No keys. Push to start.

[KeymasterKeymaster]

MarketWatcher wrote:

I am beginning to think that many of these modern amenities are engineered to fail.

It’s called “planned obsolescence”.

Are we really to believe that radio dials have been around for 100 years, but the piece of s~~~ fake-chromed plastic knob in your car just pops off after 2 years? Why not actually make it out of metal and MAKE SURE it never comes off? Planned obsolescence.

Cars are not made to “last” anymore – it’s made to make you feel like you need a new one in 3 years. Even if you WANT to own a car for 20 years, look at the majority of cars on the road. No lasting value. Not even aesthetic value.

Eco / green cars that are “better for the environment”???

It takes 113,000,000 BTUs of energy to build one of those futuristic pussy-mobiles called a Toyota Prius, which is not only a loss of Man Points to own and drive, but also a loss of Man Points to rent, ride in, or even see rolling down the street. 113,000,000 BTU’s equals 1,000 gallons of gasoline. You could drive a 98 Toyota Tercel on that amount of gasoline for like 7 years.

That means by purchasing an “eco-friendly” car, you are p~~~ing away 7 years of driving in one f~~~ing purchase. If you don’t get 7 years of driving out of that hybrid piece of s~~~ ( which the warantee guarantees you won’t ) . . . . you just f~~~ed Mother Earth, and kicked her cat across the lawn on the way out.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[MGTOW_MikeParticipant 6254]

Keymaster wrote:

Planned obsolescence.

Business 101. If a car company manufactures cars that last a very very very long time, then they will lose business.

I do like the Toyota Landcruiser, 1996. No/minimal electronics. I have used them to drive into underground mines. Very robust.

A tranquil mind is neither happy nor sad, it is uninfluenced by external conditions.

[narwhalParticipant]

MGTOW_Mike wrote:

Business 101. If a car company manufactures cars that last a very very very long time, then they will lose business.

Yep, I see it as a double edge sword. It sucks that things aren’t built to last, but at the same time, it pushes advances in technology since it creates a competitive market where there would be none. If cars were built to last 3 times as long, then car sales would be 3 times as less, and therefore, less reason to innovate.

Ok. Then do it.

[Anonymous 42]

Anonymous wrote:

I miss my old slant sixes.

225. Dependable, simple.

With the Torqueflight dual ban, dual pump transmission! At the time it was one of the only transmissions where the rear wheels drove a rear pump making possible to tow the car cross country without drying out certain components and burning up the transmission, towing cars I knew to haul it backwards rolling on the front tires for trips over 30 miles otherwise bye bye transmission unless it was a torqueflight!

Never shift a transmission into neutral while rolling causes unnecessary band wear. Lowest rpm whenever shifting into gear forward or reverse and wait for the bands and hydraulics to be fully engaged before adding power. Simple right?

Only the Ford F-350 with it’s Country Squire stationwagon transmission behind a 466 turbo diesel was the only transmission I ever destroyed! I was trying to push snow in 4wd-low and not overwork it. F-350 Powerjoke with the Country Squire transmission? Engineering DISASTER!

I hope they start importing Toyota 10,000+ gvw turbo diesel trucks!

Until then I’m not Ford’s engineering disaster mechanic that works for F~~~ING NOTHING!

FORD Found On Road Dead

Ford Fix Or Repair Daily

Ford F~~~ FORD!

[Anonymous 6]

I like the push starts.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

I corner like a madman on country roads and pray for rain all the time so that I can let the back end kick out sideways with ease when the mood strikes me

Drifting! Lots of fun and takes skill to not spin it out.

Secret Agent MGTOW wrote:

The solution is to keep a couple spare button batteries in the glove box/console.

If it were my car that would be a must.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

Keymaster wrote:

It takes 113,000,000 BTUs of energy to build one of those futuristic pussy-mobiles called a Toyota Prius, which is not only a loss of Man Points to own and drive, but also a loss of Man Points to rent, ride in, or even see rolling down the street

Man card rejected! No Prius!

Keymaster wrote:

That means by purchasing an “eco-friendly” car, you are p~~~ing away 7 years of driving in one f~~~ing purchase. If you don’t get 7 years of driving out of that hybrid piece of s~~~ ( which the warantee guarantees you won’t ) . . . . you just f~~~ed Mother Earth, and kicked her cat across the lawn on the way out

Bingo. The SJW’s bitch about oil, coal, and nuclear use. Where do they think electricity comes from?

MGTOW_Mike wrote:

Business 101. If a car company manufactures cars that last a very very very long time, then they will lose business.

True.

Anonymous wrote:

I like the push starts

I must admit it is kind of cool.

[JVBParticipant]

but there is no charger for the fob. if the batteries die you are screwed.

If this happens the Fob can come apart. There is a key inside.

My Honda is keyless and so is my front door. Dig it !!

Peace is > piece.

[OthulianParticipant 56]

Morpheus wrote:

The biggest problem with modern cars is that they are remotely hackable. I have heard Teslas are pretty safe. But cannot be sure about other companies.

Everyone says that. I was at the bar and a guy threatened to hack my car. I gave him the keys, my phone, and told him where it was parked. I said ‘Hack it asshole!” He started coming up with all these excuses. Five min ago he was all mr computer genius. I ordered a bear on his bar tab, took back my key, phone etc… and said “There I just hacked your bar tab! Without a computer!”

Yeah you can hack anything but you gotta know how to do it. Just like all the old cars can be hotwired. How many people can pick a lock and hotwire an old car?

If a man does his best, what else is there? -George S. Patton

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