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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As someone who rode in cars in the 80s, cars today are superior in every possible way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

As someone who also rode in cars in the 80s, I call BS. Cars today are superior in a lot of ways like fuel economy, crash safety, and probably reliability.

But cars in the 80s didn't spy on you. Cars today do. That's not superior.

Cars in the 80s were easier to work on. Cars today can require absurd things like dismounting the motor just to get to the spark plugs. That's not superior.

Cars in the 80s had physical knobs and switches to control everything from turn signals, windshield wipers, defogger, radio volume, you name it. Cars today frequently have some or all of these features buried in a submenu on a touchscreen. Muscle memory? Forget it!

That's not superior.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

My car in the 80s didn't have an airbag.

Good talk.