[Mgs] Ridiculous new cars

[dave]

I would never say that!  I refuse to be a grumpy old man!!!

 

From: Mgs <mgs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Michael MacLean via Mgs
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:13 PM
To: MGs <mgs at autox.team.net>; Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Ridiculous new cars

 

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 <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net> > wrote: 

 

 

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.

 

--

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.

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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