How did the US operate 100 years ago.
Simple reliable design.
90% of the mandated crap from DC to the Car Manufacturers contribute very little to actual function.
Now it is about tracking everyone for big brother.
The cars are so complex that the dealerships cannot do a good job of repairing them when they break.
The styles change so fast and often that parts are a real issue in repairing them.
I’m no fan of anything in Russia, but I do love good simple design. And products that are designed to make life easier and better, instead of simply more complex.
I hate cheap ChiCom crap that is glitzy but does not function well. But China is where we shipped all our manufacturing to. If you look carefully today, see what that bought us?
I have a 66 Ford Mustang with about 120,000 miles on it. It was my first wife’s first car. A contractor saw it in the garage of a house I am remodeling and told me, “you do realize that that car as it is (all 4 tires flat from age) is worth $20,000 dollars. It originally cost about $3,000.
“90% of the mandated crap from DC to the Car Manufacturers contribute very little to actual function.”
Such as?