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I was saying the same thing 20 years ago. Power windows! Power door =
locks! Power seats, for chrissake! Remote entry and alarms systems! =
Keyless starters! Not a one of them necessary. Each one a potential =
expensive repair down the road.
Our newest car is a 2001 Toyota Echo without a single one of these mod =
cons. 135K and hopefully will go much longer. I really do not want to be =
forced into a car with one of those key fob gadgets.
I do have a phone charger plugged into the cigar lighter socket in the =
MGB.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB
> On Mar 10, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
>=20
> Some of the newer safety devices are good to have. If my son (fairly =
new driver at the time) had been driving a car with a collision =
avoidance system, he might not have totaled the car when he ran into =
someone. The car we got as a replacement system has collision =
avoidance, and the rest of the stuff that comes along with it.
>=20
> My everyday car is ready to be replaced, and I agree about all the =
junk in the new cars that's not really needed. I hate paying for stuff =
I don't want and probably won't use, and I especially hate to pay to =
have someone fix it in a year or two when it stops working. That being =
said, I almost took a car off my list because my cell phone doesn't fit =
in the built-in wireless charger. First world problems, I guess.
>=20
> --Steve (1980 MGB)
>=20
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">I was saying the same thing 20 years ago. Power windows! =
Power door locks! Power seats, for chrissake! Remote entry and alarms =
systems! Keyless starters! Not a one of them necessary. Each one a =
potential expensive repair down the road.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Our newest car is a 2001 Toyota Echo =
without a single one of these mod cons. 135K and hopefully will go much =
longer. I really do not want to be forced into a car with one of those =
key fob gadgets.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">I do have a phone charger plugged into the cigar lighter =
socket in the MGB.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
<div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: =
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
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break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
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class=3D"">--</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; =
min-height: 16px;" class=3D"">Max Heim</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 13px;" class=3D"">'66 MGB</div></div></div>
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Mar 10, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <<a =
href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">Some of the newer safety devices are good to have. If =
my son (fairly new driver at the time) had been driving a car with a =
collision avoidance system, he might not have totaled the car when he =
ran into someone. The car we got as a replacement system has =
collision avoidance, and the rest of the stuff that comes along with =
it.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">My everyday car is ready to be =
replaced, and I agree about all the junk in the new cars that's not =
really needed. I hate paying for stuff I don't want and probably =
won't use, and I especially hate to pay to have someone fix it in a year =
or two when it stops working. That being said, I almost took a car =
off my list because my cell phone doesn't fit in the built-in wireless =
charger. First world problems, I guess.<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">--Steve (1980 MGB)<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br =
class=3D""></div></body></html>=
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