• FatVegan@leminal.space
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      2 hours ago

      My first car was a 1992 honda civic. As time went on and cars cot more modern, i yearned for a more modern car. Infotainment seemed like so much fun, all thr convenient knick knacks and gizmos.

      Now, unironocally my dream car is my 1992 honda civic from back in the day

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        90s Civic or Miata has been my dream forever, I’m with ya.

        Two pieces of modern tech, though: security and sound.

        90s Civics were notoriously easy to steal, so I’d definitely want something to prevent that.

        When I was younger, I’d always dreamed of having a nice sound system in my car, but could never afford to do it. Now that I have a car with a super nice sound system and a sub, I can never go back. No “infotainment” BS tho, just gimme a standard deck. USB support is nice, but an aux jack is all I really need.

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          In my civic i installed a “killswitch”, which was just a hidden switch to turn on the fuel pump. Not really sure how much that would prevent theft in the real world, but i think it was hard enough to find that someone trying to steal the car would rather give up than spending more time on this car. I had a pretty good sound system, which i wouldn’t need anymore. Infotainment is super overrated, my dream setup now is just something that mirrors my phone

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      5 hours ago

      Well there’s always buying an old beater or a classic and restoring it. But you’d have to go more than 40 years back to find cars that are entirely without digital components.

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      4 hours ago

      That would not even be legal on today’s roads, at least in EU for new vehicles.

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      It’s the one modern feature I wouldn’t want to give up. Cooling my car down before I get in it without having to walk out to it is very nice.