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To: DUMBGRUNT

It must be noted that the bigger screens, the more gadgetry, the more bells and whistle‘s, and the more electronic distractions that you have on a car will ultimately make it less safe. Whatever happened to the pure joy of driving an automobile? Without a dozen gadgets and gizmos?


10 posted on 04/06/2019 9:11:24 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
It must be noted that the bigger screens, the more gadgetry, the more bells and whistle‘s, and the more electronic distractions that you have on a car will ultimately make it less safe. Whatever happened to the pure joy of driving an automobile? Without a dozen gadgets and gizmos?

I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time

15 posted on 04/06/2019 9:19:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (This week I'm dfwredraider)
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To: Responsibility2nd

the more electronic distractions that you have on a car will ultimately make it less safe.

I do not know what they do today but, long ago it was S-O-P for a race car to mount the analog gauges so the indicator pointed straight up for normal operating.

The oil pressure gauge might be rotated 45 degrees.

At a glance, all is good to go.

My beloved Suburban required a copilot to manage the controls!!!
Worse they were some kind of touch screen, ZERO FEEDBACK (non-haptic).
Ancient Ford pickup I had was much better, a slider for heat, a slider for air volume and a three position switch for the fan.No need to look, ever.


25 posted on 04/06/2019 9:38:49 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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