05-09-2020, 08:25 AM
I have had hybrid cars for years now and do prefer them. I originally came by the automatic route as I thought it primitive and uneccessary to be using something with gears in this day and age except for sports / racing. With my job I was often in strange locations / cities etc and having to think about gears when trying to find places with agressive people behind was bad. When I bought my current one I did think about the fully electric / plugin route but living out in the country where there are few places to charge and preferring to go awhile without filling up really ruled them out. If I still had the same job they wouldn't have the range or size in many cases and now I am travelling far less so a large additional expense with the car and infrastructue are not really sensible. Your car sounds good Mike. I am not sure about autonomous cars. Mine has got quite a few irritating features, some of which, I have turned off. Lane following warning for one. Good for motorway travel maybe but can be a pain in the neck on the more usual back roads with numerous potholes. I find the collision avoidance possibly dangerous too as the sudden beeping with occasional false triggering can be very startling and offputting. One good point though is that the radio (even on AM) in my current model is the best I have ever used in a car, with no apparent interference from the electrics at all. To go back to the climate control, mine seems pretty much as with other liquid fuelled cars, but has no programmable / remote features.
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