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this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
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I just heard about GM this morning in my tech news. I didn't realize that about Ford too.
I've drawn a line in the sand with my vehicles at about 2011 for tech. I love tech and I love cars but just not into the current versions of everything being touch screen controls.
Give me knobs for climate controls, gear shifters, and gauges for the rest. They don't need all of these computer systems that fail or become outdated as soon as they are released like the manufacturer's nav systems. We also don't need them to stop working completely because a sensor failed and can only be replaced by the dealer.
My phone in a holder can be the smartest part of the car for me thanks.
Stop reading my mind.
You can pry my older cars from my cold, dead, hand.
I think you can go further. My 2017 A4 is still "normal."
I'm glad to hear that. Often I've driven rental cars and *last time I struggled to find the gear shifter which was replaced by buttons on the dash.
I've also seen just a video of a Tesla only new driver struggle to drive a ICE car because it had a gear shifter and didn't automatically brake. I'm feeling like a dinosaur now...