
@TheKillaComa
8 жыл бұрын
whats the cassette?
@RegularCars
8 жыл бұрын
+TheKillaComa Roy Orbison
@zloychechen5150
8 жыл бұрын
+RegularCars i drove my cressida all night to get to you. no idea why, because i'm all beige and my dick doesn't work anymore. for some reason though, i really like this car.
@Levan4KGaming
8 жыл бұрын
+RegularCars the owner should get *Cassette Adapter*
@bubbabusta8373
8 жыл бұрын
A cassette is a Acient Artifact.........
@utrak
8 жыл бұрын
+RegularCars Ooh.
@galihxtreme
8 жыл бұрын
If you folks amazed by this, wait 'till you see the interior & dashboard of a Mazda Eunos Cosmo 20B
@Mr3wheeledbike
8 жыл бұрын
I need to do a button swap on my car.....need at least 40% more button
@lucklesscope8367
8 жыл бұрын
That's some 80s vision of a year 2000 spaceship-vibe going on there
@theodorejohnkaczynski9442
4 жыл бұрын
My grandma had one of these. Bought it new from Grand Blanc Toyota in Flint, MI in 1992 and her slide out hvac control broke and she didnt have the money to fix it so whenever she wanted to adjust the hvac system she would peg it from a red light and fire the controller out of its hole. 87 year old women was still sharp as a knife when it came to her air conditioning
@serge933
8 жыл бұрын
I love these little things youd find in olderJap cars. My Mazda was similar in the way they were designed with alot of little features. LOVE the emergency exit idea! Feels like your in an aircraft lol
@Fleetwing1627
8 жыл бұрын
My first car was a 1985 Cressida wagon. Uncool to the max but RWD and that sweet inline six... Great car. My friends used to laugh when we'd be driving down the road, the radio would go out, and after a solid bang on the side of the center console it'd (usually) come back on again.
@DavidLarson15
8 жыл бұрын
Which unnecessary located button is best unnecessary located button?
@SinginShooter
8 жыл бұрын
Needs to be remixed into RCR ASMR. "But-tons. But-tons." *tapping/clicking/whirring*
@williamblazkowicz5587
8 жыл бұрын
+HighpowerRifleBrony Wow. at first i saw a VERY different word when i glanced at your proile pic!
@rockets4kids
8 жыл бұрын
My dad had one of these, I found the user interface to be rather nice. All of the most used functions have large buttons within easy reach, all of the least used functions have small and/or tucked away buttons. Also, every button on the entire car had the most wonderful tactile feedback. It was stolen by a bunch of kids who may have known about the engine, they wound up wrapping it around a tree.
@moccina
8 жыл бұрын
My buddy's dad had one of these in high school. Total sleeper, and comfy as hell !
@onesimpleclik
8 жыл бұрын
All the buttons, knobs & power everything, remind me of a 1996 Toyota Hiace Super Deluxe my family use to own! The thing was off the hilt haha
@tytotheler92
8 жыл бұрын
My 2013 Buick Regal/Opel Insignia is full of buttons but also has a touch screen and I love it. Buttons make sense while driving imo. Tactile feedback is best in cases where you can't/shouldn't look.
@brunoignaciogi
8 жыл бұрын
+tytotheler92 yo need to do a badge swap in your buick, and a fake euro plate behind your plate for added euroness
@tytotheler92
8 жыл бұрын
+brunoignaciogi Someone ship me an Opel Grille, center caps and rear badge. I'll do it. lol.
@CockatooDude
8 жыл бұрын
This has got to be one of the coolest cars I have come across, and add to this that it's rear wheel drive and has double wishbone suspension, like come on!
@edbo10
2 жыл бұрын
a shame the 7m engine loves to blow head gaskets all the time due to factory undertorqued head bolts. fix that and you have a decent engine. improve the oiling system and you've got a decent engine that can be hooned around on spirited drives.
@MultiDesignGuy
2 жыл бұрын
👍
@negativeindustrial
Жыл бұрын
@@edbo10 Or just drop a 1JZ TT in and destroy everything.
@edbo10
Жыл бұрын
@@negativeindustrial meh. everyone goes jz swap. i admire anyone that sticks with the 7m despite its faults. plus jz engines are getting to insane prices owing to their reputation and scarcity now.
@jim575757
8 жыл бұрын
It has a drawer which opens and has more buttons. And it has a blinking red light which says belt release lever. Damn that is just hot shit. Really cool stuff.
@adamkovac90
8 жыл бұрын
This car is as old as me but I find these controls much nicer than putting everything on one slow responding touchscreen. It's like on screen virtual keyboard vs. the real thing. You need to have some feedback from the controls. And once you remember them by heart you can use them without having to take your eyes off the road.
@EJ22bakadesu
8 жыл бұрын
The 87 Camry I went to college with had those belt release levers, cup holder and shifter. So many memories.
@RoodeMenon
8 жыл бұрын
Koooool I love buttons. Because after being familiar with the car i wont have to take my eyes off the road. Seat belt warning light needs a beep sound like 80's tv shows.
@ALFAGOMMA
8 жыл бұрын
In their day, these cars were very luxurious and in Australia, after Toyota dropped the Crown, they were the flagship model. Then Lexus established itself and the Cressidas were no longer exported, only sold domestically in Japan. In the early 90s I knew of company executives that drove them. Nice cars and great engines.
@karmatose
8 жыл бұрын
80's/90's BMW HVAC controls were far superior. So simple to operate without taking your eyes off the road. You nailed it, needlessly complicated.
@CrossWindsPat
8 жыл бұрын
Truly the fan speed/location selector is the party piece!!!!
@BlackSpottedZebra
8 жыл бұрын
Man, I miss my 89 Cressida. Car was a lot of fun
@diego4azn
8 жыл бұрын
"It's unnecessarily complicated" that pretty much summarizes most things I encountered in Japan lol
@BrendanMacWade
8 жыл бұрын
Oh those spring-loaded audio controls! My dad's E80 Corolla had that setup. I remember the split audio system controls back in 1990 and it felt luxurious. And what do we have today? If you've been in a Ford Escape or Subaru Tribeca, or Mazda CX-5, we have all kinds of distance between audio displays and knobs. That cruise control wand is a Toyota hallmark. Virtually unchanged today (albeit smaller).
@zacharylagler242
8 жыл бұрын
Clarkson said "I wish someone would tell the Japanese that more buttons doesn't mean more luxurious".
@TransAmsandDashcams
8 жыл бұрын
Were you thinking of the Chrysler "joystick"? That controlled just fade and balance. Radios that had bass and treble adjustments had separate knobs for it, along with the joystick.
@thereve
8 жыл бұрын
its a miracle that all of that shit still works. My father has an 89 cheverolet pickup truck with way too many damn buttons, none of which have worked in probably a decade.
@vadim6385
8 жыл бұрын
Aftermarket stereo install must be pain in the ass. I always thought that this is a recent fashion, to make the stereo controls integrated into the dashboard, but now I see that this comes from way back.
@CreRay
8 жыл бұрын
Very entertaining! They sure loved buttons.
@LUNCHMONEY4numbers
8 жыл бұрын
This is what the iPhone would look like if it was made in the 90's
@logicity1
8 жыл бұрын
+Robert Rowley Not really lol, phones were still made like that when the iPhone came out. Apple was the one who decided against all the buttons and then the industry followed suit. ismh.s3.amazonaws.com/2012-10-24-keyboards.jpeg
@Seegalgalguntijak
8 жыл бұрын
+logicity1 And now it's fucking hard to write on these trashy phones. I swear, it was Steve Jobs secret plan to decrease the amount of communication with others with the iPhone!
@TassieLorenzo
7 жыл бұрын
Well Apple knocked the touch-screen idea off others, they just did it better and brought it to market, much like how Macintosh borrowed many ideas (pointer/mouse, GUI) from a XEROX Alto prototype that Jobs viewed... but this is another debate. :)
@frankderuiter811
8 жыл бұрын
I love weird dashboard layouts. It's so typical '80's.
@Seth.R.A
8 жыл бұрын
I dunno Mr. Regular, I think maybe the Saab 9000 has more buttons. Has a "night panel" button that shuts off the illumination for everything except the gauges too, if I remember correctly.
@Patchuchan
8 жыл бұрын
I kinda like late 80s to early 90s upscale Japanese cars like this as they have have a unique charm to them.
@mrKozmoz
8 жыл бұрын
I love that about old cars, beep boop buttons EVERYWHERE.
@Nippledozer
8 жыл бұрын
Beep boop especially in the 80s
@landshass2849
3 жыл бұрын
I owned one of those in 1989 the first year of the last generation. I got it sky blue with dark blue leather interior with moonroof and ABS brakes and heated mirrors that don't have their own designated button, they work with the redefroster. The CD player gave up on me in 2001. I had to sell it to move out of state, I'm really I got a nice cash out of that deal, despite it was an i6 engine not a v6. And it didn't have any airbags at all.
@Quarker
8 жыл бұрын
Used to have a Cressida as recently as 2 years ago before we sold it. The accelerating power was insane for a car that old. The dashboard controls were poorly designed, but made you feel like you were in control.
@hoover2501
2 жыл бұрын
I will only purchase clean cars from the 90s. And this is a perfect example of why. Super cool and I love it
@bamf802
8 жыл бұрын
my dad had one of these back in the 90's and he loved it
@Maxfli82
8 жыл бұрын
I still think my 2012 mdx advance with dvd has the most buttons ever on a car. Love it though. Much faster than a touchscreen.
@terrythomas1690
8 жыл бұрын
Had 3 of these cars Toyota Grande Mark II 89 90 92 WERE GREAT CARS & LOVED THE HEATER AND STEREO CONTROLS ! AND considering how long the cars lasted they were awesome reliable so much better than our present Crappy Astra by GM ! WE ARE GOING BACK TO TOYOTA AS SOON AS WE CAN AFFORD IT ! JDM FOR LIFE
@mansalans
8 жыл бұрын
If you're ever in Australia, feel free to drive my 1JZ MX83 Cressida.
@strkszone
8 жыл бұрын
+mans “mansalans” alans If he ever goes to Australia, I'm sure the first thing that gets reviewed will be a Skyline, because he's American. Cressidas aren't all that exciting, even with a turbo. They're a piece of history and have their own quirky place in the line up.
@actuallyusingmyrealnameher5061
3 жыл бұрын
4:24 great for adjusting the wheel when you just want to let others know you are planning to turn
@Sekushiwolf
8 жыл бұрын
There was an old Asian man that lives near me who used to have a brown Cressida on the road and I swear every time I passed it he was always working on it.
@Legotruck82
8 жыл бұрын
it is climate control btw. that slotted hole above should be the temp sensor. the electronically.controlled flaps inside the HVAC unit will move to adjust temperature or the unit can start the ac compressor too. fairly standard on higher spec toyotas of that era aw11mr2 g limited sc had it too....
@yeoldegamer5112
8 жыл бұрын
+Legotruck82 2:28 There's even the A/C button on the right ...
@MichaelFlatman
8 жыл бұрын
am i the only one who would absoloutely love that dashboard, its just all over the place but looks kind of cool
@Castdeath
8 жыл бұрын
These things are so popular in my home village even today, almost every garage has one! Not sure if reliable or just modular...maybe both.
@joeyv.7360
8 жыл бұрын
My '96 Buick had push to reveal sound control knobs like your Cressida, Mr. Regular. I never pushed in, though, just twist with the tip of my finger. Works well.
@Legotruck82
8 жыл бұрын
in 1992 Toyota launched the Soarer. top spec cars had a Touchscreen LCD screen that controlled stereo, climate, gps, and inbuilt TV. in 1992, the same year as that Cressida.
@Marklin15
8 жыл бұрын
The Crown had an optional lcd touch screen on top spec Royal Saloon models since late 80s
@trbossdoggy
8 жыл бұрын
I love 90's cars.
@nobrainz00
4 жыл бұрын
I believe it is full climate control control, since there seems to be a grille for a cabin temp sensor. I love guessing
@Donn29
8 жыл бұрын
I feel so bad for people with USDM cars that have auto seat belts. :(
@Syncopia
8 жыл бұрын
This is without a doubt some kind of 90s spaceship.
@arthurs7882
8 жыл бұрын
that hvac shelf design is BONKERS.
@grantongstad9593
7 жыл бұрын
had the honor of driving one of these beauties. was a hand down from my Grandmother.. great car
@Lazarus7000
8 жыл бұрын
I like these cars. They're different and you could get them with both "fuck drivin', I'm'ma take a nap" seats and a stick shift.
@jmj1002
8 жыл бұрын
Wave of the future,circa 1990. This would have fascinated my 17-year-old self.
@jordanh.2998
8 жыл бұрын
My '91 Tercel had the same headlight and wiper stalks. Oh, and the same dimmer knob. I basically had a Cressida.
@sneetysparkle
8 жыл бұрын
I used to have a 89 one, it had a digital cluster in it, beep boop beep future
@kevin9c1
8 жыл бұрын
I think that is real auto temp control. Just with a knob. I don't think it is just some numbers on what would be a blue/red scale.
@attila535
4 жыл бұрын
"Yo I heard you like buttons, so we put buttons behind your buttons, so you can press your buttons, while you press your buttons."
@Backyardmech1
8 жыл бұрын
It's a neat looking setup, but with all the moving parts I just see more things breaking over time. Like having to pry you A/C controls out of the dash, or if you want an updated sound system the dash configuration might complicate it.
@CACressida
8 жыл бұрын
Stereo upgrades on this vehicle is easy. Nothing really breaks in these things and the motor inside the unit is easy to change if it ever goes out. The motorized unit was replaced in 1991-92 with a less confusing fixed unit.
@bdub215
8 жыл бұрын
That's good mileage for that car. My friends has 43K original miles and a massive turbo on it. Love that car.
@joeaverage3444
4 жыл бұрын
Every additional button means one more thing that can and will break. Also, controls should be simple and easy to operate at a split-second glance even at 50 mph.
@dpwellman
8 жыл бұрын
Still not K.I.T.T.
@ElliotMcDonell
8 жыл бұрын
Reminds me a lot of what's going on in my '96 4Runner but mine isn't quite this convoluted. Mine still has the old school horizontal Toyota temp/fan sliders and horribly placed cup holders, but at least it has them.
@StirlingMossDrives
8 жыл бұрын
Miss that car, cousin had a vvti 1jz swap in one of those.
@ErikMm5
8 жыл бұрын
feels like my '04 Maxima has over twice as many buttons. PLUS a pretty advanced multifunction screen
@james42519
8 жыл бұрын
i like stuff like this. this is different and not the same thing as everyone else.
@Magnero
8 жыл бұрын
I love my old car with it's simple layout and relatively few buttons.
@Cruisingwithwheels
8 жыл бұрын
Have you seen some of the new Buicks???? Take a look if you like buttons.
@sirstrongbad
8 жыл бұрын
so were the Cressida to the Camry as the Caprice was to the Impala? my grandmother had an '87 (such a cool digital dash!) and I remember seeing a cressida that looked nearly identical save the grille, and I think the chromed plastic trim may have had a slight gold tint?.. I never saw the interior.
@TheNightrider88
8 жыл бұрын
+sirstrongbad Not really. Cressida was the export version of the Toyota Mark II sold in Japan.
@stephenbianchi7141
8 жыл бұрын
You know that button panel is the first Cressida owners show you when you get in their car before they tell you, "Its basically a Supra sedan". Then, you have to remind them it's the third time they've shown you and your not faking interest again. I like some weird stuff but these are, upon deeper inspection, interesting cars. Its like if a 5 series had a shameful night with a Cimmaron. 9 months later the Cressida was born.
@danevans3333
8 жыл бұрын
how many crashes were caused by trying to use this setup?
@jibcano
8 жыл бұрын
+Dan Evans (Noob Central) That's why the release things
@incyphe
8 жыл бұрын
+Dan Evans (Noob Central) Nobody. 100x easier than using infotainment screen.
@endtoNWO
Жыл бұрын
the 92 cressida doesn't have the slide out climate control bottons, just buttons for speed and direction
@tbradley2317
8 жыл бұрын
You have made the same comment on several Toyota videos that needs to be corrected. Although I agree that the slide open a/c control panel and split radio controls of this generation Cressida are unnecessary and distracting I feel that I must point out and explain a few things. Whether you even realize its' advanced capabilities and fully understand its' impressive overall functionality or not, the Toyota automatic climate control systems which have existed since about 1979 and have only needed and gotten minor operational upgrades a few times since then really is a fully automatic climate control system, NOT "just a glorified hot/cold knob", unless of course you manually choose a fan speed and ducting mode which bypasses the system logic and totally defeats the purpose of having automatic climate control at all... Once you realize how it works, it's actually pretty slick and works very well. Unfortunately, many consumers are clueless and impatient and "don't get it". You don't even need to open that panel or press a fan speed button to use the system. You can literally just press that big white AUTO button and then turn that numbered temperature knob to adjust the fan speed and airflow ducting as needed. It's not just a hot/cold knob, it's numbered for a reason. In manual mode it does act as a hot/cold knob because you're not giving it a choice, you're forcing it to operate manually. If it's summer and it's hot in the car it will probably leave the fan cranked up although somewhere in the midrange or upper end of the range it will probably back the fan down a bit within a minute or two if given time to process the present climate conditions. In the winter chances are it'll seemingly not want to run the fan for moments or minutes but there's a very good reason for that which I will explain later... Also notice the fact that the AUTO button has 2 lights above it and 2 symbols on it. The top left symbol is obviously a fan, the top right one is for ducting (vent mode) selection. You can have the system automatically control just the ducting, just the fan speed, or both based on temperature selection you choose with that temperature knob. When you press AUTO the lights above both symbols illuminate. If you manually crank up the blower speed the system will disengage the automatic blower speed control and the light above the fan symbol will go out to indicate that the fan is being manually controlled. If you manually pick a vents mode the light above the vent symbol will go out and the system will disengage the automatic ducting system. You can do any combination of both (full automatic), either (partial auto), or neither (full manual). Here's another very significant detail that anyone can see and possibly understand... Notice that little slotted grate directly above the open/close button? That is actually a cabin air temperature sensor for Toyota's Automatic Climate Control System! But wait, there's more...
@tbradley2317
8 жыл бұрын
Also buried somewhere in the front grille or front engine bay area is also an outdoor air temperature sensor that was not typically made accessible via any displays for driver information purposes in the older cars since it exists to be utilized as an interior/exterior thermal comparison reference by the Toyota climate control system and they didn't think anyone cared enough to see how hot or cold it really was outside at the time. PLUS if you look along the seam where the dash meets the windshield out there along the edges of the windshield defroster vent slats, towards one corner or the other (or possibly centered depending on the vehicle) you will see at least one covered photocell sensor which visibly detects the outdoor brightness level and there is another sensor somewhere in the outer front grille or front of the engine bay that measures the outdoor temperature. (If the Toyota vehicle also has automatic on headlight capabilities there is another one along there for that too.) The older systems' AUTO feature, from generations prior to the electronic duct control actuators, was limited to automatic fan speed control based on the signals from those 3 sensors and the chosen position of the numbered temperature knob or slider. Somewhere along about 1986-ish when they transitioned to motorized vent mechanisms an additional layer of automatic functionality was added. In this particular Toyota you're reviewing, a final generation Cressida, when the AUTO button is pressed the system looks at the cabin temperature, outdoor temperature, and how sunny it is outside and decides not only which fan speed is appropriate but also which combination of air flow venting is the most appropriate for the indoor/outdoor conditions and the preferred setting you've turned that numbered temperature knob to. Then once the cabin has been cooled or heated to the appropriately satisfactory temperature selection based on the user's temperature selection the system automatically reduces the fan speed in stages like a central home AC system. If the weather is excessively sunny outside the system keeps the fan speed moderately higher and adjusts the vent ducting for more upper airflow whereas if it's shady it will reduce the fan speed to a lower rpm with a more balanced upper/middle/lower airflow as a hot sunny day demands much more airflow to keep the interior at a comfortable temperature while on a shady day such choices would be overkill so it adapts as needed. Note that by pressing the AUTO button and turning the temperature knob on that Cressida, especially if you turn it drastically one way or the other, you may be able to actually hear the vent control actuators redirecting the airflow based on what the sensors are detecting, and it will also adjust the blower speed at some point. Basically, if you choose a temperature and press the AUTO button, if it's cold outside you will end up getting heat while if it's hot outside at the same temperature selection you will get cold air conditioning. It knows the difference and makes the appropriate adjustments. The fan control system has worked that way since about 1979. The vent control system that got added in the mid to late 80's was just a nice added touch. I'm sure the electronics have improved over the years but the climate control system concept used by Toyota has been around for close to 40 years now and works very well once you understand what it's trying to accomplish and how. The one complaint I have with it, which that particular Cressida suffers from due to the early automatic vent control version, is that with the numbered temperature knob (or the numbered digital display in that same generation of Supra) set at any point between about 71 and 79 degrees the duct control logic has this stupid habit of somehow choosing to dump heat on your feet from the floor vents while dumping ice cold air out the dash vents in your face or vice versa in certain weather conditions which happens a lot actually. The 90's revisions of the Toyota climate control systems like the one in the 4th generation Supra are far less prone to that quirk. My first car was a 1981 Celica GT Liftback with the hot/cold slider. My second car was a 1982 Celica-Supra with a numbered temperature slider and an AUTO position on the fan switch. It worked great, especially on long road trips. Set it and forget it. No random fiddling with a/c controls needed... That car got totalled and was replaced by a 1980 Celica Supra with that same system. I eventually stepped up to a 1987 Supra which added the feature of automatic duct selection to the system along with a digital display and up/down buttons to replace the numbered temperature control slider. The Cressida's knob does the same thing as the Supra's up/down buttons. Ironically, Toyota put the Cressida's temperature knob in the MkIV Supra. The 2002 Lexus (Toyota) IS300 I had years ago also had that same dual mode automatic climate control functionality with a numbered temperature "knob", albeit a very large knob with a button in the center but it was still a knob... Note that once they added the automatic ducting logic to the system in the mid to late 1980's which included this reviewed Cressida, when you press the AUTO button the system takes control of both the blower speed and the ducting selection based on the temperature choice you make and the readings from the 3 sensors, unless you opt to manually operate the system instead... Also note that in the summer when it's hot in the car, when you press the AUTO button it almost seems like nothing happens. Same thing in the winter. That's because the system knows the ducts are full of hot air in the summer or cold air in the winter so it's choosing not to blast you and make you uncomfortable. In the winter it waits until the coolant temperature has come up enough to provide heat then it gradually begins flowing air and stepping things up to warm the cabin. Due to the first generation auto ducting function's simultaneous 71-79 hot/cold quirk I end up pressing AUTO to engage the system, choosing a temperature with the temperature slider/knob/buttons, then I press the appropriate button for my preferred airflow ducting choice to disengage the auto ducting system while leaving the auto fan speed system engaged. If I'm cruising along and after a while I start feeling a little warm in the summer or cool in the winter I just bump the temperature control a degree or two and let it do its' thing. Rarely do I even need to touch it once it has gotten the cabin comfortable and backed down the blower speed, unless of course I suddenly need a windshield defrost... Plus some of the systems even back then, if they had a momentary windshield defrost button, you could press it and they'd switch the fresh/recirc mode and airflow to clear the windshield and once you were satisfied with its' accomplishment you just press that defrost button again and the system goes right back to exactly how you had it set before. So please stop saying that the Toyota Automatic Climate Control system is basically just a hot/cold knob because unless you run it in full manual mode that's completely wrong mis-information you're putting out there for others to hear, believe, and erroneously repeat... I can pull out the owners' manual for my 1981 Celica-Supra, 1984 Celica-Supra, 1987 Supra, 1992 Turbo Supra, 1993 TT Supra, 1998 TT Supra, 2002 IS300, 1994 LS400, and my buddy's 1994 SC400, 2000 SC300, and his mother-in-law's old 1992 Cressida (his brother-in-law totalled the car, he kept the owners' manual) if you would like to hear Toyota's actual explanations of how to use these systems in the various generations and what they could do? That generation of Cressida was sort of a 4-door Mk3 Non-Turbo Supra, although there were some significant differences beyond the 2 extra doors, just as the prior generation Cressida was mostly a 4-door Mk2 Celica-Supra. You could say that the GS300 basically took the Cressida's place when Lexus came into the US market. What I really wanted was a 1990 Cressida Wagon, albeit rare but yes they do exist! :)
@compactc9
8 жыл бұрын
I've got sliders for my equalizer, and then the push to pop out knobs for the fade/balance.
@bellawinslow2579
8 жыл бұрын
when you quote my hero jeremy clarkson
@samabusen1083
8 жыл бұрын
I hope you do a 92-96 Camry soon. A lot of the switches are similar. Plus I want to hear what you think of it
@joeyv.7360
8 жыл бұрын
Rather neat! I always liked a dash that has a lot of buttons and is complicated. It's a status thing. It makes you feel like a pro while driving, which is something a lot of car makers don't do anymore. Also, your passenger will be too awestruck to mess with it.
@Half_Centaur
8 жыл бұрын
I feel like those emergency belt releases should've been linked together. There seems to be one for each side. Would there ever be a scenario where you wanted to free yourself in an emergency, but not the passenger?
@jasonsong86
8 жыл бұрын
Man my 2013 FJ Cruiser still has the same wiper and turn signal controls.
@amopastorcanadense
8 жыл бұрын
+sunnyjason my Land Cruiser VX has the same cruise control....it happens with every brand....my Peugeot 207 2013 has the same steering radio control and on board computer as a 99 Peugeot 406....my old Citroën C4 Coupe had the same radio unit(GSM entry etc) as a old Maserati....
@shaggnar2014
8 жыл бұрын
I think gm takes the cake for equalizers with the one with all the little sliders. God I loved messing with that as a kid
@SYukimi
8 жыл бұрын
Isn't that automatic climate control? The manual control is hidden and only summoned for those who prefer to adjust the system him/herself. Unless the automatic climatic control does not actually work like the ones in the market now. On the other hand, the modern steering wheel adjustment is not the same as the old ones. Both telescopes, but the tilt on the old cars are actually tilting where the current ones are more like raking. The tilt ones would have another adjustment mechanism on the steering shaft inside the steering column to make the wheel tilt and the lever is spring loaded. But that kind of design requires 2 adjustment levers. Rake and telescopic steering does a similar job with only 1 lever but the vertical travel is much less than the tilt ones. That was something my hubby taught me when he worked on those components.
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