On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:41:06 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Thu 27 Jul 2017 10:18:47a, Ed Pawlowski told us...

On 7/27/2017 12:27 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:


I'm an old fart and pretty tech-savvy. I really like all the
electro bells and whistles on my new top-of-the-trim-line ride.

I especially like the rear cross traffic radar, the lane
departure warning (signal every lane change or you get a beeping
serenade), the collision warning/avoidance braking system, and
the adaptive cruise control that slows you down if you get too
close to the car in front of you.

I'm ambivalent about voice-controlling the Nav and radio and
answering phone calls with buttons on the steering wheel

What I can do without is 600+ small print pages in the "main"
owner's manual and another 350 in the "electronics" manual.


I like all those goodies too. In May we went away for a while and
took a 4,000 mile trip. Adaptive CC makes it so much nicer. I
set the climate control when I got the car 22 months ago and have
not touched it since.

Do you have the "auto hold" system for brakes? When you stop you
can take your foot off the brake pedal and the brakes stay on
until you touch the gas. It sets the parking brake when you shift
into park. Really nice in stop and go traffic that is more stop
than go.

We are both retired and our present car is 10 yeas old. We didn't
want to think about the possibility of having an expensive repair
within the next couple of years. We just ordered a new car from the
factory with all the bells and whistles that both you and Wade
mentioned, plus a few more goodies. I"m very tech savvy and David is
not, but I'm a good teacher. :-)

We decided within the net 10 years that one or both of us might not
be driving or not be allowed to drive, or worse yet, dead. It seemed
prudent to buy something now that we will enjoy.

I downloaded the users manual because it's in much larger print than
the book you get with the car, the same with the navigation manual.
I've already memorized most of the features in the manuals so there
should be a minimal learning curve. :-)
So far I've been able to balance the "stuff I enjoy" on a car with
the "pain of high cost"
I buy nice, low mileage, relatively loaded mid-line cars for a good
price and maintain them, driving them 'till I either no longer want
them because they are getting ugly from rust etc, or they are no
longer economical to maintain. I strayed from that formula 5 years ago
when I bought my truck - a high milage, lightly optioned 16 year old
creme puff at a price I couldn't refuse. When I can no longer do the
maintenance myself, that's when the formula will HAVE to change - but
it might change sooner depending how much longer the 15 year old
Taurus lasts (only 1010,000km on it) or how fast the paint peals off
of it.Ugly cars don't get to sit on my driveway very long - and if
making them look good costs too much money or work - they are GONE.