It's easy to underestimate how much people hate the haptic feedback touch-operated buttons in their cars. Probably because you can't do much about it. Your car came with one steering wheel, and swapping it for another is expensive. Usually, it's not even possible, what with all the tech and controls included on a modern car.If you've got more money, though, the world is (as always) your oyster. Now, a Ferrari dealer in Atlanta is advertising that it will swap out your haptic-control wheel on a Purosangue or 12 Cilindri for one with real buttons from a newer model.Fuori To The Old Wheel! FerrariHaptic controls are meant to make life easier. You don't have to have buttons, so things are easier to change. You can feel when you've "pressed" something, and it's supposed to be great. But customers generally hate them, and that includes Ferrari's customers since it started launching the feature in its cars.When the Amalfi Coupe arrived last year, Ferrari returned to actual buttons. It made a big deal out of it, featuring the buttons in the press release, and bringing back the big red aluminum start button.Ferrari Shortly after, we learned that because of parts sharing, that wheel might have other applications. Ferrari's head of product development reportedly said that haptic Ferraris could have the new wheel. "We don’t even have to replace the whole wheel. Just the center," he said.But it also needed a calibration. We didn't hear much more about it after that, so we believed that either Ferrari wasn't offering the calibration or the wheel, or that customers didn't actually care that much.Now, Ferrari of Atlanta says, "it's here!" They mean, of course, the new wheel. "The new and improved physical button system!" and all of those exclamation marks are theirs. Happiness Comes From A New (Wheel) Center And like we were told, all it takes is the new wheel center. That new wheel has actual buttons for the phone and cruise control features, and for the arrow keys on the right-hand side. The only thing missing from the Amalfi is the bright red start button. The cars will keep their old black plastic button, unfortunately.The dealer didn't say how much it would charge, but if you're in for a Ferrari service, and you don't like the wheel, it doesn't really matter. You're going to pay it. The option will probably start to show up at other dealers, though. Since it's Ferrari, they might let their customers know in a more personal manner than some social media posts.Ferrari might have convinced buyers that they could live without the classic gated manual transmission, but they weren't having it without buttons on the wheel. The big difference, of course, is that the automatic transmission is in many ways better than the old-school manual, while haptic buttons are, in almost every way, far worse.Okay, now who is next? Volkswagen? Audi, which has already gotten rid of them as a mid-year change on some cars? The ball is in your court, automakers. But the people have spoken. They want physical buttons.Source: Instagram