My financial controller wants a new car, or actually a new SUV. She wants one that is “itty-bitty” but has all the interior room of a football field. So, I am in the process of searching for such a machine.
Other than the prices for new vehicles is ridiculous, my biggest complaint is that there is almost no visibility in new vehicles - pickups excluded. We drove an SUV this weekend that had a hood sloped so that I, nor she, could see anything but the bottom of the windshield. It is important to know how close one is to something in front of the car. Don’t have a clue with the one we drove.
And, rear and side windows are so small and ‘swooped’ that one can barely tell what’s going on around the vehicle. I suppose everyone depends upon cameras and sensors, but technology fails.
Yes, there are many nice features on new vehicles, but again the prices go up with the equipment. I know I am old school, but in times past, vehicles were designed to allow drivers to drive without being dependent upon some beeper going off because one can’t see the danger.
Does this mean that younger drivers are not competent to drive? Absolutely not.
They are busy texting and don’t want to be bothered with driving.
PMO
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