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> I felt the same way until my wife lost her car key and the dealer wanted $1,200 to replace it. !! More info, please. (:
by Diederich 8y ago
> I felt the same way until my wife lost her car key and the dealer wanted $1,200 to replace it.
!!
More info, please. (:
- jimmaswell 8y agoModern cars are so up their own arse in those kind of things that everything costs an arm and a leg to service or replace. I'm probably sticking to 90s/earlier cars as long as I can. They've regressed in so many ways - touch screen radios are an abomination, exorbitant key replacements/servicing in general, annoying gas flaps you can only open from inside the car, digital pedals that are usually way over-responsive. Too many over-engineered points of possible failure - when my mother got her 2008 Nissan a while ago we couldn't figure out how to open the gas flap, turned out a handle had fallen off of a lever hidden somewhere on the floor to the side of the seat. As if gas siphoners don't probably just carry around something to pry the flaps open. And more seriously, wasn't someone recently unable to get out of a burning Tesla because the digital door handle didn't engage? Not to mention remote exploits have been found that theoretically let hackers take control of a car remotely while it's being driven and control the steering/brakes/acceleration/etc. I'll pass on the incrementally better mpg/safety.
- jacobush 8y agoAn electric conversion of a 1940s led sled is my dream car.