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The Mrs. got a "new" car

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bonneyman:

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--- Quote from: bonneyman on January 17, 2024, 08:54:21 PM ---You guys know me....I'll get an axe and a chainsaw and cut out all that electronic crap!  :))

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Yup, I'm with you on that idea George. On a personal note, I find myself in a similar situation. The newest vehicle I drive is a 2011 DTS, and my truck is a 2003 Dakota 4x4. I'll have to bite the bullet sooner or later and get a new vehicle. Problem is I don't like anything that's on the market. All of the modern offerings are computerized nightmares, and finding good older vehicles is getting harder by the month. New car prices are so high, the used market is in a feeding frenzy.

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10-4 I hear that used car prices are dropping, and ALOT of people are getting squeezed with low money. Repossessions are up. So, within 6 months there might be a wave of used cars available.
We waited 3 months for our car guy to find this Toyota. She is now taking it to work, and I'm driving her old Buick a few days a week to give the van a break. the insurance and registration are both still good - and it does run - so might as well keep it and use it till one of those expires. Nice to have a third vehicle "lifeboat" when one of the others are in the shop. And it's free!!!

Personally I hate the newer cars. last time we took a vacation - might even be the time we came back to visit you all in 2019. the rental car had a big learning curve to use it. now they're worse. Oh my gosh!

fatfillup:
I am like Harlan, a bit torn.  Don't care for the excess technology but some of it is darn handy.  Not to mention the performance and efficiency it gives us.

Plus it changes so fast that if you did finally figure out how to diagnose and repair it, it would change and you would be lost again.

bonneyman:
I went for a ride in the "new" car for the first time today. Was raining - we had one heck of a time getting the wipers to work!   :38:

J.A.F.E.:
I, too, have mixed feelings about some of the tech. I really like blind spot detection. I like the heated seats and I even like the flatscreens displays. I have a rabid dislike for onstar and will not buy a GM vehicle as a result.

Some of the tech just seems gimmicky and just for the sake of adding features especially in Japanese offerings and some is pretty annoying like the lane departure. I have always disliked headlights that stay on. I never really understood the reasoning and figured it was just a drain on the battery especially before LEDs. Just what I need in the middle of a cold winter is something draining the battery when I'll have to be starting it in weather cold enough to freeze my hair wet from the sweat of shoveling a path to the car.

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