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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: repairs and obsolescence ish Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 19:31:31 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <vvm6p2$34koi$1@dont-email.me> References: <m7rpgeFsq0kU1@mid.individual.net> <vvbdfg$1cl75$4@dont-email.me> <m7vn46FhgomU1@mid.individual.net> <q9bl1klemcrnidgfs2g6m6r4e1tmpqvv54@4ax.com> <vvjgos$291sq$1@dont-email.me> <vvjjhu$29p1s$1@dont-email.me> <vvklji$1i3b$1@dont-email.me> <5v2t1k11gc1ct0fori3mge5bo1qrkudcnd@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 02:31:31 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1c2a6bb9b7491fd4398e557a3b9da822"; logging-data="3298066"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19EIDQ9Hc92bwLgxFYH8GuG" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:AopaXcM37JzHNF0cOADGBilNY7c= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <5v2t1k11gc1ct0fori3mge5bo1qrkudcnd@4ax.com> On 5/9/2025 6:21 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: > 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> > The quoted text below my name is not mine. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971