Re:Car Cost per Year - New vs Used
by DenisM on Sunday July 09, 2017 @10:31AM
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Yes. Stability control is now mandatory (it was rare 11 years ago), antilock breaks are also mandatory, lane deaparture warning and blind spot warning are ubiquitous, phone interface(hands free) is a lot more prevalent, tire pressure monitors were a novelty in 1999, the number of airbags has increased, automatic emergency breaking is now a thing. Huge number of improvements in the last 10 to 20 years.
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Re:Car Cost per Year - New vs Used
by mattmaroon on Sunday July 09, 2017 @11:15AM
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Antilock brakes and stability control are mandatory now, but they've been common for a long time. Most cars probably still don't have blind spot and lane departure warnings standard, and I'm not sure how much safety they add.
My sense is that if cars are safer now, compared apples to apples (i.e. a base model mid size sedan) to ten years ago, it's marginal. And the same will be true (driverless cars potentially excepted) in five years.