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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just want a simple car. One without extraneous functions.

My old boss bought a brand new car that was in the shop for two of it's first four weeks. The issue? The capacitive touch sensor that operated the motorised glove box door was activating automatically because it was being confused by dust.

My shitty 15 year old VW's plastic glove box door has a metal latch and had never experienced this bug.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There certainly are places where technology and electronics can improve a car, but replacing one of the most basic, reliable mechanical functions such as a latch is arguably stupid. It's just adding numerous more failure points. It's form over function.