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From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
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Subject: Re: repairs and obsolescence ish
Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 16:21:09 -0700
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On Fri, 9 May 2025 06:32:17 -0400, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On 5/8/2025 8:51 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>I don't know this for a fact but I'm pretty sure windshield wiper 
>controls won't be found in a touch screen menu even on the newest cars. 
>It's invariably a stalk control.

Quite true.  However, there's usually at least one car designer who
want to provide better "product differentiation" by implimenting
something rediculous.  For example, depressing stationary push buttons
is much too easy compared to a hitting moving targets.  I present to
everyone the Ford Edsel steering wheel with electrical solenoid
shifting:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletouch>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletouch#/media/File:EdselRanger-interior.jpg>

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