On 15/11/2015 12:07 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 1:46:34 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Xeno" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 14/11/2015 8:18 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> Amen to that but I still would never buy a driverless car. I could
>>>>>> never trust it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Me either. I want to drive my own vehicle and I also don't want one
>>>>> with all the bells and whistles so I hope my 2004 lasts for my lifetime.
>>>>
>>>> Me neither! I hope mine lasts too. I don't want to change mine for
>>>> anything!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I hope to outlast my next 10 cars.
>>
>> <g> I've had plenty of fancy cars in my life and now I am very happy with
>> the one I have. I answers all my needs
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> I enjoyed the cars I had during the late 70's and 80's. Mostly because they
> were over 1000 lb lighter than the cars of today, around 1700 to 2200
lbs.

That would be all the electrical wizardry in modern cars. I see that my
current car (2010) is less obese than the current equivalent and more
obese than the 2002 model I originally had.

> Heck, my 67 Plymouth Barracuda with V8 weighed about the same as a
modern
> Toyota Corolla - 2800 lbs. OTOH, modern cars are a lot more comfortable.
>
You forgot to add that they are much safer. Less risk of you dying in an
accident can only be a good thing and it will allow you to contribute
here longer! ;-)

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Xeno