WHY all this complexity?

[5030]

More gadgets mean more things to eventually break.

 

[ultrarunner]

It's not just cars. We do the same with boats and airplanes.

Even if you decide to drive a Model T they can get the same data via your cell phone.

We are all being watched!

Chris

I do drive a Model T and more frequently a Model A Ford pickup... one thing I don't own is a cell phone.

Another analog in a digital world...

My brother said he needed a ranch truck and found a one owner perfect body 4.9 straight 6 with 5spd supercab F150.

Took one look at it and said it was too old being a 1996 and is now shopping 2015 pickups... the sales tax on his new truck would pay cash for the old one plus the insurance and fuel for the first year with money left over...

 

[texasjohn]

ultrarunner, good to see that you and your brother are :laughing: communicating, although without a cell phone or a fast car, I don't see how you do it!!

 

[ultrarunner]

E-mail mostly...

I did have a cell back in the 90's and gave it up... didn't work where I live so it was of little real use.

I have a work cell that I have to carry and only for work use... it also will not work if I am anywhere out and about on the property... I live in a city of 425,000 people and just happen to be in a no coverage area.

Now my brother lives in a country setting and has excellent cell coverage... there is a line of sight tower way off in the distance... go figure?

 

[jejeosborne]

Thank you all for the well wishes. Didn't want to hijack this thread.

 

[3930dave]

Even though JD self-identifies as cantankerous () , I can't imagine him, me or anybody else objecting jeje.

So, not from that perspective, but rather in terms of the significance of your situation, perhaps you can update us in the Friends and Family section ?

I suspect there are other TBN'ers who are not active in this thread, who would like to extend their Well Wishes to your family.

Best Regards, Dave.

 

[jejeosborne]

Looks like I must have missed a post or two that got deleted? Today my son was moved to inpatient rehab facility where I and he will live for at least 3 weeks. I will make a post in the family section because it might prevent someone from drinking and driving.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Looks like I must have missed a post or two that got deleted? Today my son was moved to inpatient rehab facility where I and he will live for at least 3 weeks. I will make a post in the family section because it might prevent someone from drinking and driving.

I missed those posts too. Best wishes to you and your son, Jejeosborne.

 

[thirdroc17]

For those of you who need wizardry in everything, why not make it an option? Why make it "standard equipment" and force everyone to buy crap they don't need nor want? It's all about profit for big corporations and selling people on thinking they need the crap, that's why. No one has the ability to think for themselves, nor even open a door unless it's opened via an electric motor.

The highest MPG car I ever owned had a carburetor. Electronic fuel injection has far more potential, but yet, gas mileage has made little progress. Why? Big oil profits, big oil runs the government, that's why. Simple.

 

[aczlan]

For those of you who need wizardry in everything, why not make it an option? Why make it "standard equipment" and force everyone to buy crap they don't need nor want? It's all about profit for big corporations and selling people on thinking they need the crap, that's why. No one has the ability to think for themselves, nor even open a door unless it's opened via an electric motor.

"Standard equipment" is often determined by what package the dealer ordered on their cars and if 80% of the vehicles ordered with package x get the touchscreen radio as well, they will likely make it standard for that package so as to reduce the number of customizations needed on the assembly line (which cost money).

The highest MPG car I ever owned had a carburetor. Electronic fuel injection has far more potential, but yet, gas mileage has made little progress. Why? Big oil profits, big oil runs the government, that's why. Simple.

Take your tinfoil hat off. The causes of MPG not improving are more likely from added weight (due to safety equipment and the accessories that people want in a modern car), more powerful engines and emissions equipment.
Compare a first generation Honda Civic (1973, 50BHP, 1500# curb weight, 40MPG highway) to a 9th generation Honda Civic (2015, 153BHP, at least 2,595# curb weight, 41MPG highway) (and tell me which you would pick if someone had them sitting next to each other and you had to make a 1000 mile trip in one of them).
The 2015 makes triple the horsepower, has a displacement of 1997CC vs 1170CC, has to move around at least 1095# more curb weight and it still gets a little better mileage.

Aaron Z

 

[Fordman1981]

For those of you who need wizardry in everything, why not make it an option? Why make it "standard equipment" and force everyone to buy crap they don't need nor want? It's all about profit for big corporations and selling people on thinking they need the crap, that's why. No one has the ability to think for themselves, nor even open a door unless it's opened via an electric motor. The highest MPG car I ever owned had a carburetor. Electronic fuel injection has far more potential, but yet, gas mileage has made little progress. Why? Big oil profits, big oil runs the government, that's why. Simple.

All the "wizardry" as you put it is optional. You can get a basic radio basic controls, hand crank windows and manual locks on a ram. The basic radios and controls I would think are standard on most other makes too.