• Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I’ve got an old car and it’s still like this. I don’t look forward to the day I have to get a new car.

    • Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Yeah like, all I wish my car had was Bluetooth capabilities but besides that I love my older car.

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        23 hours ago

        Swap the radio its pretty easy and only costs like $50. I got an old Japanese import that has Bluetooth that connects to my phone as I enter the car. Its also got USB to play music from and charge from.

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          23 hours ago

          Good call, I definitely had the thought but never pulled the trigger on it because I never found a specific replacement that I liked. I’ll have to look into it again when I can afford it!

          I was considering upgrading to something with a screen and maybe gps, but couldn’t lock a model down.

    • ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
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      1 day ago

      We had to buy a new (used 2022) car after we ran out old car into the ground. The touch screen controls temperatures. There wasn’t a single variant of the car that didn’t have a giant ass touch screen. It makes me really uncomfortable when the screen no longer works.

      There’s also some other things that piss me off.

      But Some of the pros (and why we accepted that trade off):

      • all wheel drive
      • fancy sensors when someone is in my blindside
      • it opens when it senses the key is nearby.
      • heated seats with controls. (Used to bring hot packs because it gets cold here)
      • cameras for the rear
      • it does that cool thing where it breaks if it senses you might collide. I hated it at first but I’m old now and it saved me once from collision.

      Either way, fuck cars and if public transportation was better here, id use that.