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> God I’m happy I drive a dumb manual car with no real electronics other than a radio. Me too! I'm not looking forward to my next car. I don't trust a lot of t
by AlexandrB 2y ago
> God I’m happy I drive a dumb manual car with no real electronics other than a radio.
Me too! I'm not looking forward to my next car. I don't trust a lot of these automatic closing trunks/hoods/etc[1]. But even setting that aside all this complexity is just more stuff that can break and in some cases costs a ridiculous amount to fix. I'd love a car with an EV drivetrain, a radio, power windows, AC, and maybe a small screen (<7") for CarPlay[2]. No other smart features beyond what's mandated by regulation.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoEQeQXtxDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoEQeQXtxDA
[2] This is probably a given since backup cameras are now mandatory where I live.
- rchaud 2y agoOne of the oddities about Hacker News is that a solid chunk of the users will reliably rail against Smart TVs, but drool over smart cars with touchscreens and surveillance everywhere.
- floor2 2y agoYou're on a forum with literally millions of visitors from all over the world, but with comments on any given article from maybe 100 people. There could be tens of thousands of "rail against smart tv" users and tens of thousands of "drool over smart cars" users, without there being even a single hypocritical poster who was in both groups.