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I'd hate to own a 10 year old car with Android Automotive in it... It'll be weird when there is a market for dumb cars.

by iasay 4y ago

Alupis 4y ago
I'm not really sure it's any worse than what we had before. My Ford's entertainment system (pre-Android Auto) hasn't received an update since it was about 1 year old and in the dealership for a warranty service.
chiph 4y ago
Well, the only good thing is that Google Maps will likely continue to run. My DVD based system had it's last update ever in 2015, so it will occasionally show me driving "off road" where the map database doesn't have street info. But then the cellphone companies could retire 4G data service at some point (like how 3G just shut down in February) and you won't be able to use it at all.
- iasay 4y ago
  My car just has a BT receiver. My phone is my nav and in car entertainment system thus saving that entire problem of obsolescence.
wyre 4y ago
I bet there is a market for dumb cars right now but dumb cars don’t have enough profit margin for investors to be interested.
userbinator 4y ago
There's a market for dumb cars, it's called the used/vintage/classic cars market.
- pluc 4y ago
  Increasingly, that's standard cars. 98% of all north american cars being sold are automatic (completely anectodal stat).. if you want standard your choices are a Golf or a Jeep. It might even become gas-powered cars too but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one
  - kart23 4y ago
    the civic is still available manual. bmw, porsche, ford, kia, hyundai, toyota and more all offer multiple cars with manuals. It's true that manuals are a very small part of the market, but most major brands actually still offer manuals.
  - q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago
    Took me a minute to figure out that "standard" meant "manual" here. Interesting usage. I tried to research the actual % out of curiosity, and I think your anecdotal guess was pretty accurate. This article [1] claims that it's 97.6%. [1] https://www.carmax.com/articles/stick-shift-index https://www.carmax.com/articles/stick-shift-index
    - frosted-flakes 4y ago
      "Standard" to mean manual transmission is a common usage in Canada. In my experience, even people who know nothing about cars still call them that. Even though manuals haven't been standard for decades.
      - pluc 4y ago
        We actually call it manual, I called it standard because that what I feel americans call them

I'd hate to own a 10 year old car with Android Automotive in it... It'll be weird when there is a market for dumb cars.

by iasay 4y ago

I'd hate to own a 10 year old car with Android Automotive in it... It'll be weird when there is a market for dumb cars.

I'm not really sure it's any worse than what we had before. My Ford's entertainment system (pre-Android Auto) hasn't received an update since it was about 1 year old and in the dealership for a warranty service.

chiph 4y ago

Well, the only good thing is that Google Maps will likely continue to run. My DVD based system had it's last update ever in 2015, so it will occasionally show me driving "off road" where the map database doesn't have street info. But then the cellphone companies could retire 4G data service at some point (like how 3G just shut down in February) and you won't be able to use it at all.

iasay 4y ago
My car just has a BT receiver. My phone is my nav and in car entertainment system thus saving that entire problem of obsolescence.

wyre 4y ago

I bet there is a market for dumb cars right now but dumb cars don’t have enough profit margin for investors to be interested.

userbinator 4y ago

There's a market for dumb cars, it's called the used/vintage/classic cars market.

pluc 4y ago
Increasingly, that's standard cars. 98% of all north american cars being sold are automatic (completely anectodal stat).. if you want standard your choices are a Golf or a Jeep. It might even become gas-powered cars too but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one
- kart23 4y ago
  the civic is still available manual. bmw, porsche, ford, kia, hyundai, toyota and more all offer multiple cars with manuals. It's true that manuals are a very small part of the market, but most major brands actually still offer manuals.
- q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago
  Took me a minute to figure out that "standard" meant "manual" here. Interesting usage. I tried to research the actual % out of curiosity, and I think your anecdotal guess was pretty accurate. This article [1] claims that it's 97.6%. [1] https://www.carmax.com/articles/stick-shift-index https://www.carmax.com/articles/stick-shift-index
  - frosted-flakes 4y ago
    "Standard" to mean manual transmission is a common usage in Canada. In my experience, even people who know nothing about cars still call them that. Even though manuals haven't been standard for decades.
    - pluc 4y ago
      We actually call it manual, I called it standard because that what I feel americans call them