critic points on new cars:

  • Hiding critical/often-used buttons behind touchscreens for the sake of minimalism (and cost?)
  • On that note, poor physical layout in general (genuinely thinking that you can rate cars’ on a “hazard-light-button-placement index”)
  • YOUR LED LIGHTS ARE TOO BRIGHT GODDAMIT
  • Cars are getting too big; why are manufacturers pushing “crossovers” and SUVs on consumers and why are consumers buying them? I could write pages on this point alone.
  • Combine the two previous points for peak blindness
  • “Low profile” rims/tyres/wheels/whatever: cost a fortune and more prone to getting scratched
  • Subscription style plans trying to creep their way in
  • ALL the privacy violations you could think of
  • Rubbish software and UI all round: it’s 2024 and I dread it every time I need to pair my phone to a car
  • That weird glossy pastel paintwork that’s so popular all of a sudden (I’m allowed one subjective point on here, OK?)

from: https://petargyurov.com/2024-01-14/cars-suck-man

  • copacetic@discuss.tchncs.deM
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    6 months ago

    Why SUVs? People feels safer and like to sit higher (especially when older). So people buy SUVs and thus company supply them. Higher cars also ease the bright LED issue (short-term, long-term it gets worse).