I thought I’d love a HUD, the idea is so great and to be honest when I notice it is great.
I can’t train myself to use it as standard though, I consciously need to think about looking at as oppose to glance down to the dash.
Would anyone not do without one now? Any tips on how to get yourself to use it?
Also which cars have the best HUD?
Volvo’s is trash, in my opinion.
You can probably live without it in any car.
Im very meh on them
I like HUDS. The only issue I have with them is that I can barely see them with my polarized sunglasses, so they’re useless during the day. At night I do enjoy them. It is hard to get used to them though, not sure how to train yourself.
As far as who has the best one, I’ve only compared RAM and BMW and I’d say they were equal, though the BMW one might be larger.
Same. Volvo and BMW are equally meh in my opinion. Hard pass
I have it in my BMW and barely look down at the guages, I really like it personally since it’s shows both speed and speed limit.
Same. I’ve never had a desire for one. It’s just a distraction. I’m not using navigation 99% of the time, and if I need the map closer than the center display, it can be in the driver’s display anyway. I just hate how some cars package it with other things I want, such as on a 5 series. I want HK sound, but I don’t want the HUD.
HUD is pretty great but not a MUST HAVE.
I’m quite meh on them and I think the majority is too, which is why adoption is very low.
I can see Augmented Reality HUD becoming popular. I know tons of people who struggle with how regular navs deal with roundabouts.
I wear polarized sunglasses because its sunny, which means I have to drive with my neck turned sideways in order to see it in my 5 series during the day. That makes my neck hurt.
It’s nice to have it and easy to not have it. I switched to HUD and liked it, then switched to no HUD and don’t miss it.
nice in rental cars, I wouldn’t pay extra for it with current functionality.
If they could show something like apple carplay maps on there I would appreciate it (waze or something similar)… most cars that I’ve been in that have it only show basic car nav on there, speed, radio/media, street signs, etc.
22 Volvo on Android show maps there. Directions that is, not the map itself.
Sounds like it’s set too low for you. Not a must have but fun and anything that provides info and making it so you don’t have to look down is a net win
Had it on multiple cars, don’t have it now. Quite frankly don’t even miss it.
Cool feature to have but by no means a must have. Certainly would check the box if ordering and available but wouldn’t be a deal breaker if not offered.
I’d take a nicely designed cluster over HUD any day. Also if you regularly wear polarized sunglasses get used to tilting your head to see your speed.
In Arizona because I always wear sunglasses during the day it’s relatively useless. I’ve used it maybe two three times driving at night and I found it pretty cool. I was told that if you have to replace a windshield with HUD it’s super expensive. When I sold my X4 literally the only thing that the dealer cared about was the windshield. He didn’t look at the wheels, tires, brakes, scratches but he checked the windshield for cracks.
It’s because you’re wearing polarized lenses. Wear regular ones and it’s not an issue.
I had it on my ‘18 Honda Accord Touring and it was pretty decent - showed current speed, speed limit signs, navigation, calls and maybe even music. Where it lacked was the integration with CarPlay - nav only worked with the native navigation app.
I miss it on the Tesla and now I barely even look at the speedometer because “giant tablet in the middle”.
I think key is setting it up to where you can see it properly and if the implementation is good enough to where it adds value to your driving.
I’d strongly like to have it on a daily, but for the really stupid cars, I’d be able to live without it (but would still like it).
Have it on my Yukon Denali and it’s great. Not too cluttered, and I don’t wear sunglasses. It’s not something that’s deal breaking though.
I daily a Corolla without power windows so I’ll take what I can get.