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Use vehicle tech...
Personally, I think many autos contain some instances of complicated tech for nebulous benefit. This next one seems completely unjustified to me:
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a34748524/digital-license-plates-coming-2021/ |
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11-29-2020, 06:58 PM
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Why?
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11-29-2020, 07:02 PM
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Yea, I can't see that ever being hacked...probably brought to you by the good folks at Dominion !
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11-30-2020, 02:27 AM
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Just another piece of unnecessary tech that will eventually fail.
Which is one of the many reasons I continue to drive older cars I can fix myself.
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11-30-2020, 02:58 AM
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Get off my lawn!
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Yea, I want to see how that will hold up in Chicago or Detroit weather. -30 to 100+ and salt all winter long. Trailers seem to dent up a lot of metal tags. Lots of pickups and SUVs with dented tags from people hooking up trailers.
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11-30-2020, 05:40 AM
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It has the same benefit of buying a car with a top speed that is 3 times the speed limit: something to talk/brag about at the next party.
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11-30-2020, 07:13 AM
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I’ve actually seen a couple of digital plates on the road here in CA. Both on Teslas. Did a double take and thought “that can’t be legal!?”
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11-30-2020, 08:20 AM
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Yea, I understand your point. No one really needs a car to go from 0 to 60 in under 3 seconds seconds yet many of the electric cars can do that easily, and it is fun. Tech like a digital license plate is great for the government and the people that sell it, but a standard plate has worked for over 100 years of automotive history. Tech like the Tesla "fart mode" is equally tech just for no reason except it is fun. I am 100% sure I don't need a electronic fart sound generator in my cars, as I have an all natural one that is free.
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11-30-2020, 08:54 AM
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