This is the take-home message. We shouldn't have to drive 20-50 year-old vehicles to get the simplicity we used to have. We should be able to walk onto the car lot and drive off with a vehicle that has no power steering, windows and door locks if that's what we want. Heater and a radio. AC optional.
Yeah, that looks like the kind of thing I'm talking about. I'm not against safety or even options for that matter, but I don't like all the bling being thrust upon the consumer lately. We don't all need big touchscreens and 10 different warning bells.
Unfortunately the government mandates dictate any new vehicles must have (insert long list of safety standards). There is absolutely no way you could sell as car with 1960 - 2000 technology and have it be legal
But backup cameras are, as are side curtain airbags, just last year they added driver monitoring standard. So any 2026 and up is going to baby sit you.
I don’t mind backup cameras and airbags. I was just addressing some of the features in the comment you responded to (power steering, windows, door locks, heater, radio, and AC).
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u/tkh0812 10d ago
I love old vehicles. Which I could get them with modern safety standards and better fuel efficiency