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Originally Posted by OldBiker
I never understood why cars would need any of this? Perhaps if they stopped planting giant "infotainment" tablets on the dash, drivers would actually be looking at the road and driving the damn car. As for myself, my little display is turned off and my eyes are on the road. Just grateful the BRZ has manual controls for everything, no need to hunt on a touch screen.
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Previously I took this position as well. I'd spent time in dealer loaners and rental cars with the stuff and never messed with it, seemed an annoyance if anything. Especially with respect to sports cars, "keep em pure!"
Recently my DD has become a car with these features. Auto hi-beam, pre-collision braking, lane keep assist I have all come to appreciate. It hasn't saved me or anything, but damn I know it could. Once you're accustomed to it it can only help. Having this technology in no way changes the way I drive, with exception of auto hi-beam freeing up some mental capacity not having to worry about hi-beaming people.
It was just announced that the GR86 manual will come with all this stuff for 2024, but mind-bogglingly the auto hi-beams aren't available on the manual per the press release!!!