No, the top one sparks gasoline. And the bottom one sparks ... I don't know how electric cars work.
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In my opinion, the worst part about new cars is that they are essentially tracking devices and some of them can be remotely controlled.
Any suggestions on how to get a car that doesn't track you and was built post-2010?
There is a website that you can opt out of having certain data tracked.
But I imagine insurance companies will use it as an excuse to raise your rates if you opt out
There is also the issue of companies pinky-promising that they won't track you but still call home.
But if no other alternatives are available, this is good to know.
Mazda MX5. I have a 2019 and it's simple. Heated seats, blindspot mirrors, backup camera, led headlights. Absolute joy to drive.
No other tech that tracks you as far as I'm aware.
Thanks for the suggestion, it looks promising. MX5 has only 2 seats, but maybe one of the larger models is good too.
Hard disagree. It is SO much faster for me to read a digital number readout than a analogue one.
This isn't touch screen controls (which are terrible). It's a readout.
I will never put a light mode display in my car. I will take an analogue dial over something that burns spots into my retinas when I'm trying to drive. Even with dark mode, the amount of ambient light coming off that thing is gonna bother me at night.
We need to downgrade everybody's headlights while we're talking about personal preference too. If the car behind me has lights that are so bright they cast a shadow over my own headlights, they're too bright.
Yeah I thought since I'm old I'd be like gimme the old way, but I would actually prefer simplicity for regular commutes.
But I feel like not even car companies want me to have simplicity so they can monetize more doodads
Depends on the screen. I like the dull matte screen on those citroën picassos.
Honestly I'd kill for a digital dashboard that easy to read. Most are way worse.
Well tough luck, you're getting one with roman numerals!
I’d kill for one that was positioned so I could see it. I keep my steering wheel low and my hands cover the speedometer.
I hate that cars are just smart phones on wheels now. Do any auto makers still make cars with the old style and not all these screens and crap?
I was so happy when I saw some modern KIAs use analog controls.
Then I checked KIAs reliability and safety score and died.
I've put 80k miles on one Kia and just got a Hyundai with 100k miles on it. I've not once had something need replacement that wasn't an expected wear item at about the expected interval. I also witnessed a Kia get pinned against the median on the beltline by a speeding car that lost control and while it was definitely totaled, the occupants were uninjured.
So my annecdotal experience has been quite positive
Watch out for flying USB drives though.
R.I.P.
watching 80s and 90s anime has given me a soul-deep admiration for mechanical dials of any kind. I like high-tech shit, but it's gotta have low-tech dials, or I'm out.
Windows with a hand crank saved me when I was stuck in a car as a kid. Now you get out, you gotta smash it.
You wouldn't have that problem with Linux. 🤓
For sure just hit :wq.
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I love the potential of a digital dash.
I hate the wasted potential of actual digital dashes.
Let me fuckin customize it.
Let me put whatever gauges I want wherever I want. I know that the data is available over the CAN bus, let me fuckin see it.
Dynamically change the layout if something important happens I need to keep an eye on, but wouldn't normally need to worry about
Even more infuriating when not only is it not customisable, but they layout they do use is just... bad in a thousand different tiny ways.
For example, the tachometer and speedometer on my vehicle have two display modes. The traditional looking dials and a more compact vertical wheel that leaves more room in the middle of the display for other things.
...but those other things are almost always either useless (I don't need to see a little picture of the vehicle I'm driving), or actively worse (the media info screen actually shows fewer characters in the larger mode).
It's not unusable, it's just varying levels of awkward or useless in dozens of little aspects.
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My car doesn't have any of that fancy crap, but the fuel gage is an lcd and I hate it so much. Like it should be fine, except it just doesn't work at certain temperatures and I live in an area where that means half the year.
Touch screens have no business in dashboards. I don't care how sleek it looks to replace all the physical buttons. You have to look at a touch screen to use it. That alone makes them entirely unfit for the purpose. Physical buttons that can be identified by touch and provide tactile feedback are the only interfaces that make any fucking sense at all.
This fees like something so obvious that I cannot understand how we got here.
Yep real knobs and buttons make more sense, but i guess touchscreens are cheaper these days.
You touch the gauges behind your steering wheel?
How else should a blind man know how fast he is travelling?
Dangle a tin can on a string out the window and listen to the rate of the jingle jangle on the pavement?
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