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Some approach technology better than others. We have a '24 Mazda 3
(because it's one of the few new cars that has a manual
transmission) and it has not succumbed to the touch screen nonsense.
There are switches and buttons to control most everything, although
I'm sure they connect only to that big computer. It does have a
touch screen for the navigation system (which you can also speak to)
and audio systems, but remarkably, the touch function won't work if
the car is in motion; you have to use a knob and pushbuttons on the
console.<br>
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The car is still subservient to the computer, though.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/20/2026 5:14 PM, David Scheidt
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 2:59 PM Jim Juhas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:james.f.juhas@snet.net"><james.f.juhas@snet.net></a> wrote:
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I have a 1997 Porsche Boxster that was inexpensive to buy. It recently developed a leak in the coolant recovery tank, leaking into the rear trunk. The Porsche branded part goes for $358. There are five (5) hoses running to it that disappear into the engine compartment. The hose clamps are barely accessible. The tank cannot be removed unless and until the hoses are disconnected on the engine side of the firewall. Porsche allows 4 hours for the repair.
Setting your model-year limit at 2015 probably won't help much.
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Limiting it to 2015 avoids some of the current stupidity with
excessively complicated computer controlled everything, with software
written by idiots who don't test anything. I recently drove a couple
of volvo suvs, which were loaners for my wife's car, which was in the
shop becasue the software sucks. Both of the loaners had turn signal
clicking that didn't work properly. Of course, in the old days, the
turn signals were flashed by a mechanical flasher, but now, the body
computer does it, and tells the speakers to play click sounds. The
click sounds were not at all in sync with the blinking light, and
would sometimes not click for a flash, or click three times for one.
If I'd been test driving one of them, I'd have not gotten out of the
lot. If you can't make something obvious and easy to test work right,
I doubt you're getting the hard stuff right. (and given my wife's car
has been to the dealer five times in a year for software problems,
including the week she bought it, I rather suspect they haven't.)
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On 1/20/2026 2:40 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:eric@megageek.com">eric@megageek.com</a> wrote:
NO worries, the car will break WAY before you have time to get the air cleaner dirty!
Seriously, I don't know why these 'premium' brands hate there mechanics so much.
My buddy is a Land Rover guy and has two of them. They have been on my lift more than any other car I know. Each time, for crazy problems that take forever to diagnose (WITH LR specific computers). He spends thousands in parts that aren't the problem (but the computer say it is.) Getting to the parts are insanely complex, often requiring special tools and parts that are 'consumable' so they can't be reinstalled.
I'm an American truck guy, and I don't think I'm ever buying a vehicle newer than 2015. 8>0
Moose
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Subject: Let's run right out a get a Porsche
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