MinguPinguJun 23, 2025

RIP to 1997 Ford Ranger

https://lemmy.world/post/31846666

Show threadcm0002Jun 23, 2025

LMAO, f keys, when I switched I instantly fell in love.

  • No more digging for keys
  • No more fumbling
  • Much easier to unlock with full hands
  • Really easy to leave the car running and lock it from the outside
  • The key can be ANYWHERE in the car e.g. gym bag

When it comes to cars, half the time I swear the complaints are just old car heads who just hate those “new fangled features”. Like the need for “manual” transmissions because automatic sucks, automatic transmissions haven’t sucked for a long while now. Initially it did, but it’s quite refined now.

Fuck the subscriptions though, I want the “fancy electronic features” just sans subscriptions and data collection

Show threadSnortsGarlicPowder

It’s not the automatic transmission I hate. It’s the electronic handbrake that disengaged itself and made me nearly rear end a parked car because I had the audacity to put it in gear, or the lane assist that wanted me to drive into a brick wall and then later on through a hedge. Also touchscreen for everything. Just give me buttons.

Luckily my actual car only needs the touchscreen for me to change to media instead of radio, then I have buttons on a stalk for it. The handbrake is manual and it has no lane assist either.

Automatics are just scary cus I’ve never driven one. I’m sure they are going to be fine when I am pushed to buy a new car.

Jun 23, 2025 at 9:00pmWeb
Show threadSoggyJun 24, 2025
Electric parking brake is one of those modern “conveniences” I really hate. I want a physical lever that directly actuates a brake. It should work even in a catastrophic failure (so should the steering and regular brakes, but it should be a separate system)