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How much I enjoy my over 10 years old non drive-by-wire, no in-dash navigation (just buy a 300 EUR navigation with free lifetime map updates), no hybrid, no eng

• Silhouette 8y ago
  I couldn't agree more. I dread the day when my government decides to force my older car off the road because of something about environmental standards and efficiency not being up to modern standards. It's true that modern standards for the mechanics and driving controls in cars are a significant improvement on what I have. Sadly, modern standards for everything else they bundle in these days seem to be a huge step backwards. I want them about as much as I want a "smart" home and a "smart" phone. It's sad, because I enjoy playing with new technologies and would love to have the benefits of recent advances and devices, but for me the risks and costs in terms of security, privacy and safety are often too high to use a lot of these things. I'm starting to feel like the older relative we all seem to have who doesn't know how to use a computer... (Edit: Fortunately, as you demonstrated with the separate navigation box you mentioned, there are often good alternatives right now that have to compete on merit because they're not built-in, which aren't necessarily as owner-hostile. I just fear the day when the number of us willing to pay a little extra and give up a little convenience to maintain that independence will be too small to sustain the market.)