JustJames
Platinum Member
I am a mechanical engineer, and just do not like cars to be so dependent on electronics, computers and electrical systems. To paraphrase Smokey Yunick, cars are no place for computers. The car also has electric windows, and I keep thinking what would happen if I were to drive into a lake? Everyone would be calling me Ted.
I'm with you!
As a dyed in the wool petrol head, I hate the all pervasive nannying that is now built into almost all cars.
A few weeks ago I was at a car event. Parked there was a Lamborghini. And it had parking sensors. No doubt it also had cup holders, a touch screen LCD and miles and miles of cabling to run all the crap that has been added to what is supposed to be a sports car...a car supposedly designed for the joy of driving by people who have spent time to develop the capability of driving it.
In the countryside around Sydney there are some cable operated ferries. Whenever I use one, if I am in a modern car, I roll down the electric windows before driving onto the thing.