[Mgs] Ridiculous new cars

[Max Heim]

I almost said that, but decided to avoid the cliché. And I don’t have a lawn.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB



> On Mar 10, 2020, at 10:12 AM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net> wrote:
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> The one thing I have not heard from you guys yet is "And you kids get off my lawn too!"
> 
> Mike MacLean
> 69 MGB GT
> 60 Bugeye
> 56 Austin Healey BN2 LeMans
> 2012 Honda Accord LX
> 2002 Harley Davidson Heritage Springer
> 
> On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 10:03:44 AM PDT, Max Heim via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
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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 at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
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>> 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.
>> 
>> --Steve (1980 MGB)
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