Re: repairs and obsolescence ish

On 5/7/2025 12:02 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 5/7/2025 12:46 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 5/7/2025 11:38 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On 7 May 2025 00:17:10 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
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Rather depends on the how and the why, I believe has been a push back by
consumers for example with car dashboards in that while screens and so on
are fun, they’d like some buttons still please and so on.

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There is hope for push buttons, in the name of safety.
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"Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than
being drunk or high - no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using
touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its
senses."
<https://www.wired.com/story/why-car-brands-are-finally- switching- back-to-buttons/>
"Automakers that nest key controls deep in touchscreen menus forcing
motorists to drive eyes-down rather than concentrate on the road ahead
may have their non-US safety ratings clipped next year."
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Sorry, but you'll need a Wired Magazine subscription to read the
entire article.  If you don't want a subscription, you might find the
reader comments interesting.
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In my never humble opinion, buttons, touch screens, haptic feedback,
voice control, gestures, sign language and AI all have their good and
bad points.  The trick is to attach numbers (fatality rate, accident
rate, cost, fashion, etc) to the various schemes and settle on the
least disgusting and most tolerable method.
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No electronics works for me.
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I have owned cars with a 110v type wall switch on the dash and a starter button next to it.
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 From what I have seen I could not possibly drive a 2025 model auto.
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 I'm sure you could figure it out. Whether you want to or not is a different issue entirely.
 

Maybe. Maybe not.
Girlfriend's new car came with one of those square tetris-ish symbols on the glovebox door instead of an owner's manual. One is supposed to use a portable telephone with that to access the cloud-based manual.
Words fail.
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