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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by Kaibeezy on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:04AM (#34288601)
My car, born from jets, has no tire pressure checker, no garage door opener, no touchscreen, no automatic transmission, and smack-you-in-the-back-of-the-head turbo lag. I honestly can’t think of a new car I’d trade it for (unless selling that new car to buy more old cars isn’t cheating).
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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by Mikeb85 on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:19AM (#34288755)
I miss my old Saab... One of these days I need to pick up another one.
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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by prepend on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:34AM (#34288921)
As a COVID project, I looked for a Saab to play around with. The cheapest I found was a 2009 crappy GM 9-3 for $11k.

I really miss my pre-Malibu 900s and 9-3s.

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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by Kaibeezy on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:06PM (#34290048)
My understanding is that a 2005 or earlier (pre-Dame Edna) 9-5 still had oversight from the Swedish engineering and manufacturing team. For example, an austere Saab dashboard rather than a blingy Buick one. Not sure when that switch happened for the 9-3, but it would have been for whatever facelift happened around the same time.

2003 Aero is the sweet spot. GM sales “engineers” tried selling with all-options-standard that year, so they are all very well equipped. Any still running had the sump issue fixed long ago. Hard to imagine you couldn’t get a fettisdagsbulle for $5k.

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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by frosted-flakes on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:16PM (#34291547)
It's amazing that they even had a "nightpanel" button to turn offvthe lighting for everything except the speedometer. That is such a cool feature.
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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by Kaibeezy on Saturday January 07, 2023 @05:34PM (#34293711)
A feature to get rid of features. No one who knows me is surprised my car has that.
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