Cueyo
Senior Member
I get your argument here, but if it's gonna constantly be a tug of war of what automakers can get away with and what they want to give. For example, Honda considers sunglasses holders a luxury and keeps them out of lower trims (for some godforsaken reason), yet everyone gets a fancy infotainment system with car play. Tell an automaker "less is more" and we'll be running around like the Flintstones eventually. Might even take the wing off the CTR and add it to a performance packageMy point here is that "Less is More".
It's disappointing to see a real regression in the US auto Options and Accessories market.
Where we used to have to "Opt In" to spend extra to add extra functional options and accessories - don't get me wrong, this is still very much a thing - we no longer have the option to "Opt Out" of what many of us see as BS fluff extra moving parts and unnecessary wiring, hoses, controls, and HOLES IN GLASS.
This no doubt raises the production cost and at the end of the day, the sticker price.
All in the name of "Safety".
Don't mean to sound like I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I guess I'm old school. Most of this new mandatory electronic "safety" equipment is exactly the opposite of safe.
All this extra shit in my face, like Lane Keep Assist and Seatbelt Reminder(???), and the absolute worst and most dangerous trend in the auto industry, TOUCH SCREENS IN MOVING VEHICLES, is just a distraction, which works to keep my eyes OFF the road, and therefore LESS safe.
All I wanted was a simple stereo with a tape deck, OK... joking.
A simple stereo with a MiniDisc player, to keep it modern.
Edit: Just looked at the title of this thread.
Apologies for taking it way off topic.
Wrong side of bed - confirmed.
Will now go crawl back into my corner of the internet.
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