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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 7 year old Honda that needs nothing but maintenance (so far).  Just hitting 100,000.  I will likely keep it til at least 150,000.  Not sure how many years that will be.  Longer if it is still going strong.

I am diligent about preventive maintenance.  I do not want a car to leave me stranded.  As long as it doesn't do that, it's all good, and I'll keep it.  [/quote]

Oh, and I should add it has all the current safety features.  Nothing new of great importance has been added since I got this car.   Huge advances in safety would make me want to buy new.[/quote]

Does it have blind spot monitoring? Will it warn you if you fall asleep or are on path to hit something? [/quote]

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I'm sure not, but those features give me pause.... are they for people with apnea, no neck flexibility?  I have blind spot monitoring by driving defensively.[/quote]

So you are more interested in saving money than being safe  :lol: [/quote]

DP.  Some of the new so-called safety features are incredibly distracting.  I travel frequently and at my destinations I regularly rent cars, which all come decked out with the newest safety features.  Several of these new features are very annoying, and I think that their beeps and warnings are probably more distracting than helpful.  When I rent a car I find that I usually take 5 minutes to turn off those features before I even leave the lot and I am much happier as well as much safer.  I discussed it with my insurance agent and it was his and the insurance company's (one of the biggest in the country fyi) opinion that 1) I am not at any greater liability for turning off the so-called safety features, and 2) that many of the features are so distracting that their use renders them to be un-safe for the drivers.[/quote]

Honey if the safety systems are beeping and warning it means you're driving dangerously. Take the hint.  :oops: [/quote]

No, you are overthinking this and not understanding what it means to be a good driver.

If I put the turn signal on to indicate that I will be merging into a lane AFTER you pass me from where you are either behind me or to the side of me then that is a problem with the device, not me.  I'm being the good driver by putting my turn signal on early.  The car software isn't used to that and so it goes nuts.  So the device is literally encouraging people to NOT USE THEIR SIGNAL LIGHTS, which is the complete OPPOSITE of what it should be doing!!!

My bad for being a GOOD driver and trying to indicate what the heck I'm doing to idiot drivers like you who don't use the signal or who put the signal on as you begin the merge …  :roll: [/quote]

In computer assisted driving, you tell the car you want to make a lane change by turning on the turn signal.  When the coast is clear, the car makes the lane change for you.  Voila!   Computers aren’t stupid.   But you have to tell the car that you want a lane change by turning on the turn signal.[/quote]

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