[unclebilly]

Reading the replies, I think I know why things have gone this way.

‘Car guys’ used to be people that worked on their own cars, or at least knew how to check their oil and change tires.

These days ‘car guys’ are influencers with the most views or follows. I bet most would not know what end of the dipstick to grab if you handed it to them.

With the stupification of society, needing a low oil (tire pressure, washer fluid, etc.) gauge is necessary because nobody pops the hood and knows what to look for or how to check things out anymore.

If you are going to have a dummy light, you need a level sensor. If you are going to have a level sensor, might as well have a gauge. If you have a gauge, why have a dipstick that nobody uses or understands?

We did this to ourselves, we raised a generation of mechanically inept people that as kids weren’t allowed to get dirty and were taught to look down on those that did or have dirt under their nails.