alok said:
kinphoenix2 said:This whole "radio is dead!" argument is getting old. Radio will NEVER die, and the town criers with baloney claims are starting to get on my last nerve.
The only thing I look forward to getting in the car IS the radio, and I am not alone...
Lkeller said:"Some cars at car shows have slide in control pads instead of the dash board, like a high end display in and aircraft, slide in a couple of ipads I guess, easy to repair and replace,"
A lot of car show technology never makes it to the showroom floor. And you can put an AM/FM band into a computer, or ipod.
"Some people do not talk on a phone now just messages"
Whether you talk, voicemail, or text, you are still using a phone.
"The mail man is not delivering many letters"
Certainly much less than in decades past, and that the volume of mail will continue to decrease. But we will still need to have mail delivery for years into the future
"People drink a soft drink or energy drink for breakfast instead of coffee"
And still - coffee is more popular than ever before. Ever heard of Starbucks?
"Times change."
Yes, but not overnight - it's an evolutionary process. AM/FM is not leaving cars within 5 years. 20-25 years? Yeah, maybe.
"There was a low end car that had no air cond or radio, I think it was a Versa or something
I find it hard to believe that any modern car comes without an AM/FM radio and heater. No air conditioning, perhaps.[/color]
"Some cars in the 60s had no radios, an mg some vws."
Very few - Volkswagens and just the lowest of low end American models. I owned a 1960 Ford that had previously been a fleet car for an LA utility company. No radio and no heater. The "defroster" was a towel I kept on the seat next to me. Cost me $75.EVeybody I knew with a Volkswagen purchased an AM radio for their Beetle at extra cost.
landtuna said:My guess is that "technology" will continue to be deployed to the car dashboard until it impacts the ability of the driver to operate the vehicle. Then it will be legislated back out or altered so as not to create a significant distraction. This is already happening.
Lkeller said:I don't know that it has been legislated yet, but I subscribe to Motor Trend and Car & Driver - auto enthusiasts' magazines. Their reviewers absolutely despise BMW's "I-Drive" and Ford's "My Touch" - two high-tech on-board "systems that combine all sorts of formerly segregated dashboard functions. They find them overly complicated and needlessly distracting.
Lkeller said:To my way of thinking - the old fashioned 'rheostat' style rotary knobs on car radios for adjusting volume and changing frequencies were the easiest to operate. But with a few exceptions, they were replaced years ago by those annoying toggle switches. What's with that?
Lkeller said:To my way of thinking - the old fashioned 'rheostat' style rotary knobs on car radios for adjusting volume and changing frequencies were the easiest to operate. But with a few exceptions, they were replaced years ago by those annoying toggle switches. What's with that?