Would You Want Your Car to Work as Well as Your Computer?
Therefore, I ask you. Do you want an automobile which as reliable as your computer? I for one don't! My computer often has an error, freezes or just plain moves slowly. What's more when these things happen on my computer I can often fix it myself, not always but often. I can call friends who know computers the help me figure out what is wrong. Not so an automobile that craps out on the road.
My computers purchased new average $800 so I can buy a new one which is even more powerful. Not so with a $20,000 to $35,000 car including tax, tags and destination fee.
No! Give me a car that has little or no computers. Instead put the money in a better more efficient engine, better padded, more comfortable seats, and more rear legroom and truck storage. Make it more dependable. Let me look under the hood without the need of massive computer diagnostic machinery, with the hope at least of figuring out what is wrong.
No don't give me a computer in my car which I can't even access. Just make it go from place to place in a dependable and comfortable way. Don't make me subscribe to GPS, satellite radio or On Star services with their monthly service fees. Gas costs plenty. I don't need all these other services and costs. I didn't have these years ago and I did just fine.
What do you think?
Published by Stephen Joltin
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7 Comments
Post a CommentI wrote this article months before the Toyota announced recalls. In fact I have a Toyota and its strange acceleration reactions that I notice was my inspiration. The RPMs would double evwen when I held my accelerator steady.
My theroy 'less junk, less junk to break' I'm all for the old fashion nothing fancy get me from point A to point B
They seem to make cars now so that the average person can't perform routine maintainence on it; you have to take it to a shop for even simple things like a tune-up. It is a colosal rip-off. Just give me dependable, not fancy, thank you very much.
I wish my hubby could fix our's now!
I agree with Secretsides. My hubby can't work on our cars now either. Plus many times when those computer chips goes bad the cars completely stop. That is a scary situation for everyone, but especially to us women. I wish auto makers would go make to the good ole days when a car was built from real steel and real American parts.
That is really scary. My hubby used to be able to work on any kind of car, now with all the new computer stuff he can't. It really is scary to think about. I say NO! I don't want all that crap making my car work or not work. Great article and food for thought.
Preventative maintenance... for relationships, too!!