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To: Openurmind

Please bring back the floorboard mounted dimmer switch and a knob for turning on wipers and headlights. Also vent wing windows would be a nice touch.


73 posted on 10/02/2025 5:56:09 AM PDT by Clarancebeaks (T)
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To: Clarancebeaks

“Please bring back the floorboard mounted dimmer switch and a knob for turning on wipers and headlights. Also vent wing windows would be a nice touch.”

Yep, I’m not too lazy to use knobs. All this revolves around pure laziness. Too lazy to turn a knob... It is incredible how many things have been screwed up because of mass laziness.

Like I always say, we now live in a world where two clicks of a mouse button is one click too many for most because of laziness.


82 posted on 10/02/2025 6:29:38 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Clarancebeaks

The federal government’s CAFE fuel mileage requirements forced the car makers to get rid of the triangular wing windows. You might lose 0.01 mpg when you had the windows open, but the auto makers were grasping at every mileage straw possible

FedGov sticks its nose into everything in our daily lives. Some things are good, especially in safety like seat and shoulder belts, door side crash protection, padded dashboards, collapsible steering columns, and airbags. But the “regulators” force car makers to make many stupid decisions like eliminating wing windows and shutting the engine off at stop lights all to save an ounce of gasoline every year.

Their CAFE regs are why every car looks the same these days. The design engineers all understand the same principles of aerodynamics.


94 posted on 10/02/2025 7:45:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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