<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do have a phone charger plugged into the cigar lighter socket in the MGB.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 10, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">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=""><br class="">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=""><br class="">--Steve (1980 MGB)<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>