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[Sir Tigger KC]

I find it best just to drive a cheap old car! 

[ronnyd]

I find it best just to drive a cheap old car! 

Wot he just said. 

[Marks DTM Calib]

I expect Lord Optis car will have a Tuner (which has to include DAB as all tuner equipped cars sold in europe and the uk have to have a DAB tuner if a tuner is fitted...........and tuners might dissappear in the future...), wireless CarPlay/Android auto for phone projection, bluetooth, Nav (althoguh Google Maps/Waze will be better via CarPlay/Android Auto) and USB.

Internal hard drives are dying out, they were mainly flash based (although earlier ones were spinning discs), as they need to be big and it just adds to the wear rate.

[STEMO]

I expect Lord Optis car will have a Tuner (which has to include DAB as all tuner equipped cars sold in europe and the uk have to have a DAB tuner if a tuner is fitted...........and tuners might dissappear in the future...), wireless CarPlay/Android auto for phone projection, bluetooth, Nav (althoguh Google Maps/Waze will be better via CarPlay/Android Auto) and USB.

Internal hard drives are dying out, they were mainly flash based (although earlier ones were spinning discs), as they need to be big and it just adds to the wear rate.

The wife's Astra has a DAB tuner, wired CarPlay/Android, Bluetooth, Nav and USB. It doesn't have lane departure warning though, thank god. 

[STEMO]

Wife's Astra, soon to be my Astra.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Interestingly the NCAP rating is based on it being fitted:

https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/opel%2Fvauxhall/astra/22038

Although it looks like GM may have been telling NCAP porkies:

The autonomous emergency braking system is an option which is expected to be widely sold, so it was included in the assessment.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Necessary tech is good. Unnecessary tech is a pain in the arse.

Lane assist is unnecessary tech, and Steve Cropley who has been a motoring journalist for 50 year with Autocar magazine spoke out against it this week when he described it as dangerous and the cause of many accidents.

 He says it becomes more intrusive with each  new advance in technology, and has caused many cars to crash down big potholes the driver was trying to avoid.

[TheBoy]

My system was Meridian (I think) with about 18 speakers. If a couple stopped working I doubt I would have noticed.

I've had to change quite a few.  Mine is the (supposedly) 1200W version, and she does like a disco when driving, so its not unusual to have blown speakers after she's used it for a few days!

[TheBoy]

(although earlier ones were spinning discs)

I think with the selection of IAMs I had off you when I let all the magic smoke out of mine, I should be good for the life of this car 

[dave the builder]

Wife's Astra, soon to be my Astra.

Bit greedy Uncle Stemo  you can only drive one at a time 

[STEMO]

Wife's Astra, soon to be my Astra.

Bit greedy Uncle Stemo  you can only drive one at a time 

Mine's showing it's age, Dave, so it's going to the big webuyanycar in the sky  :'(

[dave the builder]

Wife's Astra, soon to be my Astra.

Bit greedy Uncle Stemo  you can only drive one at a time 

Mine's showing it's age, Dave, so it's going to the big webuyanycar in the sky  :'(

Fairy Nuff 
your lad not drive 
Just think of all the "fun" you could have teaching him   

[YZ250]

This so called safety aid is utter wank.

At best it is annoying and frustrating, at worst it is dangerous.
…………
I really dislike this electronic nanny.

If you think lane assist is dangerous, hopefully you haven’t got the collision sensor auto emergency braking system on yours. If you have a flat rectangular sensor in your lower grill beware. If it gets too dirty, or the sun shines on it too brightly, it can throw on the anchors as it thinks it’s going to crash. I gave my daughter my new bmw with all the toys on just over two years ago and in that two years it’s happened around five times. Luckily nobody was that close behind her to cause her to be rear ended. 
Clever technology but downright dangerous when the sensor misinterprets the signal. 

[STEMO]

Wife's new car has lane assist, one long press of a button and it's off 

[YZ250]

Wife's new car has lane assist, one long press of a button and it's off 

Same on an Audi, single press on the end of the indicator stalk.    On my daughter’s bmw it’s a long press on the button that sits between the central air vents.