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dpifketoday at 3:55 AM1 replyview on HN

My first car (hand-me-down from my Dad) was a 1980s Datsun, that I managed to total within a few weeks of getting my license, much to the consternation of my younger brother and sister who expected it to eventually be handed down to them as well.

The "left door is open" voice alert will forever be ingrained in my memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hJBko3-oV4 It seemed so futuristic when the car was new.


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ehntotoday at 4:39 AM

I also totalled my first Nissan, a 1990 Silvia. I'm sorry everyone, that was 100% my bad. I'm glad Nissan made a lot of them.

That car had the digital "Heads Up Display" on the windscreen that a lot of modern cars are getting back now. I wonder why it fell out of fashion for three decades?