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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by ghaff on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:37AM (#37405792)
A 2022 Honda Passport has physical buttons for pretty much everything. The only thing I use the touchscreen for is as a display for maps from CarPlay. So reliance on the touchscreen for things like environmental controls isn't universal even in new cars.
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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by foxyv on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:00PM (#37407832)
I love Honda interiors. The base models are almost always the best with big unique knobs and buttons. However, I'm really disappointed on their electrification. I would speculate that their misguided attempt to push Hydrogen is going to kill the Japanese companies if they don't invest in BEVs soon.

I would seriously consider a 300 mile range, electrified Honda Fit using Chevy's Ultium platform. But it seems car companies are too focused on SUVs and Crossovers to pad their nests. Make number go up strikes again!

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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by ghaff on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:30PM (#37409119)
I had a very efficient, fun, and great at squeezing into city parking spots stickshift Honda del Sol as a second car for about 20 years. Alas, as it got old and I stopped commuting, it was silly to pay for keeping a second car around for the <2,000 miles per year I was putting on it. But Fits are cute little cars. An EV version of something like that would make me as least think of using something like that for most of my local driving.
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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by klooney on Friday September 08, 2023 @12:01AM (#37429133)
Isn't that just a Bolt?
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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by foxyv on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @12:52PM (#37484112)
The bolt doesn't have the big knobs and buttons. Also it has those stupid displays that cost as much as the car is worth instead of a dashboard. Compare it to the controls for the Honda Fit here:

https://cars.usnews.com/static/images/Auto/izmo/354382/2013_...

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