Is it just me being a dinosaur or is this really poor, lazy design?

[petercb]

21 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Agreed.  In fact I would go further and say that there should be low tech electric cars.  Why do the manufactures think that because you like the advantages of an electric car you want every conceivable bit of technology?

It's not about what you want it's what they make you think you want or you can only get the bits you really want and need if you pay for those you don't at exorbitant prices.

Edited January 31, 2023 by petercb
Spelling!

[doobin]

43 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Quizz question: which decade has or had the highest proportion of electric cars actually on the road?

1900s? 

[maybelateron]

Agree with all the very sensible comments so far. My wife wanted to go electric, so she now has a Hyundai Ionic5. It is a very nice car to drive in most ways, but I will not drive it on my own at night unless weather conditions are such that I won't need to adjust demister/climate settings. It has a touch screen for all of these functions. Yes, it can be voice activated, but this does not always work, and I can't read the crib sheet in the dark, to tell me what words/phrases to use. End result is that in bad weather/darkness I will take my 23 year old TD5 Disco 2 out and burn lots of diesel, but feel safer with respect to myself AND other road users. "Sorry I crashed into your car and gave you life changing injuries, I was trying to use the demister to clear the screen so I could drive safely". 

[petercb]

1910's

[scbk]

I'm not interested in anything more than a liquid crystal display and a few LEDs 

[Squaredy]

To my immense embarrassment I don’t remember exactly which decade it was or where I saw the figure, but it was either 1900s or 1910s and apparently one in five cars on the road was electric.

 

So well done guys you were all about right.  No-one fell into my trap of assuming it is the 2020s.

[Mick Dempsey]

3 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

To my immense embarrassment I don’t remember exactly which decade it was or where I saw the figure, but it was either 1900s or 1910s and apparently one in five cars on the road was electric.

 

So well done guys you were all about right.  No-one fell into my trap of assuming it is the 2020s.

Smashing quiz thanks.

Richard Osman you ain’t!

Edited January 31, 2023 by Mick Dempsey

[Squaredy]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Smashing quiz thanks!

Richard Osman you ain’t!

We should have a quiz thread….  The guess the log weight ones are always popular.

Edited January 31, 2023 by Squaredy

[Mick Dempsey]

I’d put you at 20 stone (ish)
 

 

I used to love quiz night at the local.

 

Smart phones and the internet put an end to that.

Edited January 31, 2023 by Mick Dempsey

[Squaredy]

4 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I’d put you at 20 stone (ish)
 

 

I used to love quiz night at the local.

 

Smart phones and the internet put an end to that.

Never been twenty stone.  About fifteen and a half I think.  Good thing is my weight never varies, so it winds my wife up as she just had to look at a cake to put on a stone or two.