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> if you design a car with faulty brakes, you don't invent a brand new car. You fix the brakes. Funny, this immediately came to mind: https://www.telegraph.co
by edjrage 6y ago
> if you design a car with faulty brakes, you don't invent a brand new car. You fix the brakes.
Funny, this immediately came to mind:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/car-manufacturers/volkswagen/10523316/Volkswagen-ends-Kombi-production.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/car-manufacturers/volks...
> “The Kombi was designed 60 years ago so it would not be possible now to put an airbag and ABS into the car. That’s why we now have to stop production,” said Jochen Funk, director of sales for VW Brazil.
So yeah, maybe we've been driving a (now 70)-year old Kombi and trying to convince ourselves one day we'll be able to just bolt ABS brakes on it.