Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?

On 2025-06-26 15:04, R.Wieser wrote:

Carlos,
 

Customization has become easier and cheaper. I just remembered a piece
about a box that would print a book and bind it on the spot, as you
waited. So that you could buy any "out of print" book :-)

 I read about that too.   I always wondered how well the binding would work,
as old-style gluing would take a while to dry.    I've also read about
pizza-building machines.  Can't remember having read how well they work in
the real world though.
 

When I bought my previous car, I had to wait while it was made. I chose my
customizations; the colour was one, but out of a very limited range. My
car was not luxurious enough, rather a plain Corsa. But there was a long
list of things to choose from.

 That sounds like the manufacturer just made its cars in a limited set of
colors (as it always did), and you could choose which add-ons you wanted to
have bolted on.   With that last part likely been done by the dealer.

No, I suspect it was done by the manufacturer.
One customization, that I rejected, was that the fog lamps would turn in their holes left or right with the steering wheel. I thought that would break easily. Other brands what did was switch on the left or right fog light as you turned left or right, more useful — although I think it is now going out of fashion.
Other customizations affected the pilar with the radio and controllers, air conditioning or not or climatization... big things that need a bid disassembly-assembly job if done at the dealer.
However, they did not customize the manual book, which was a mess with all options (go to page X if you have or not have option Y). They could easily print a customized book with latex.

 Offering those "customisations"* is not a bad way to make the buyer feel
like he's a valued customer though. :-)   Smart thinking.

Absolutely :-)

 * shifting away from the idea of after-market,
you-have-to-find-them-yourself additions I mean.
 Regards,
Rudy Wieser
 

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Cheers, Carlos.