The folks in love with their clunkers simply don’t know what they are missing. So they assume away all the benefits and focus on the perceived disadvantages.
Lotta folks bitterly opposed the introduction of first indoor plumbing and later electricity into their homes. They wuz wrong. But human nature is like that. Whaddayagonnado?
I drive by a golf course, and I’ve had a golf ball bounce off the car more than once.
But i kinda like the sunroof.
I also drive an old car, but when i bought it (used) i specifically looked for one that had the modern safety package, with blind spot warning, lane departure warning, back up camera, automatic braking if the car gets to close to something in front, and some other features.
Basically, the car will try to bring the interior to whatever temperature you’ve set as your default through whatever means available. That includes A/C, heat, heated/cooled seats, heated steering wheel, front and rear defroster. You can turn off most of those options if you want, I don’t know if all have toggle switches. You can also turn the whole thing off.
I’m the opposite. I feel naked if my keys aren’t in my right front pocket. I always used to feel superior at family get-togethers when people were leaving and had to search around for their keys that they had set down somewhere. I knew where mine were!
Here’s one I just discovered this morning. My Toyota RAV4 has a traffic app, which I assume is to show nearby traffic delays. It displays a map of the entire Kansas City metropolitan area, so I assume it’s using GPS to determine which map to display. You can scroll the map up and down a bit, but I couldn’t figure out a way to zoom in or recenter it, and the map is otherwise too small to be easily readable by the driver. But the other thing is, I’m about 40 miles west of KC, so at the very extreme left edge of the map. So this just seems like a completely useless app unless I’m commuting to KC.
Does that mean that, if you decide to use the Bronco as a camper, and sleep in the back, you can’t lock the doors? Sounds like an un-feature.
My 2019 has actual inside lock buttons, like a vintage car, but has a remote, and there is a power lock button on the inside of the door as well. Pulling the handle inside will unlock the door to get out, too. My wife’s 2021 is 100% manual. No power windows, no power locks, no lock fob, manual transmission.
For my car (Subaru) the nag screen persists. Which is also part of why this annoys me so much. I can get in the car, turn it on, put it in reverse, slowly back out of my parking spot, and then still have to deal with this “I agree” button preventing me from using non-essential controls after already driving the car for 10-20 seconds or more.
Also, I was reminded this morning that when it’s cold out, even if I want to “agree”, sometimes the touch screen takes multiple seconds to warm up or respond to touch. I pushed agree, nothing happened, tried again, nothing happened, tried again, nothing happened. Then a moment later the screen responded to three touches, removed the I agree warning and then proceeded to change my radio station to whichever button was in the same place as the I agree button.
Anyway, this isn’t a “complain about features” thread, so I’ll slowly back away into the bushes.
To be clear, what I meant was that if the nag screen is on, and I put the car in reverse, the nag screen will still be there after I leave reverse, no matter how long it takes.
If the nag screen has a 4 second timer (or whatever the exact duration is) that timer pauses when the car is in reverse.
I usually start the car before i buckle my seat belt. (Because i use a physical key, and want to remove it from my pocket before putting the seatbelt over said pocket.) So usually, that alert comes up and goes away as I’m fumbling with my belt. Basically, i don’t notice it any more.