Cars work far better now then they used to. Don’t be daft. Do we also want to go back to paying auto workers 2.90 an hour? That’s one big thing that would drop the cost of a vehicle down. How about paying all the workers that extract and make the steel and other materials 1 to 2 an hour. That would certainly help.
Car reliability is incredible now vs older cars. It’s kind of amazing what they’ve done. But the plastic exteriors suck. Saturn’s concept of dyed plastic instead of painted makes more sense, but I don’t think they do that anymore.
Yeah I remember in the '80s how few 1960s cars were left around. Now we’re in 2026 and we have parking lots full of early 2000s cars with no reliability issues.
Yeah those cars won’t pass a safety test. One of the reasons why cars have gotten more expensive is because of safety regulations and lower fuel consumption demands. Even if you take out all the gadgets it won’t be as cheap as cars in the past.
There’s a new electric truck coming from a new company called Slate later this year with that concept. Removing everything they can, even has hand crank windows.
Tbf, I hate rear cameras (much prefer decent sightlines); have had modern cars without heat before, I have jackets, and I delivered pizza in it for a living no less; and we don’t really get much snow where I live. I’d be fine.
Yeah, but visibility out of contemporary cars is complete shit nowadays, so it makes sense supplementary tech needs to cover the myriad blindspots. You can put a kindergarten in front of one of today’s high-bonnet trucks and not know anyone’s there. And that’s in front of the vehicle.
I’m tired of corporate greed expanding because of a corporations or governments “concern” for my safety. I want freedom and opportunity, not protection. I get what you are saying though.
Safety is one thing. Crumple zones, seat belt designs… ALL of this is laudable, but it sure as heck isn’t where the costs are inflating so much.
It’s linear increase in size with exponential increase in cost, always-on telemetry, and thousands of little “value-ads” that have absolutely NOTHING to do with getting you from point A to point B.
You can do this with some older cars but you have to put them together yourself. Kit Cars are replicas that after you make yourself, I’m pretty sure you can get road legal.
No, you don’t want a car like those old ones. Changing/filing points and distributor cap every 6 months, spark plugs and wires every year. All for a car that was scrap at 100,000 miles no matter what you did.
That’s exactly why I would want a car like that. I can maintain/repair going forward. Why pay over sixty grand for a vehicle that will still be crap at a hundred thousand miles at the end of the day. All so I can parallel park a bit easier? Parallel parking is easy, just takes a bit of practice.
I don’t think you’re being very sincere. That was one example. I’m not writing a treatise, I’m quipping on the internet. Not all technology should be automatically incorporated just because it exists. Good edgy, comment though. Helpful. If only I could be so sarcastically dismissive I could maybe start a blog or get more followers on my old “MySpace” page. /s
God no. I had a 1967 mustang. Had to fix it every time I drove it, it drank gas like a gasoholic, everything was manual but in terms of life and cost, it was the most expense for the fewest miles and not reliable. Like even if it had been newly manufactured to the same specs it would not be reliable or safe or even fun to drive.
My brother, meanwhile, had a Corolla he kept for 300k miles without much maintenance.
I am still in my 2014 Honda, and expect to be able to use it for 10 more years. Now do I think the 2024 better than the 2014? Not really, most of what I want was already in this one, but modern cars are so much better built than vintage cars were.
Great idea! Do cars next. They should be a helluva lot cheaper than they are (and work better).
Cars work far better now then they used to. Don’t be daft. Do we also want to go back to paying auto workers 2.90 an hour? That’s one big thing that would drop the cost of a vehicle down. How about paying all the workers that extract and make the steel and other materials 1 to 2 an hour. That would certainly help.
Car reliability is incredible now vs older cars. It’s kind of amazing what they’ve done. But the plastic exteriors suck. Saturn’s concept of dyed plastic instead of painted makes more sense, but I don’t think they do that anymore.
Yeah I remember in the '80s how few 1960s cars were left around. Now we’re in 2026 and we have parking lots full of early 2000s cars with no reliability issues.
Yeah those cars won’t pass a safety test. One of the reasons why cars have gotten more expensive is because of safety regulations and lower fuel consumption demands. Even if you take out all the gadgets it won’t be as cheap as cars in the past.
You know what? I’m willing to take that risk.
TAKE OUT ALL THE GADGETS.
There’s a new electric truck coming from a new company called Slate later this year with that concept. Removing everything they can, even has hand crank windows.
Including antispin, rear view camera and heating? A friend of mine once got into veteran cars, and she needed a different one to drive during winter.
Tbf, I hate rear cameras (much prefer decent sightlines); have had modern cars without heat before, I have jackets, and I delivered pizza in it for a living no less; and we don’t really get much snow where I live. I’d be fine.
In fact, IIRC, the gadget of “reverse camera”, and therefore a screen, is mandatory for all new cars in the EU.
Yeah, but visibility out of contemporary cars is complete shit nowadays, so it makes sense supplementary tech needs to cover the myriad blindspots. You can put a kindergarten in front of one of today’s high-bonnet trucks and not know anyone’s there. And that’s in front of the vehicle.
Even if that’s not the legislation in the US, it’s the fact of the matter here as well. No new car comes without a stupid screen in the dash
I’m tired of corporate greed expanding because of a corporations or governments “concern” for my safety. I want freedom and opportunity, not protection. I get what you are saying though.
Safety is one thing. Crumple zones, seat belt designs… ALL of this is laudable, but it sure as heck isn’t where the costs are inflating so much.
It’s linear increase in size with exponential increase in cost, always-on telemetry, and thousands of little “value-ads” that have absolutely NOTHING to do with getting you from point A to point B.
You can do this with some older cars but you have to put them together yourself. Kit Cars are replicas that after you make yourself, I’m pretty sure you can get road legal.
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No, you don’t want a car like those old ones. Changing/filing points and distributor cap every 6 months, spark plugs and wires every year. All for a car that was scrap at 100,000 miles no matter what you did.
That’s exactly why I would want a car like that. I can maintain/repair going forward. Why pay over sixty grand for a vehicle that will still be crap at a hundred thousand miles at the end of the day. All so I can parallel park a bit easier? Parallel parking is easy, just takes a bit of practice.
Yes, the only difference between old cars and new ones is parallel parking automation. Literally the only reason anyone would want one.
I don’t think you’re being very sincere. That was one example. I’m not writing a treatise, I’m quipping on the internet. Not all technology should be automatically incorporated just because it exists. Good edgy, comment though. Helpful. If only I could be so sarcastically dismissive I could maybe start a blog or get more followers on my old “MySpace” page. /s
God no. I had a 1967 mustang. Had to fix it every time I drove it, it drank gas like a gasoholic, everything was manual but in terms of life and cost, it was the most expense for the fewest miles and not reliable. Like even if it had been newly manufactured to the same specs it would not be reliable or safe or even fun to drive.
My brother, meanwhile, had a Corolla he kept for 300k miles without much maintenance.
I am still in my 2014 Honda, and expect to be able to use it for 10 more years. Now do I think the 2024 better than the 2014? Not really, most of what I want was already in this one, but modern cars are so much better built than vintage cars were.