re: Ford to start selling vehicles without some chips

Or they can just drop all of that unnecessary shite from the vehicle altogether. Vehicles have a functional purpose, but tiny dick dudes and women know don’t shite had to glam the shite up unnecessarily and frick it all for the rest of us.

I’m fine with not having all the bells and whistles in a vehicle. As long as it’s reliable, that’s all I need

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The visibility is so bad out of modern cars, you can’t reliably back up without a camera.

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I went so long without a backup camera that I never use mine. The only time I'll glance at it is to make sure nobody is walking behind me. I don't use it to back up.

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Or they can just drop all of that unnecessary shite from the vehicle altogether. Vehicles have a functional purpose, but tiny dick dudes and women know don’t shite had to glam the shite up unnecessarily and frick it all for the rest of us.

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Since we live in America, im in favor of having options and choices.. i had plenty of vehicles when i was younger that had roll down windows, no A/C, even no power steering in one case.. now that im in my 40s, i like the option of having some creature comforts .. i wont lie, i love my backup camera and leather interior.. BUT i think where automakers went astray is complete eliminating basic vehicles, short bed pickups w/manual transmissions and the like.. hopefully the chip shortage will get them back in the business of producing a RANGE of vehicles, from stripped down to fancy w/bells and whistles.. that would be the American way IMO .

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hopefully the chip shortage will get them back in the business of producing a RANGE of vehicles, from stripped down to fancy w/bells and whistles..

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The chip shortage has done the opposite. The limited number of chips are being used in the most profitable high end models with the most options.

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Some of the Mercedes we were looking at a couple of weeks ago didn't have power seats

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lets go back to levers and cranks for windows and seats.

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If I could get a contemporarily engineered car, with all the advances in engine technology, but without all the extra computational bullshite, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Especially a turbo diesel in a mid-size truck and a wagon.

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We had a 99 V70, naturally aspirated with a 5-cylinder engine. We kept it for 17 years and it's still going. If they would build a new version of that car, I would get it in a heartbeat. It had a lot of safety equipment, got about 30mpg on the highway. rode great, had a lot of room, and was as dependable as any car we have ever owned, including Hondas and Toyotas.

This isn't the first time cars shipped without paid for feature. After the tsunami in Japan in 2011 Audi shipped cars without the Navigation feature due to parts shortage. It apparently was a plug in type deal that could be added later when available.

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Last year, the automaker gave customers the option to purchase an F-150 pickup truck without automatic start-stop for a $50 credit.

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shite I bought a 2021 bronco and wish I had been given this option. That start-stop is annoying. You should have to manually turn it on, not turn it off every time you get in the car.

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$50 credit

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Thanks for the 1/4 tank of gas