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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by arprocter on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:01PM (#29513201)
Another automotive 'advancement' is headlight bulbs you can't replace yourself - what used to take a few minutes now requires a trip to the dealer, so they can presumably dismantle the front end

Unlikely both would blow, but I'm a little surprised more fuss hasn't been made about it from a safety standpoint; considering being able to see where you're going tends to be important - I believe in France you can get a ticket for having no washer fluid.

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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by carabiner on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:28PM (#29513570)
This is why I love my Tacoma. Here's the 3-minute tutorial on replacing the headlight bulbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvbZc8shIvQ

Then again, everything else about it is dated, especially the engine.

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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by jonnycomputer on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:56PM (#29513936)
What makes/models do that?
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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by mh- on Friday December 10, 2021 @02:24PM (#29514308)
Lots, apparently.

Search r/JustRolledIntoTheShop for "headlights".

Some of the first few matches:

Ford Fusion: https://reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/pw1n0e/t...

Tesla: https://reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/pvyq3u/y...

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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by jonnycomputer on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:20PM (#29515574)
I just found it surprising, because I've changed lots of bulbs on my own cars, and it was never that hard a job.
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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by jfrunyon on Friday December 10, 2021 @02:57PM (#29514742)
Having to take off the bumper is pretty bad.

On the other hand, taking off a tire takes perhaps a minute.

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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by arprocter on Friday December 10, 2021 @02:17PM (#29514223)
iirc it happened on a friend's 6th gen Ford Fiesta

I doubt there's a big list somewhere as it isn't something the manufacturers are proud about

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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by Der_Einzige on Friday December 10, 2021 @03:56PM (#29515357)
What? Not sure what years are in that generation but my gf owned a 2014 Ford Fiesta (the final generation) and replacing headlights was a 5 minute job. I did it several times...
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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by arprocter on Friday December 10, 2021 @05:16PM (#29516114)
Strange - possible I'm misremembering, as this was about a decade ago

I just looked it up and seems like you have to remove the entire headlight from the car, so maybe he took one look at it and decided it could be someone else's problem

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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by C19is20 on Friday December 10, 2021 @05:00PM (#29515966)
I have a 2005 FF...never replaced the headlights (gf has a 2007 fusion - similar): and you say 'several times'?
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Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? by xk3 on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:36AM (#29591865)
they probably do it so people don't replace the lamps with the wrong shape bulb which can be very dangerous
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