[HN Gopher] New Car Tracks You
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       New Car Tracks You
        
       Author : arkadiyt
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-06-25 22:19 UTC (42 minutes ago)
        
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       | blueridge wrote:
       | https://archive.is/9IU8W
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       | I've got an old (2002) car, I love the buttons and knobs. No
       | cameras, no screens, no key fob, no voice control, no electronic
       | "safety" features, no tracking. The 4L straight six engine is
       | still going strong at almost 300,000 miles.
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       | What's funny is watching my friends attempt to back out of the
       | driveway or parking lot without a camera and screen. They put it
       | in reverse and their eyes go right to the center console,
       | expecting a screen, then they dart from mirror to mirror, unsure
       | of what to do or where to look or how to judge, and they keep
       | glancing at the dash, as if a screen is going to magically
       | appear.
       | 
       | At no point do they just throw their arm on the backside of the
       | passenger seat, and _turn around_ to look out the windows while
       | keeping one hand on the wheel. It is as if this movement, this
       | posture, is completely new to them. Asking them to use just one
       | side view mirror to back all the way out of a gently curved
       | driveway would be impossible. They _need_ the digital guidance
       | lines on the screen to go in reverse.
        
         | diydsp wrote:
         | 2010 car here. Maintaining it well to reach >=300k. New cars
         | also have oil-burning issues and I anticipate difficulty of
         | obtaining parts due to large, diverse BOMs from all those
         | useless features.
        
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