Definitely Not The Onion material. Heck, you could almost convince me that this is The Onion.

I've been seeing a lot of weird culture war coverage around this, even more than usual these days. Big fan of cheap, simple, accessible technology and tools. Cars are tools. Less components and less complexity means they are cheaper to produce and maintain. Bring back the econobox, the car I'm hype for is the electric equivalent of a 94 Corolla

If we took every conservative on the planet and put them on an island together, how long do you think it would take before the cannibalism and incest kicked in?

Cars in some ways are too coddling, giving people a false sense of safety. All these new features like lane keeping and blind spot warnings make people drive with reckless abandon.

Tbh, it would be kind of nice if sensors weren’t put in easily damaged areas of cars. They’re part of why bumpers and tailgates are so much more expensive. I wonder if cars could have all the safety features using a couple little LIDAR and camera packages instead of chips on every piece of plastic.

Buy motorcycles. Problem solved.

Ah yes, it's definitely the regulations that are making those costs go up, not tariffs or CEO paychecks.

Yes Ted Cruz I totally believe that if they got rid of these Safety Systems cars would magically get cheaper. No one should doubt that for a second Ted Cruz. There's no way they'll just get rid of the safety system and then pocket the extra the proceeds. Ted Cruz would never be for that I'm sure.

Bitch, what?

Pay people more money.

I’m sure others in the thread are having a tough time embracing that they agree with Crus a little on this.

Stop shoving shot down our throats. That’s what I want to say to car companies.

ZERO computers!

I want MANUAL WINDOWS!

Manual locks.

ZERO SCREENS!!

I drive the last car mass produced with manual windows and manual locks.

It has 150k miles. Runs great.

There is zero tracking agents on it.

It’s just a car.

I was thinking about this the other day. I don’t need a car that goes over 40mph. I could get to work and get home. A literal Model T would do.

We need to look backwards for common sense.

The average Lemmy user seems to want more dead car owners.

Also, this thread has a lot of people voicing their opinions about what they want in a car. I too would prefer a much more basic auto for a cheaper price. But what do normal people actually want? They want all the bullshit. Auto makers also make great money on the bullshit, so they want to sell it to us. They also make great money when the bullshit breaks so they make more money on the back end.

The mandatory safety features are required because the mandatory fuel economy features mean more aero dynamic cars with worse visibility. We have mandatory fuel economy on cars so dumb big ass trucks can just guzzle gas like there's no tomorrow. We can't have regular sized trucks that get decent fuel economy for some reason that has to do with chickens.

Qhy are cars more expensive?

I mean last I checked they fall under the category of "everything".