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Sorry but I agree with previous poster too - it's often many rotations, and you have to correct for misses if you overshoot, during which time your eyes are entirely off the road, for longer than just stabbing the touchscreen with a finger would take. Its objectively one of the worst car UIs I've experienced.

I daily miss items with the rotary controller in a way that I never do in any other car with a reasonably implemented touch screen for CarPlay/Android Auto (effectively almost every single new non-Mazda/Tesla vehicle on sale across the entire car industry). I know people who have refused to buy a Mazda that otherwise met their needs solely due to this issue - sectors like the CX-5/CX-9 etc compete in are staggeringly competitive nowadays and customers have a ton of options that all have working touch screens for carplay/android auto on the move.

The Miata, you just have to put up with it, given the cheap roadster market currently consists of the Miata and nothing else.