By Ted Marena
As Tesla owners, one of the design aspects we have come to admire is the simplicity of the vehicle. Perhaps the first time you stepped into the driver's seat, you were astonished to see so few buttons, switches, stalks, and dials. It may have even been intimidating to learn that the center display would control so many functions we are commonly relying on physical contact points in our previous vehicles. This clean design of our Teslas is one of the styling elements we love about our vehicles. Now having said all this, there are functions that some people still wish would have a button. Operations such as opening the glove box, unlocking the trunk or frunk, opening the charging port door, etc.
For those of you wanting some physical buttons, a unique solution to this problem is now available from Abstract Ocean called S3XY buttons. These buttons are more than a switch; they are actually programmable and can be set to dozens of different functions. In fact, the operations that these buttons can implement keep growing because the manufacturer continues to update their controller software. Just like our Tesla gets better with over-the-air updates, so do these buttons! Check out our video review and see how to install these S3XY buttons.