alt Hacker NewsDriving a car that old puts yourself and others on the road at greater risk due to lack of safety features compared to a modern car. One could argue being able to afford a new car and not buying one to extoll other virtues is neglecting your own and communal good.
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Safety features like tracking where you are, and requiring a subscription for seat heating ? I just think the everything connected to cloud approach sucks, but Im communal danger now.
I was driving a 30 year old car for a while (Miata). I'd say I was pretty low risk as you tend to go slowly in classic ones so things don't blow up. Also the small size reduces the risk to other road users compared to driving a massive suv or some such.
You're saying my 2000lb car poses a greater risk to other drivers than your 8000lb tesla? I think you skipped physics 101.
By your logic, we should all drive gigantic monster trucks. Lunacy.
Also, I already have a mom who worries about me. She likes the car. I don't need to be mothered by a stranger on the internet thank you.
If you’re afraid to carefully drive a high quality and well maintained older car that was designed from the ground up with safety and quality at the absolute forefront- say an 80s Mercedes or Volvo, you would benefit from relaxing a bit and being willing to take slightly more risk in life.
Besides, I am not wholly convinced that improved safety tech is a replacement for the type of safety first engineering used in every tiny detail of those old cars, that mitigate certain types of accidents and injury that won’t be addressed in crash testing.