As the 18-year-old in question, this is what my car interior looks like (not exact, I have black interior):
I prefer older cars like this. No GPS tracking, no Apple CarPlay, no stupid touchscreen to control your wipers, real wood trim, a speedometer that isn’t also A FUCKING TOUCHSCREEN. I prefer my gear shifter and actual shifter, and tactile buttons to control the AC and radio. My navigation system isn’t reliant on plugging in a phone or being in range of a cell tower. I have a USB drive I have to download songs into in order to play on the car (yay no ads from Spotify!).
This car is one of many things I love about retro-tech I wasn’t around for. I like that my laptop has 10 ports, some of which I will never use. MP3 players were literally made so perfectly that we got rid of it (why?). My digital camera is used as a camera and not a Snapchat filter. My alarm clock isn’t my phone, it’s a real clock sitting beside my bed.
I’m starting to hate my doomscroll machine of a phone. Unfortunately, these aren’t going away soon, but it does not mean that myself and other people my age aren’t going to start using Gameboys and digicams soon.
Update: just talked to some other nerd friends of mine. Everyone seem to come to the same consensus, bring back old tech and rid the fat touchscreens. Also, new cars are overrated, we’re all going back to box trucks and modded Honda Civics.
Not of a fan of car touch screens myself. I want to able to adjust the AC and stereo without looking, just by touch. Modern cars are annoying. Too complicated, so many settings, complicated to fix. I drive a 14-year old car and 30-year old car.
But for others, I’d suggest going newer for safety. Sensors, safeguards, crumple-zones, I believe have gotten better over time, and are a good argument for putting up with tech crap. If I was going to maxx safety, I’d go for a Tesla.
Everything else, knock yourself out with the older tech.
For safety I would go for a car made for the European market, as the testing is stricter and actually considers the damage your car can do to pedestrians and so increases overall safety, not just your own.
I would be somewhat surprised if Tesla is really the safest car around, but it’s possible. Is it about having a battery instead of a gas tank + other features? I also assume you don’t mean cybertruck but some of the car models?
My car is 13 years old, but I’ve seen newer ones still without touch screens. EU (I think) passed a law on phasing out smart screens in cars for things related to car operation so hopefully car manufacturers start making newer cars without the screens. I think the market is there. It’s a question of who’ll capitalize on it.
It’s possible Teslas are not absolutely the safest at present over every other car, but up there. Not having an engine means the front crumple zone is larger, you have a lot of sensors and warnings for lane departure and imminent collision, Tesla engineering is pretty, and then they’re n the cusp of self-driving.
I don’t really know which cars are sold in Europe, but most I’d think?
As the 18-year-old in question, this is what my car interior looks like (not exact, I have black interior):
I prefer older cars like this. No GPS tracking, no Apple CarPlay, no stupid touchscreen to control your wipers, real wood trim, a speedometer that isn’t also A FUCKING TOUCHSCREEN. I prefer my gear shifter and actual shifter, and tactile buttons to control the AC and radio. My navigation system isn’t reliant on plugging in a phone or being in range of a cell tower. I have a USB drive I have to download songs into in order to play on the car (yay no ads from Spotify!).
This car is one of many things I love about retro-tech I wasn’t around for. I like that my laptop has 10 ports, some of which I will never use. MP3 players were literally made so perfectly that we got rid of it (why?). My digital camera is used as a camera and not a Snapchat filter. My alarm clock isn’t my phone, it’s a real clock sitting beside my bed.
I’m starting to hate my doomscroll machine of a phone. Unfortunately, these aren’t going away soon, but it does not mean that myself and other people my age aren’t going to start using Gameboys and digicams soon.
Update: just talked to some other nerd friends of mine. Everyone seem to come to the same consensus, bring back old tech and rid the fat touchscreens. Also, new cars are overrated, we’re all going back to box trucks and modded Honda Civics.
Not of a fan of car touch screens myself. I want to able to adjust the AC and stereo without looking, just by touch. Modern cars are annoying. Too complicated, so many settings, complicated to fix. I drive a 14-year old car and 30-year old car.
But for others, I’d suggest going newer for safety. Sensors, safeguards, crumple-zones, I believe have gotten better over time, and are a good argument for putting up with tech crap. If I was going to maxx safety, I’d go for a Tesla.
Everything else, knock yourself out with the older tech.
For safety I would go for a car made for the European market, as the testing is stricter and actually considers the damage your car can do to pedestrians and so increases overall safety, not just your own.
I would be somewhat surprised if Tesla is really the safest car around, but it’s possible. Is it about having a battery instead of a gas tank + other features? I also assume you don’t mean cybertruck but some of the car models?
My car is 13 years old, but I’ve seen newer ones still without touch screens. EU (I think) passed a law on phasing out smart screens in cars for things related to car operation so hopefully car manufacturers start making newer cars without the screens. I think the market is there. It’s a question of who’ll capitalize on it.
It’s possible Teslas are not absolutely the safest at present over every other car, but up there. Not having an engine means the front crumple zone is larger, you have a lot of sensors and warnings for lane departure and imminent collision, Tesla engineering is pretty, and then they’re n the cusp of self-driving.
I don’t really know which cars are sold in Europe, but most I’d think?
You can play mp3s using musicolet on your phone. It’s free, completely offline, and no ads.
It’s not having a separate physical player that makes the old technology useful. (This also applies to old video games.)