It's a three-part series. This is part two.
I want to go here - amazing part of the world. 

Quote from: veeman on October 03, 2024, 12:31:08 PMIt's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Someone who is retirement age or older went through a large portion of their life without email, smart phones, etc. There's no way my Dad could figure out Uber on his own. No idea how to download an APP and it would frustrate him a lot. My Mom is better at this stuff because she's not so stubborn and likes new technology.
The Ford dealership guy that my Dad is friends with helps out my parents a lot. They've bought many cars from them over the last 30 plus years. My Dad was enquiring about the Mustang Mach-E and the salesman told him it wasn't the right car for him right now. He told my Dad to give it a few years because he won't be happy with it right now. Bless him. 

My best friend is in his late 60s, a financial wiz - MBA from Babson - can sum up financial statement after a 20 second glance. He's also a certified teacher - tutors high school math. But he's an absolute cripple around technology - can't handle an iPhone, can't follow directions from Google Maps. He just bought a Subaru Forester (yes, I know - sigh) and has panic attacks about the infotainment & the screen.

I hate to be judgemental but the average human doesn't use the intellect very well....

Quote from: Morris Minor on October 02, 2024, 02:40:34 PMVehicles have had backup cameras since 2018, and many have sensors that go nuts if people or crossing vehicles are detected. I don't advocate for silence, I advocate for something less obnoxious. If these save so many lives, why aren't they mandated on gas cars?

Should be mandated as well as cross over mirrors in front of big trucks that let them see what's directly in front of the vehicle. These cross over mirrors have been required in NYC for commercial trucks for a while.

I dunno the volume that should be required for the reverse beeping sounds. They're annoying if too loud and waking up neighbors on a quiet street is too loud.   

It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Someone who is retirement age or older went through a large portion of their life without email, smart phones, etc. There's no way my Dad could figure out Uber on his own. No idea how to download an APP and it would frustrate him a lot. My Mom is better at this stuff because she's not so stubborn and likes new technology.

The Ford dealership guy that my Dad is friends with helps out my parents a lot. They've bought many cars from them over the last 30 plus years. My Dad was enquiring about the Mustang Mach-E and the salesman told him it wasn't the right car for him right now. He told my Dad to give it a few years because he won't be happy with it right now. Bless him. 

Quote from: Morris Minor on October 02, 2024, 07:46:05 PMWe in the SPIN are interested in automotive stuff - have been all our lives. We like techie things & are curious about how things work. But we're a small minority. The majority has a much lower level of awareness and interest in this stuff.

I always remember seeing Kyle Conner telling an anecdote on YouTube about meeting some poor desperate woman who'd just been sold a Mercedes EQ something-or-other and had no idea that she needed a home charger. She couldn't find a working public charge station. What a lovely car dealer that must have been.

It sounds bad, but I think of a guy I went to high school with.  Not dumb, but a burnout who didn't go to college, just floated around doing odd jobs after school.  He recently started working as a car salesman.  I wouldn't trust that guy to explain anything to me, especially not everything EV ownership entails.

It's more amazing that people this helpless in the world have the resources to buy a new EV, let alone a Mercedes EQ.  It's all fueled by insane debt and financial decisions, but I've given up trying to help people who can't help themselves.

The Tyranny of the Normie.

We in the SPIN are interested in automotive stuff - have been all our lives. We like techie things & are curious about how things work. But we're a small minority. The majority has a much lower level of awareness and interest in this stuff.

I always remember seeing Kyle Conner telling an anecdote on YouTube about meeting some poor desperate woman who'd just been sold a Mercedes EQ something-or-other and had no idea that she needed a home charger. She couldn't find a working public charge station. What a lovely car dealer that must have been.

Quote from: Laconian on October 01, 2024, 07:33:53 PM

But seriously none of it is complicated. We have such low standards for ourselves.

After watching how obscenely animalistic and/or stupid people act in crisis, it's even lower than I thought.

Quote from: Morris Minor on October 02, 2024, 02:40:34 PMIf these save so many lives, why aren't they mandated on gas cars?

YES