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To: Gen.Blather
As for electric vehicles, a friend recently leased a new Toyota hybrid. At first, he loved it. But it wanted to drive instead of him.

I bought a new ICE car a year ago. The car does software updates it I let it. The last update changed lane departure settings. The steering wheel has a stick shaker system like on an aircraft. The default setting when I got the car was to do a passive shake when switching lanes without signaling. The new update changed the default setting to intervene and try to take control of the car. I was able to change the setting back. It sure startled the heck out of me when it first happened.

46 posted on 05/06/2026 6:04:43 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: EVO X

My problem with new technology is that I keep cars a long time. I finally sold my ‘98 Mark 8 because the brakes were unfixable. There were no parts available. I couldn’t even troubleshoot them because the necessary tools were only available at dealers and those were long gone.

Imagine what happens when a stick shaker fails a few years from now. No diagnostic tools. No replacement parts. And the car is likely to be undrivable depending on how it fails. The car may otherwise be in fine shape, as was my Mark 8.


47 posted on 05/06/2026 6:31:09 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Oh, gosh! I said that out loud. I'm so sorry.)
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