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by ReinholdNiebuhr 3044 days ago
Sort of related but not exactly.. and I'm sorry if this is controversial... I just prefer my gas car over my electric car. My gas car is older, the cd play doesn't work however the radio does. I could replace it. I just don't care enough and prefer the randomness of the radio. My electric has mp3, satellite radio etc. Don't know if its nostalgia or what I've just grew up using but yea.. I hate my electric car.
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I like elemental cars without bloated features as well, but most new cars both ICE and electric have screens and the like. I don't think this is unique to EVs.
Fair. But that's not totally why I dislike my electric car (Nissan). I mention the modern stuff just to highlight the car has significantly better entertainment systems. The nissan compared to the gas (a porsche) is an unfair fight. However I haven't been impressed with tesla when test driving them as well. It's the drive, idk. I know tesla is trying to solve that but so far I haven't been impressed.
I've never found a shuffle mechanic that works as well as the radio station. You know, where the songs that are new and currently stuck in your head play like... 70% of the time, and then the other 30% it's picking older stuff you love? Most music player shuffle options are pretty basic, and I definitely jump over to the radio at times, despite having my entire music library stored in my car.
> I've never found a shuffle mechanic that works as well as the radio station.

I can't stand ads anymore.

The funny thing is, I now have enough ad free content that I start to miss references because I'm not getting as many ads. Which is to say, I don't really mind some ads here and there, and I can always switch stations during long ad blocks.