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12-11-2019, 12:32 PM | #15 | |
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I'm genuinely curious about whether buyers want those features or they're being pushed onto them to partly justify sky-high MSRP's? I know that some Toyota dealers now have tech experts separate from the sales staff who spend on average 1-2 hours at delivery explaining the new nannies that buyer's didn't even know their vehicles had. |
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I don't want to be "that guy" but you will have to take my word that the public is demanding even more things that make driving "easier" for them. I have to sit through a 4 hour presentation every 1/4 and this is what they talk about for about 3 hours of it. The demand is there but I can not share the info and data to show it. Here is a small (released) tidbit to chew on. https://press.zf.com/press/en/releas...ease_6848.html As far as pushing prices up goes the Eyesight system in my wife's Impreza cost her an extra $800. I doubt they made much money at that price since the stuff is expensive.
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I have to wonder though if its not $800 for the "final mile" pieces. I would imagine a lot of the "infrastructure" for it is built into every car, even those that don't have it. Similar to how a lot of cars have wiring harnesses that have plugs for things you didn't get because it's easier to have one and spread the cost over all cars.
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Those study outcomes will be important. One example of unexpected consequences is a Car Control course run in the auto-x area of the local track, PIR. I've taken it a couple of times and thought it would help new drivers. The opposite was true. According to an Oregon State University study that I can't find, CC graduates had a higher accident rate than non CC grads. The study concluded that the CC course created overconfidence in young drivers. So discounting for helicopter parents, maybe the NTSB will find reasons to include them in most production vehicles, the direction Toyota took with the latest Toyota Safety Sense v.2.0 system that's included at no cost in many 2020's. https://www.toyota.com/safety-sense/animation/drcc |
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most people are shit drivers, glad they're able to buy tools so I don't get crashed into as often
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That may be, I can't say I'm an expert on wiring harnesses, it has just always been my impression that for things like fog lights and other "add ons" that may be done by the dealership the plugs were already provided. I have nothing to back that up.
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None of these plugs are "loose." The wiring is tied down every few inches or so in all of these cars. The only place our cars have any wires that are even remotely loose are in the headliner. I had to buy zip ties after I took mine out to keep those wires restrained. |
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At least soon there will be fully auto cars for people who can't drive. Of course the shittiest drivers probably can't afford them anyway LOL. The elderly might be able to, but that EBT queen in the left lane doing 45 with her crappy little SUV... not so much.
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If they rush it too soon, we'll just be trading people who can't drive but have some sense of self preservation for cars that can drive in 90% of conditions but are oblivious the other 10% of the time. I think I'll stick with the people.
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