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Can someone explain to me, honestly, why I would want an 'entertainmaint' system built into my car? I do long commutes, I drive a lot, I am an occasional truck

Can someone explain to me, honestly, why I would want an 'entertainmaint' system built into my car? I do long commutes, I drive a lot, I am an occasional truck driver, I have crossed Australia east to west more than once - and I still don't get it. My car is the one place in the world where I stand a decent chance of escaping the all-pervading goddamn film and music industry.

a3n 9y ago
And for me, my car is almost the only place I listen to music. However, I have never crossed Australia, in either direction.
rossy 9y ago
> My car is the one place in the world where I stand a decent chance of escaping the all-pervading goddamn film and music industry. That's a very odd way of putting it. You do realise that music is not just a marketing platform, but also a very common form of entertainment and medium for artistic expression, right? I'm not sure if you're saying that you don't listen to music at all while you're driving, but if you are, I think you have a very uncommon experience. When I ride in other people's cars, there is almost always music playing, either from a phone connected over bluetooth, a stack of CDs in a CD changer, or just a music radio station. Driving in silence is so uncommon that I'd consider it strange. When I am driving my own car, I often use my long Australian commute as an opportunity to listen to a full album. Given that people do listen to music in cars, and that against better advice, they often fiddle with their non-built-in music playback devices while the car is in motion, an in-car entertainment system with a proper interface goes a long way to prevent distracted driving.
ams6110 9y ago
For me, I want a good sound system and that's it. No screens, no touch controls, no bluetooth, no internet. Knobs, switches, and analog gauges please. Sadly pretty much no longer available in a new car. So I'll probably never buy another one.
planteen 9y ago
I get it. I drive silent often myself when I am alone.
- kagamine 9y ago
  It's the only time I can have a coherent conversation without being interrupted (married with children), alone, in a car. I'm soon to be audio free, no auxiliary input on the car's system and FM is being turned off this month in Norway. So, silence from now on aside from the gibbering emanating from my very own pie-hole. Isn't there also something nice about driving along with only the faint glow of green or blue from the dashboard, not the 46" screen that Tesla have 'tastefully' mounted in the dash?
mark212 9y ago
Podcasts? Audiobooks? I've had some really great experiences on long drives listening to thought-provoking non-fiction audiobooks. Recommend it highly. (Of course a pair of headphones and your device of choice can probably do just as well if not better.)
- abpavel 9y ago
  Headphones in a car is generally a bad idea, as you wouldn't hear car horns, sirens, and other important audible signals that might prove critical.
4ad 9y ago
I don't get it either. I'm a huge music lover, I have other 4000 albums, but I am an active listener only. I only listen to music when I listen to music, not while doing something else. In a car, music is annoying, not to mention the poor experience from the car noise. I don't use active GPSes, although I do use electronic maps for plotting my route beforehand. I prefer to know where I am going, and I hate the GPSs that try to talk to my with the force of a thousand suns.

a3n 9y ago

And for me, my car is almost the only place I listen to music. However, I have never crossed Australia, in either direction.

rossy 9y ago

> My car is the one place in the world where I stand a decent chance of escaping the all-pervading goddamn film and music industry. That's a very odd way of putting it. You do realise that music is not just a marketing platform, but also a very common form of entertainment and medium for artistic expression, right? I'm not sure if you're saying that you don't listen to music at all while you're driving, but if you are, I think you have a very uncommon experience. When I ride in other people's cars, there is almost always music playing, either from a phone connected over bluetooth, a stack of CDs in a CD changer, or just a music radio station. Driving in silence is so uncommon that I'd consider it strange. When I am driving my own car, I often use my long Australian commute as an opportunity to listen to a full album. Given that people do listen to music in cars, and that against better advice, they often fiddle with their non-built-in music playback devices while the car is in motion, an in-car entertainment system with a proper interface goes a long way to prevent distracted driving.

ams6110 9y ago

For me, I want a good sound system and that's it. No screens, no touch controls, no bluetooth, no internet. Knobs, switches, and analog gauges please. Sadly pretty much no longer available in a new car. So I'll probably never buy another one.

planteen 9y ago

I get it. I drive silent often myself when I am alone.

kagamine 9y ago
It's the only time I can have a coherent conversation without being interrupted (married with children), alone, in a car. I'm soon to be audio free, no auxiliary input on the car's system and FM is being turned off this month in Norway. So, silence from now on aside from the gibbering emanating from my very own pie-hole. Isn't there also something nice about driving along with only the faint glow of green or blue from the dashboard, not the 46" screen that Tesla have 'tastefully' mounted in the dash?

mark212 9y ago

Podcasts? Audiobooks? I've had some really great experiences on long drives listening to thought-provoking non-fiction audiobooks. Recommend it highly. (Of course a pair of headphones and your device of choice can probably do just as well if not better.)

abpavel 9y ago
Headphones in a car is generally a bad idea, as you wouldn't hear car horns, sirens, and other important audible signals that might prove critical.

4ad 9y ago

I don't get it either. I'm a huge music lover, I have other 4000 albums, but I am an active listener only. I only listen to music when I listen to music, not while doing something else. In a car, music is annoying, not to mention the poor experience from the car noise. I don't use active GPSes, although I do use electronic maps for plotting my route beforehand. I prefer to know where I am going, and I hate the GPSs that try to talk to my with the force of a thousand suns.