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The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature
james_s:
I have no idea how touchscreens in cars were ever legal in the first place, they're a horrible idea, there is no way to safely use one, you have to take your eyes off the road.
JPortici:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on April 29, 2023, 04:10:35 am --- I can attest to the pain of trying to get parts from overseas.
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No, it's not that. Replacement parts weren't available, period. There is still a one year wait time for a control unit replacement (any control unit) and headlights as they can't even fit the new cars with them.
Here in europe, the normal wait time for replacement goes from same day (smaller parts, belts, harnesses, things like that) to 5-10 days for complete engines, control units (also depending on the amount of paperwork required. Some replacements must be done at the dealer because e.g.: synchronization of the network that has to be authorized and that takes more time because of bureocracy)
If parts were available you would have had your car back within a month
--- Quote from: james_s on April 29, 2023, 05:24:58 am ---I have no idea how touchscreens in cars were ever legal in the first place, they're a horrible idea, there is no way to safely use one, you have to take your eyes off the road.
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renault used to block the touch screen while the engine was running (even if it was being operated by the passenger)
imagine that in a tesla ;D ;D ;D
Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on April 29, 2023, 05:21:08 am ---
--- Quote from: Psi on April 29, 2023, 05:07:25 am ---A touchscreen is nice for some car things, but yeah, buttons for all core functionality.
There is something magical about a car with switches and buttons everywhere that all illuminate at night, like the cockpit of an airplane.
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Perhaps it's just where I live, but I find most car dashboards/lights are waaaaay too bright. I usually turn them right down to minimum.
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Came from (I think) the Japanese cars starting in the mid '90s. I believe it was in response to old cars having dank dash lights that only got worse as the car aged. I think it was the Lexus that was the first to have this really stunning speedo when you turned the key.
james_s:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on April 29, 2023, 04:10:35 am ---As someone who was "recently" involved in a crash in a European car (someone hit me up the rear at 40-50 km/hr), I can attest to the pain of trying to get parts from overseas.
The insurer (in their wisdom) decided to repair, instead of replace. The vehicle was insured for an agreed value of $63k and was less than 12 months old at the time of the crash, which meant it would have been covered under the insurers "new for old replacement" clause. Except that they didn't deem the vehicle as a total write-off (which they probably should have).
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A car is never quite the same after a collision like that. Body shops are usually able to make it look good for a while, but give it 10 years or so and something will start to rust where welding burned galvanizing off, and often you'll find something isn't quite perfectly aligned, and the paint often isn't quite as good as the original.
DimitriP:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 28, 2023, 07:56:33 pm ---The car is becoming obsolete anyway. You can just live in the matrix with zero carbon footprint! :-DD
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If you don't leave a carbon footprint are you really alive?
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