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Speaking of the lack of software as a feature, are there any new cars you can still buy that aren’t bloated with software anti features?
by gentleman11 5y ago
Speaking of the lack of software as a feature, are there any new cars you can still buy that aren’t bloated with software anti features?
- zbrozek 5y agoI'm not aware of any, which is a shame. I want to replace one of my two cars with an EV sometime late 2022 or early 2023. Unfortunately they all come with touchscreens and cellular connectivity. I want neither. My 2002 Saturn LW200 had the best UI of any car I've ever owned. Everything was a mechanical button, lever, or knob and it had only two very-simple screens: a clock radio (segment LCD) and an odometer (VFD).
- 13rac1 5y agoI suspect the only long term way to avoid touchscreens and cellular is a DIY EV. EVWest, for example, now has complete kits for 14 cars: https://www.evwest.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=40 https://www.evwest.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=40
- Hamuko 5y agoAnything by Dacia. You don't even get a radio as standard equipment. I imagine a 20-year-old Mercedes has more lines of code than a Dacia.
- wutbrodo 5y agoDo you see them as anti-features? My mom's newish car has backup cameras, lane guidance, and blindspot detectors, and those things alone have quieted the vast majority of my lifelong frustration at cities that force you to waste hours of your day piloting death machines just to go about your day-to-day. I still would never want to _live_ somewhere like that, but my visits to my parents have become significantly more pleasant through what I consider to be these common-sense safety features.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoYou can't avoid CANBUS anymore but if you go buy the base trim subcompacts from those brands the well to do parts of the internet turn up their noses at you should be able to find stuff without much or any technical bloat.