On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:00:10 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 22, 2021 at 8:45:32 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>
>> Modern automatic trannies are more like manuals than older manuals...
>> they know precisely when to shift and into which gear... modern
>> vehical's computers know instantly when you're going up hill or down
>> hill, they even judge traction on wet/icy roads, the computer can take
>> over your braking technique and constantly checks your lane position
>> and lets you know when you're tiring and warns you to take a coffee
>> break. I drove a stick most of my life but after driving my wife's
>> Toyota FJ I'd never go back. Even lets you know which tire needs air,
>> even the spare.
>
>I guess my 2004 Toyota Highlander isn't modern. It doesn't do any of that stuff.
>The "low tire pressure" light is always on. If I fill up my tires and reset the
>light, it comes back on in about a day. Even if it worked properly, it's not
>capable of telling me which tire it is. It's just an idiot light.
>
>It does have ABS. Didn't take me very long to learn not to pump the brakes.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Nowadays a 2004 is practically an antique.
Each year cars can do more and more.
I think a lot of the modern features are worthless,
who needs 8 cup holders? But the new safety features
are a big bonus, it's good to know when you're drifting
out of lane, or there's black ice.

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> Nowadays a 2004 is practically an antique.
> Each year cars can do more and more.
> I think a lot of the modern features are worthless,
> who needs 8 cup holders? But the new safety features
> are a big bonus, it's good to know when you're drifting
> out of lane,

Isn't that what your eyes are for?

> or there's black ice.

I don't need the car to tell me about that either.

On Monday, March 22, 2021 at 11:08:13 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > Nowadays a 2004 is practically an antique.
> > Each year cars can do more and more.
> > I think a lot of the modern features are worthless,
> > who needs 8 cup holders? But the new safety features
> > are a big bonus, it's good to know when you're drifting
> > out of lane,
> Isn't that what your eyes are for?
> > or there's black ice.
> I don't need the car to tell me about that either.

You're right. There's no point in inventing any technology to
make our lives easier and safer.

I'm going back to walking everywhere I go. I'll have to give my mother
a couple of day's notice when I visit her, and find some sort of hostelry
halfway in between (which I think would be somewhere inside the
Detroit city limits). It's all good, though.

Cindy Hamilton

On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:31:57 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 22, 2021 at 11:08:13 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> > Nowadays a 2004 is practically an antique.
>> > Each year cars can do more and more.
>> > I think a lot of the modern features are worthless,
>> > who needs 8 cup holders? But the new safety features
>> > are a big bonus, it's good to know when you're drifting
>> > out of lane,

You don't do any long distance driving, five miles is your limit. I've
seen cars drifting in and out of lane on the interstates all the time,
especially at night when they are nodding off at 75 MPH.

>> Isn't that what your eyes are for?

You nod off with your eyes open... duh

>> > or there's black ice.

>> I don't need the car to tell me about that either.

You'll never know you've hit a stretch of black ice, you'll already be
dead.

>You're right. There's no point in inventing any technology to
>make our lives easier and safer.
>
>I'm going back to walking everywhere I go. I'll have to give my mother
>a couple of day's notice when I visit her, and find some sort of hostelry
>halfway in between (which I think would be somewhere inside the
>Detroit city limits). It's all good, though.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

On Monday, March 22, 2021 at 11:59:07 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:31:57 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >> > or there's black ice.
> >
> >On Monday, March 22, 2021 at 11:08:13 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't need the car to tell me about that either.
> >>
> You'll never know you've hit a stretch of black ice, you'll already be
> dead.
>
I can believe that! Walking or driving on it, nobody's eyes can spot
it, not even our own Chuck Yeager (Gary) of RFC.

In article >,
Cindy Hamilton says...
> I'm going back to walking everywhere I go.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Trying to lose a few tons, Hammy?
--
Regards
David Crossley

On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:45:07 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:00:10 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>>I guess my 2004 Toyota Highlander isn't modern. It doesn't do any of that stuff.
>>The "low tire pressure" light is always on. If I fill up my tires and reset the
>>light, it comes back on in about a day. Even if it worked properly, it's not
>>capable of telling me which tire it is. It's just an idiot light.
>>
>>It does have ABS. Didn't take me very long to learn not to pump the brakes.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
>Nowadays a 2004 is practically an antique.
>Each year cars can do more and more.
>I think a lot of the modern features are worthless,
>who needs 8 cup holders? But the new safety features
>are a big bonus, it's good to know when you're drifting
>out of lane, or there's black ice.

If I need to be informed that I'm drifting out of lane, I have to
start drinking less.

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