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re: Anyone else hate how much stupid tech they put in vehicles now?
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:06 am to fr33manator
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:06 am to fr33manator
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Demonstratively false.
Today's cars are all about CAFE standards. Less weight = less horsepower needed in travel thus higher MPG. Steel has been replaced by plastics. If these sensors stopped you from backing over a child, maybe you are far too young to have actually experienced the difference in a collision.
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Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:24 am to Aubie Spr96
This is the way to go and more and more people are doing it.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:32 am to TigersHuskers
A heated steering wheel in the winter is vastly underrated
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:32 am to TigersHuskers
Causes all kind of new problems.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:40 am to The Boat
quote:
You can't drive while holding your phone to your ear anymore but you can drive with a computer screen on your dashboard. Makes sense
LOL. Half the people driving $80k + Rovers and Mercedes don't even know how to use Bluetooth. I see them everyday with their phone up to their ears talking. Usually women.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:42 am to TigersHuskers
stuff I really like-
backup camera
front camera
parking sensors
blindspot monitor
stuff I hate-
all touch/no physical control for audio and hvac
everything else I'm indifferent on
backup camera
front camera
parking sensors
blindspot monitor
stuff I hate-
all touch/no physical control for audio and hvac
everything else I'm indifferent on
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:01 am to TigersHuskers
quote:
And WTF do i need heated/cooled seats
I'm right there with you on most of the tech crap in modern cars. I won't knock heated seats, though, they're awesome.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:09 am to TigersHuskers
Some stuff is mandated like backup cameras and tire pressure sensors, but the base trims of most vehicles are still pretty spartan.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:13 am to TigersHuskers
quote:
And WTF do i need heated/cooled seats
Sonic. Now.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:24 am to Sun God
Greatest ventilation.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:33 am to Obtuse1
I have a '97 Jeep Wrangler. It has a very basic computer for on-board diagnostics, but that's about it. Everything is pretty easy to DYI.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:42 am to TigersHuskers
Here's stupidity at 120%.
I had a loaner ford edge. This thing had no way to turn on or adjust the A/D without going through the infotainment system.
I had a loaner ford edge. This thing had no way to turn on or adjust the A/D without going through the infotainment system.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:54 am to TigersHuskers
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On top of that you can hardly work on them.
This is the reason that service departments now have "technicians" instead of "mechanics." The engine would hold up just fine for a good bit over 250k miles, but the electronics are shot by about 120k miles and then they proceed to destroy the engine.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:08 am to Aubie Spr96
the engine in my wife’s 2012 with 350K on it sounds like the click clack going uphill on a rollercoaster. We are probably going to do an engine swap on it. She likes the vehicle and all it has are power locks/windows and cruise (which she never uses). Body/frame/interior all are fine (on her and the vehicle)
Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:27 am to TigersHuskers
Can’t stand it.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 10:34 am to TigersHuskers
Move south, rust problem solved 
Posted on 6/1/25 at 10:35 am to TigersHuskers
quote:The part I hate about it is the default to a bunch of "automatic" shite.
Anyone else hate how much stupid tech they put in vehicles now?
Posted on 6/1/25 at 2:54 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Heated seats and steering wheel are great when it’s single digits or teens outside.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 4:14 pm to TigersHuskers
That your way of saying you're too fricking retarded to understand it?
Posted on 6/1/25 at 4:30 pm to Aubie Spr96
quote:square bodies are getting crazy expensive now. Even OBS trucks are ticking way up
. I bought an ‘86 suburban for $4k
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