Every time an article such as this pops up I comment on how much I love my 71’ International harvester Pick-up truck. Everything is manual from the fuel pump to the windows. It is overbuilt and was assembled by hand as opposed to robotics , that being the case disassembly and access to all of the components can be reached by a human arm/hand. The simplicity of it is why it is a daily driver to this very day. And if you read the comment of the man who hit a patch of ice and the “ride control” took over and pulled him hard right! Traction control = braking wether you want it or not. I even as 16-17 year old did not like cruise control as I looked upon it as something over riding my control of fuel to the engine. Anything that takes control over the 3-5 thousand pound vehicle that I am driving is a no-go to me...Also you would not believe how inexspensive it is to keep the International on the road , comes to just under 260.00 a year for registration/insurance/inspection sticker....so explain to me the logic of BILLIONS of dollars for communication sensors on roadways and then the absurd cost of new cars along with option 1 insurance if money is borrowed?
Because you aren’t the masses. And frankly Americans suck at driving and need to either be retrained or replaced en mas.
It’s because vintage stuff of some types is fairly easy to support is why I am revamping a couple of old Jeeps and a K5 blazer.
The only electronics are in the ignition modules. I despise points.