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Strongly disagree. Every part of the car interior can be replaced if it is designed from the ground up with that purpose of retrofitting. For instance you look

by deepGem 12y ago

Strongly disagree. Every part of the car interior can be replaced if it is designed from the ground up with that purpose of retrofitting. For instance you look at a dress shoe and think that the shoe has to be thrown once it is worn out, but Allen Edmonds shoes can be re-crafted once they are worn. They look as good as new. If something as tightly coupled as a shoe can be re-crafted, the interior of a car surely can be. Also - with an electric motor most of the complexity is in the software - which can be easily upgraded. Autonomous driving - needs massive changes to the internal system ? Like what ? From what I can see - the physical changes needed are in the steering department - that's about it. Rest is all software. I can bet any money that one day Musk will upgrade a Model S into a driverless car. Perhaps in the next 5 years.

insaneirish 12y ago
> but Allen Edmonds shoes can be re-crafted once they are worn. As someone who only wears Allen Edmonds shoes, there is a limit to recrafting. I have a pair of shoes that I absolutely love, and they have been rebuilt once. But I fear that the insoles are quickly approaching the point of no return, such that Allen Edmonds won't/can't rebuild them. Everything can be rebuilt, but there is a point of depreciating returns with things like car interiors.
- deepGem 12y ago
  Agreed. There is a limit but you can't dismiss the upgrade option as infeasible.
  - kenrikm 12y ago
    Even on your standard car seats can usually be swapped out in under an hour (Four bolts per seat, disconnect one power cable - Reverse to reinstall) carpet + seats takes longer but still only a 3-4 hour job when I've done it in the past. Usually dealers will charge an insane markup replacement parts though "bundling" them into an upgrade package (for less then the sum of purchasing individually) seems to make sense.

by deepGem 12y ago

insaneirish 12y ago

> but Allen Edmonds shoes can be re-crafted once they are worn. As someone who only wears Allen Edmonds shoes, there is a limit to recrafting. I have a pair of shoes that I absolutely love, and they have been rebuilt once. But I fear that the insoles are quickly approaching the point of no return, such that Allen Edmonds won't/can't rebuild them. Everything can be rebuilt, but there is a point of depreciating returns with things like car interiors.

deepGem 12y ago
Agreed. There is a limit but you can't dismiss the upgrade option as infeasible.
- kenrikm 12y ago
  Even on your standard car seats can usually be swapped out in under an hour (Four bolts per seat, disconnect one power cable - Reverse to reinstall) carpet + seats takes longer but still only a 3-4 hour job when I've done it in the past. Usually dealers will charge an insane markup replacement parts though "bundling" them into an upgrade package (for less then the sum of purchasing individually) seems to make sense.