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Originally Posted by shovel
...when did "easy to use" turn into a bad thing?...
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No matter how expensive or wasteful something is? you can't think of any case where easy to use might not be the best idea? Really? I have to spell this one out for you?
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Originally Posted by shovel
why not outfit yourself a series of little pushbutton valves to open and close your fuel injectors from the drivers' seat? after all, you can do a better job manually than some ol' computer right?
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Really? that's what you think? that a human can outperform a computer at the sub-microsecond timing of injectors? Really?
The concept of technology must be very binary for you, either everything is amish or everything must be automated to the n'th degree. Shifting is one of those things that computers haven't caught up with, and even then they will only break even in the end, at huge expense over time.
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Originally Posted by shovel
...they're becoming an excellent way for the average driver to drive the way they're used to driving...
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Like I said, autos have been wasting gobs of fuel for many decades for lack of a shifter, and the standards that we hold our fellow drivers to is abominable compared to many other countries. Technology can solve a lot of problems, and a lot of non-problems, but invariably creates new ones, weather you can see them or not.
If you only look at things in terms of dollars and at an individuals "rights" and ignore less tangible costs and responsibilities, you will be blind ignorant to a multitude of problems, even (especially) if they are now someone elses problem.