On 2021-02-17 11:41 a.m., Gary wrote:

> How did we all ever survive before backup cameras, heated seats, heated
> steering wheels and remote turning on to get the interior warm before we
> came out to drive?


LOL Kids these days don't know how easy they have it ;-)

Due to incidents when I was 14-15 I was not allowed to get my driver
license as soon as I turned 16. However, I joined the militia and, since
we were a technical unit, we were all taught to drive and I had a DND
license months before I got my regular license.

All of the military vehicles we drove had manual transmissions.They did
not have power brakes or power steering. There was no electronic
ignition. They all had a choke, so you had to learn how to use that,
know when to use it, how much choke to use, when to shut it off. If you
wanted fresh air you had to crank the window down, or use the no-draft
window.

I don't know when VWs started putting in heaters and fans. We had a
Karmin Ghia for a while and you didn't have any air flowing on the
windshield until you were moving.


And radios and TVs... they had tubes so they had to warm up for as much
as a minute. If you wanted to turn it on or off or to change the station
who had to walk over to it and turn a dial.... by hand.
I don't know how we survived.