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[–] 5 points 7 months ago* (10 children)

I'm literally worried about buying a new car. It was bad enough when I did in 2019 getting a car with actual buttons and still half the basic features I have to tap a screen for. It's never, never felt comfortable like my old Mazda3 2012 or Honda Civic 2003 did. I just want fucking buttons and knobs man. I also hate all of the "safety features". Which are just essentially "feel safer while using your phone and driving" features that all the idiots on the road use them as. Everyone can see your lane assist correcting you every 5 seconds Debra! You're gonna kill someone.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    I must have made it just under the wire

    My 2018 Honda Civic doesn't have a touchscreen, all knobs and buttons, and the only safety features are things like airbags/traction control/ABS

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    What does the backup camera use for a screen?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You can still have a screen without it being a touchscreen.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Obviously but I find it hard to believe a manufacturer would waste their time with that in 2018, but it does appear to be the case on LX and lower trims. They just get a 5" display.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    It runs a tiny RTOS called eCos. Just does backup cam, AM/FM, Bluetooth, and USB sticks (as long as the media is WAV or MP3)

    My only complaint is that it sorts media files on USB sticks by timestamp rather than alphabetically

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Right?! Yeah don't enforce safer driving practices or anything. Just make it easier to not pay attention.

    I've always said phones should lock you out of almost every feature when motion/gps data shows movement. Then you have to put in a PIN to use your phone as a passenger. Like the Navi screen warnings of before "do not use while driving". This way people can be held accountable for the dangerous shit they do.

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