Posted on 04/06/2019 8:58:30 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Auto makers and Silicon Valley are locked in a fight to control the dashboard display...
The current state of play is a confused free-for-all as the two industries circle each other warily. Some car makers are turning over their dashboard operating systems to Alphabets Google entirely. Others, including Ford Motor Co. and Daimler AG , wager they can muster the technological chops to compete...
With his wifes 2016 Mazda CX-5, he cant figure out how to turn off the radio. We can turn it down, he said. But off is apparently a complex process we havent been able to figure out.
A Mazda spokeswoman said there is no easy way ...
Amazon.com Inc. is in the midst of rolling out its Alexa voice assistant in BMW, Toyota and Volkswagen models, though its limited in what it can do...
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...

I had a Fiat 850 spider too. It was my first car. I used to love it. Remember the windshield wiper pump button on the floorboard? So many people that rode in it with me believed the Italians were making rain detecting wipers back then. Oh my, so much fun.
I’ll assume that your Prius is one of the few without dated Obama or Hillary stickers, or “Save The Planet” crap?
I like the ads at Mobil stations the best.
Insanely fun to drive, but probably got towed more than it got driven.
Bwahaha ! I wouldn’t mind having that one too.
It proudly displays an EG&A, CIB and one that says”ZERO TO SIXTY... EVENTUALLY”
The 0-60 one was added by a friend, distraught after learning that the Prius has about the same 1/4 ET and 0-60 as his Dodge Ram diesel.
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