From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 3/8/2025 9:24 PM, Gerry wrote:   
   > On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:19:10 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vqg040$3phoo$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> If it wasn't for all the big brother MANDATES the USA could build cheap   
   >> cars too.  Remote kill switch, black box recording, etc is not trivial.   
   >> That doesn't even count the safety standards.   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >> As I understand it, a cheap new car can't compete on price with a nicer   
   >> model used car.   
   > Twenty years ago I leased a Toyota Echo "econo box" that reminded me   
   > of the Model "A" I got my license on in 1956. For the last three years   
   > I 've needed a degree in Gismology to drive the 2021 Corolla. God   
   > knows whats gonna happen Monday when I pick up the 2025 Corolla Cross.   
   > We moved up because we needed a step ladder to get out of the current   
   > car - told the dealer we wanted to go back to the Echo "Geezermobile".   
   > We're both over 80!   
      
   I was a bit advanced tech averse myself, but automakers have finally   
   recognized I won't pay a subscription to their service when I have a   
   cell phone.  I'm not crazy about Goggle having total access to my   
   location, but Android Auto looks exactly the same on all three vehicles   
   I currently drive regularly.  I have navigation on the right and music   
   streaming on the left.  Ford, Nissan, & Hyundai.  I turn location off on   
   my phone when I know where I am going and how to get there.  It   
   complains, but I can flip music to full screen and not see it complain.   
      
   Lane assist... meh.  Backup cameras I hated for a long time.  I learned   
   to use my side mirrors backing a trailer, and backing down a boat ramp   
   at night was annoying as heck when the camera screen popped on and   
   ruined my night vision, but for every things else... I am getting used   
   to it.   
      
   One thing about all that tech... there no longer seems to be any kind of   
   base model.  This drives up the cost.   
      
   I admit it is nice to tap the microphone icon and say, "Text Casey," or   
   "Call Patti."  I also recognize Google/Alphabet has more information   
   about me than I like.   
      
      
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