01-11-2023, 02:58 AM
(01-11-2023, 12:44 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:(01-10-2023, 02:31 PM)Rboe_imp Wrote: If Mr. Ferret could only have figured wireless key on his car he wouldn't be riding so much. :poke:
I hate all these new electronics on cars and much prefer a key, like I have on my Ridgeline, which admittedly I don't drive very much. It's a 2010 and has 65,000 miles on it now. BTW I also figured how many miles I put on my truck last year... 2,228. An average of 185 miles...a month lol.
My biggest electronic gripes are when I'm driving my wife's Highlander and I come to a stop and the stupid thing quits running, until you let off the brake and it starts up again. That and the "adaptive cruise" that starts slowing down about 1/4 mile back and it's real gradual, so you don't notice... you are running on cruise control 72 up the freeway and look down and discover now you're only doing 58 because the guy in front of you isn't even running the speed limit of 65.
That and all the switches are on opposite sides on Ridgeline and Highlander, so I go to turn on the windshield wiper in her car and end up messing up the headlights which she has programmed to come on automatically. Then I get yelled at.
Features like that can be disabled.
One thing for sure, for the mainstream, feature configuration choices are not going away or going to decrease.
Some trim levels are offering "less" aimed at "senior" vehicle shoppers who have voiced their dismay. I don't know if less costs more.