LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
What's conspiratorial about that statement?
What's conspiratorial about that statement?
Did it have the shifter knob on the dash? I was horrified when I first encountered that. Who tf ever thought that was a good idea?Just by chance I drove a new one for about 200 miles a few weeks ago. It was only the base model 3500, but I enjoyed the controls much more in this one than the full load truck. Heater controls were so much better as knobs instead of touch screen...
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3500 is a column shiftDid it have the shifter knob on the dash? I was horrified when I first encountered that. Who tf ever thought that was a good idea?
3500 is a column shift
That horrified you?Did it have the shifter knob on the dash? I was horrified when I first encountered that.
Many Dodge trucks and vans from the 60’s had dash mounted gear selectors.Did it have the shifter knob on the dash? I was horrified when I first encountered that. Who tf ever thought that was a good idea?
As a Design Engineer and self-proclaimed nerd, I am offended by your mis-characterization of nerds. Complain about new cars all you want, but everything in your third paragraph is wrong.
I apologize. It's my negative style of humor. I don't want to make anyone mad, just trying to be funny.
...but you have to agree some designers just come up with silly useless ideas? In pic, air vents are solid so you can't move them by hand. You have to do this....That's just silly, more dangerous and a time killer.View attachment 631512
I think that's all consumer driven..but you have to agree some designers just come up with silly useless ideas? In pic, air vents are solid so you can't move them by hand. You have to do this....That's just silly, more dangerous and a time killer.
I remember when I was looking to order a new 3/4 ton Suburban (no longer available) and in 1994, I couldn’t accept the ‘digital dash’ climate control system that had a display of a man in the seat and you then had to cycle through displays to get the distribution that you wanted.I think that's all consumer driven.
People want all the fancy toys, even the ones that don't make sense like that one. I don't quite understand it as I kind of like simplicity, but even the cheapest Kia or Hunyadi has all the electronic bells and whistles.
With cars all pretty much looking alike, there's not much else to do except out tech the competitors. When we bought our '19 Ford Edge, my wife was all excited over the electronics... She can attach her cell phone and play her music for example. I look at that as another failure point, but the amount of gee-whiz type electronic toys each car has got to be a draw for a lot of customers, especially for those that have been brought up surrounded by electronic tech.
I like that a fog light is twenty times brighter than the high beams on my old cars. I can't see well enough while driving one, then I have a billion candle power light coming at me!but can’t they design better headlights? WTF? Enough with the LED slash lights.
And it will sell fairly quickly, at that.
That is the top of the line.
I did read that one of the upcoming regs is to accomplish this in one of 3? ways, one of which is not lighting up the dash display at night unless lights are on.With all this technology why on earth do the cars not alert the driver when they’re driving at night with no taillights???![]()