Newer Cars Rant, Why must they complicate things so much?!? Options

[d3ath2009]

Just wanted to rant about how newer cars are becoming less and less customizable. Honda has done a mid-life refresh of my current car that has a few little odds and ends I would LOVE to have on mine, but such things are impossible because of how stupid auto manufacturers have become. This refresh includes a new, much cleaner layout for the gauge cluster as well as an updated infotainment system. The new cluster looks better, but swapping is not possible due to everything they have routed through it (think new safety features, adaptive cruise, etc.) and forget about trying to update the odometer. The new infotainment, however, is the best upgrade to the whole damn car. It's amazing how something so simple as bringing back a volume knob instead of a stupid sliding feature on a touchscreen (and Apple Car Play) will make you envious. And of course that can no longer be swapped as modern units are coded to the cars computer and VIN. Stupid, stupid, stupid.. Whatever happened to the easiness of swapping out newer parts for newer features without needing a coding expert or dealership to make it work? I fear the golden age of easy customization and upgrading is behind us... Rant over... for now.

This post has been edited by d3ath2009: Nov 26, 2017 - 9:55 PM

[Bitter]

Needs a couple turbos to get there faster.


I do have one new car complaint, STOP ****ING USING ****TY PLASTIC IN CONTACT WITH HOT ****ING COOLANT. Why and how some car makers have plastic cooling system parts that last for ever (cough toyota/honda) and everyone else can't seem to get it right is beyond me. 1ZZ's running around with 500,000 miles and plastic t-stat housings and 2ZZ's running around with 200,000 miles and plastic water pumps while VW/BMW/Ford/GM/etc have plastic cooling system parts that literally crumble apart at 100K or under. Is it their coolant formulation? Is it the type of plastic used? I don't know and they don't seem to care.