1979PowerWagon360
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- 2022 TRX
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- 6.2
He wrote "If I could". IFSo why don't you?
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He wrote "If I could". IFSo why don't you?
Beautiful truck! I love the tin grille Dodges! I have had two, both '79's standard cab swb.
He wrote "If I could". IF
Yup! Our gummint is saving us from ourselves. Maybe, just maybe, if people would put down the damned cell phones, a lot of mayhem would be prevented!Most electronics are the result of government mandates...Back up cams, emission controls, air pressure monitors, etc....If you don't think the government is controlling yourlife too much, look again.
No, I'm speaking to mandates. A regulation is an act of a law being passed...A mandate is that which is carried out by a group empowered by those laws. The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency was an act of Congress signed into law by the President. The rules that they force down our throats are mandates. All that DPF crap for Diesels? Those are mandates.They're actually called government regulations, not mandates.
Meh...Mandates or regulations, does it really matter in the end? You're right that the back up camera is a mandate, while emissions laws are not as cut and dry. Regardless, it's splitting hairs in the end because whether it's a mandate or regulation, car companies still have to follow them. But much of the electronics in vehicles is there because of consumer demand.No, I'm speaking to mandates. A regulation is an act of a law being passed...A mandate is that which is carried out by a group empowered by those laws. The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency was an act of Congress signed into law by the President. The rules that they force down our throats are mandates. All that DPF crap for Diesels? Those are mandates.
Any new gadgets are going to go the way of Sirius radio
They are going to charge a monthly fee for them.
I read somewhere, that the Navigation is going to be the same way, before long.
Personally I appreciate the hands free CarPlay and android auto in most modern vehicles. Not so much for myself but the wife and two kids. The kids grew up on texting and cell phones so CarPlay is valuable to me as a parent cuz they don’t have to take their eyes off the road. Yeah I know they aren’t supposed to be texting and driving but they are grown 20 somethings and even though they know the law the temptation is there. CarPlay offers a good compromise into modern technology in a vehicle environment. The misses needs navigation everywhere she goes even though we’ve lived here for 20 years. Poor woman gets lost in the mall bathroom. Having the ability to press a steering wheel button and ask for directions is a godsend for her without having to panic or pull over. No she doesn’t know how to read a map. LolExactly! How counter intuitive is this?!!!
or really Fish, just think of it, what is the NEED for any of that "TV-screen" crap in a machine that's only sole purpose to get you from point A to point B alive! give us the modern "assisted safety" features that have been spoken of here, sure, IMO bring them on. but WTF are we doing providing any other "tech/info/entertainment" features that can cause all kinds of distractions to the driver? or even how to turn the damn heat & A/C on?? they're simply called "control knobs"!!!As a younger guy and a computer nerd (Literally in college for Computer Science and work in IT) I hate what they're doing to cars. After looking at all the identical "minimalist TV-screen" dashboard design that every single new car has nowadays, I don't think I'll be owning anything much newer than what I have now unless something changes
It's made me real appreciative of my '06. No screens, a nice mostly-non-electronic* column shifter, an actual key you have to turn, etc. The last thing I want to do after I've worked on computer problems for 10 hours a day is to get in my truck and deal with MORE electronic problems
...ask even your kids how to use/or what is a Thomas Guide they wouldn't have a clue. it's startling.Personally I appreciate the hands free CarPlay and android auto in most modern vehicles. Not so much for myself but the wife and two kids. The kids grew up on texting and cell phones so CarPlay is valuable to me as a parent cuz they don’t have to take their eyes off the road. Yeah I know they aren’t supposed to be texting and driving but they are grown 20 somethings and even though they know the law the temptation is there. CarPlay offers a good compromise into modern technology in a vehicle environment. The misses needs navigation everywhere she goes even though we’ve lived here for 20 years. Poor woman gets lost in the mall bathroom. Having the ability to press a steering wheel button and ask for directions is a godsend for her without having to panic or pull over. No she doesn’t know how to read a map. Lol
Didn’t know what that was myself and yes I know how to read a map. I’ve used them before decades ago but no use for them now. One daughter is a civil engineer and she knows how to read a map, is very good with directions and composed behind the wheel. The other daughter not so much, more like her mom. Some of the modern technology on today’s vehicles is valuable, having my climate controls on the radio is not. Thankfully my Big Horn has buttons as well as electronic inputs....ask even your kids how to use/or what is a Thomas Guide they wouldn't have a clue. it's startling.
I still have a Rand-McNally atlas I used on a hunting trip to Saskatchewan in 1988. Been the same route several times since then and nothing has really changed....ask even your kids how to use/or what is a Thomas Guide they wouldn't have a clue. it's startling.
I still have a Rand-McNally atlas I used on a hunting trip to Saskatchewan in 1988. Been the same route several times since then and nothing has really changed.
I don't know, I just think it's a skill people should acquire. identifying that you're headed either N*S*E*W is important. and being able to read a map (and believe me, LOVE the "Google maps" software and what it will allow you to see, now I already know what my target looks like before I even get there!!!) and chart your own course is a legit thing.I still have a Rand-McNally atlas I used on a hunting trip to Saskatchewan in 1988. Been the same route several times since then and nothing has really changed.
If you had an AM/FM 8 track out of a Cordoba with genuine Corinthian leather and a padded landau roof I might think about it. LolAnybody in this thread who wants to part with their "too high tech" 12" screen let me know. I have a pushbutton radio out of an old Chrysler Newport. You know the kind you tune with a manual dial, pull the button out and push it back in to set the station. If that is "too high tech" I have a Galena crystal and Cat's whisker. Still a few good spots on the crystal.