Bud_One
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This right here...
I miss you _______ on my new car.
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AutoMechanic
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Real keys. I don’t have anything without keys but I wish they would go back to mechanical keys and ignitions like it should be
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Glass and metal.
The swinging centre vents on the old 626 were pretty nice actually for a more natural breeze. The direct from outside floor vents on my 81 Omega were super nice too. Hardly missed AC at all in that car in the summer. I kind of miss cruise control in my new(to me) Focus wagon, but its not our long distance car so I'll live. As I tell my kids, its better that walking!
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Why though? What about a wireless fob that you never have to fish out of your pocket is worse? How is it less "real?"
I swear, ya'll are a bunch of luddites.
Knobs on the radio.
Yes, yes I am.
I've been wanting to buy a third key for a new to us vehicle, but the fact that the key is likely to be over $100 I've been holding off. Ever since I got spares for my last car for like $1.50 each I have had to question just where the progress is. No batteries to change, endless copies for cheap money, no worries of accidentally starting my car... I guess it could wear out but anything can.
I dislike the fact that I can't physically take the whole thing apart and put it back together and understand how each part works.
Edit: At least not without service data.... and an electrical engineering degree.
Edit: At least not without service data.... and an electrical engineering degree.
My big gripe would probably be interiors with colors other than black. High beltlines mean less visibility, and usually harder to set one's arm on the door (as a rest). Headlights that don't blind other drivers is up there too.
I'm no big fan of console shifters. Just seems a waste of space. But I do like using buttons for setting what max gear ratio it can shift into, can't imagine what a notched shifter would be like on an old school shifter assembly!
Wife would love a green car. But then she'd point out that lack of manual transmissions too. Green 4 door car with a manual.
I'm no big fan of console shifters. Just seems a waste of space. But I do like using buttons for setting what max gear ratio it can shift into, can't imagine what a notched shifter would be like on an old school shifter assembly!
Wife would love a green car. But then she'd point out that lack of manual transmissions too. Green 4 door car with a manual.
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Because when the push button start goes out I don’t want to replace it lol and plus cars were never meant to be started by a button only a key
Center console emergency brake.
Lexus has the beautiful Nori Green Pearl color. It’s better in person.
http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/news-lexus-nori-green-pearl-is-the-new-best-color/
AutoMechanic
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Of course they have and do but not nearly as much as push buttons do and much easier to install than a push button start as well
I also miss having a dash WITHOUT a video display. I spend all day around screens. The car was the one place they weren't in my field of view.
Cornering lights & room to work under the hood.
I'd wager that the old keys broke more.
And easier to replace? A push button is most often a trim piece and some screws. I've had to drill rivets to change old column switches before...
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