RE: The downside of automotive technology
January 15, 2019 at 11:16 am
(This post was last modified: January 15, 2019 at 11:18 am by Fireball.)
(January 15, 2019 at 10:18 am)wyzas Wrote: My own preference is to have the most "dumb" car I can find. My current car is 11 years old. Not sure I'm gonna like what I find when it's time to shop for a new one.
Old farts hate some changes.
I know what you mean. I have a '70 Chevy truck that I can fix anything on, except electronics like the radio. Newer cars that I've bought, I got the extended warranty. Any black box breaks on these cars, it's a kilobuck to fix. That's a downside, plus needing a computer hooked to the thing to figure out what is wrong with it (nothing wrong, at this point in time). Once out of warranty (in 8 more years, for my car) if something big breaks it gets donated to charity. I may not even need a car by then. My wife will be retired by then, so we could get rid of one.
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