How do you pick what will be collectible sometime in the future?
Your reasons for not wanting newer might be different?
They are, and they're also myriad. Much of it has to do with the increasing complexity and difficulty in working on them. I also don't like the idea of an enormous touch screen slapped onto the dashboard. The near extinction of the manual transmission doesn't help, either.
I also don't like the idea of an enormous touch screen slapped onto the dashboard.
The dealer wanted $1000 to replace. I told them I would pay it, if they would warranty it for the rest of time I own the vehicle. They declined.
TL; DR version: we need to put a lot more focus on making drivers safer.The bit with safer cars just rubs me the wrong way. A lot of the safety features mandated by the government can be annoying, and that's the least of the worries. I'm sure many of them will result in expensive repair bills when they give up the ghost.It's hard to believe that my nephew will soon be of driving age. He might not have the opportunity to drive a car that is devoid of the aforementioned safety features. My biggest worry is that once people get too used to having these electronic nannies, they will become complacent and have no clue about the appropriate course of action when the nannies take a day off work at the least opportune of times.Thinking back to the three vehicles that I've had totaled, one was my fault. I was driving way too fast. A second was caused when the at-fault driver wasn't paying attention and drifted into the westbound lane (my lane) while she was heading east. The third was caused because the guy behind me was following too close. He had a CDL, so he was lucky that he wasn't driving a commercial vehicle at the time. All three of those could have been easily prevented.Again, more attention needs to be paid to what the operators do and how they do it.
TL; DR version: we need to put a lot more focus on making drivers safer.The bit with safer cars just rubs me the wrong way. A lot of the safety features mandated by the government can be annoying, and that's the least of the worries.
For instance in the EU new cars are now required to have a lane following feature which will try to steer you back if it thinks you are going the wrong way. This is the most horrible smurf thing ever in winter conditions - it mistakes ice edges, snow tracks and who knows what as lanes. And thus it might randomly decide to try and steer you left or right at its own sudden whim. If you have oncoming traffic or very slippery conditions the last thing you need is for the car to start steering off in odd directions. I'm quite certain this "safety" feature has caused accidents and will continue to do so - it probably works fine on well marked tarmac roads (near the legislators), but they made it a requirement everywhere..You can turn if off, but it only stays off until you turn the car on again. Then it will be back on again. I believe all cars sold after 2021 or 2022 is required to have this madness.
My Subaru has this feature, and I agree with you that it’s not a good thing. Fortunately, in my vehicle it is easy enough to turn off and have it stay off.
Self driving cars can't get here soon enough.Def
That's why the driverless cabs I saw in California last week were so interesting- I can only assume the company has taken on HUGE liability insurance since there is no driver to blame.
I know very few people that don't text/surf when driving, at various levels.
Self driving cars can't get here soon enough.
Better drivers will help reduce accidents, but we will never actually have perfect drivers.
I think mandated safety measures like seat belt, airbags and crash tests have proven themselves.
If I’m hugging or going over the line, it’s because I’m trying to avoid something, like a wide load in the adjacent lane or some poor fool trying to change a tire on the side of the road only inches from traffic.
That includes taking evasive action if need be. I don't trust an autonomous vehicle to do the same, especially since they're very likely stuffed to the gills with sensors and reliant on some signal from who knows where. And what assurance do I have that some miscreant with ill intent will not try to hack such a vehicle?
And what assurance do I have that some miscreant with ill intent will not try to hack such a vehicle?
The technology with autonomous vehicles still has a very long way to go before they're ready for rollout on any sizable scale.
The energy absorbing steering column was in widespread use before the air bag, and it made it far less likely that a front-end collision would result in a steering column impaling the driver.
These days they have airbags everywhere I look so not just the driver and not just impact from the front. There is even one under the bonnet of our car. In case of collision I suppose it will fling some pedestrian or hapless elk over the car instead of into the cabin? (I don't really want to find out!)
It doesn't get reliable without real world testing and use, so it has to start somewhere.
Very true. I just prefer that it's done on a controlled and closed course as much as possible.
This gives it a 0-60mph time of 2.5 seconds.