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It's an interesting article, but reminds me of the divide between techies and the great unwashed. When I buy a car I want a 5-speed, and stuff that, when it bre
by ojbyrne 18y ago
It's an interesting article, but reminds me of the divide between techies and the great unwashed. When I buy a car I want a 5-speed, and stuff that, when it breaks, I can fix. I want a spare tire, even if there are run-flat tires - I like long road trips.
I do recognize that my tastes are not mainstream, but I value companies that also recognize that.
EDIT: Ok, maybe not fix myself, but I appreciate stuff that's cheap to get fixed, and maybe a little old-school. There's not too much that I can actually fix, but there's a larger constellation of stuff that I understand the cost of.
- kirse 18y agoDriving a manual is just more fun, more engaging, and makes you focus more on driving. It's just better. =) I had to put up with a slushbox rental recently and finally understood how exactly people can fall asleep at the wheel.
- ojbyrne 18y agoI agree, though there were some moments at stoplights in the north part of SF that I, um, didn't.
- pistoriusp 18y agoI agree with you, but I wouldn't mind having an automatic right now. I've been spending ~2 hours in traffic for the last month.
- derefr 18y agoDo you know how much a tire weighs? That weight is gas you could be saving by not taking it along. It's environmentally-friendly to leave the tire-swap for when you get to the station (because you will have to go to a station after you get a flat either way--if you were carrying a spare before, now you won't be, and that's just as unsafe as you felt before.)
- HeyLaughingBoy 18y agoI sometimes wonder if people who think of minutiae like this ever consider losing weight because they'll use less gas by not toting the extra pounds around...