Well, our motorhome is from 1999, so not quite over 30 years, but almost 😅
I grew up with manual cars, so I am familiar with that method of starting an engine, not sure it works the same with automatic transmissions though 🤔
I have a memory of us pushing the car around a parking lot to get it started, and also hooking it to another car that dragged it started for a little bit. It's really cool how that can work!
Yeah, no go with auto. But why auto, they cost in transmission efficiency. Same motor, 10-20% less power.
Cause this is America, and everything is automatic 🙄
yeah, that would never have flown in australia. pretty sure even today most dudes demand manual stick shift in australia, they certainly did 15 years ago. but it was starting to tilt very much in the wrong direction by 2000.
the less we interface with the machine directly, the more stupid and inefficient the machines get. and the engineers are getting more and more mushy between the ears as well, adding feature after complex feature, and then everyone wonders why these things have such high maintenance cost and short lifespans.
a less mechanical example i saw playing out circa 2007 with the european ROHS directive. they removed lead from solder, and instantly, motherboards were dying at 2-5 years, if you were lucky the day after the warranty expired, it would be ded. i worked in a computer store at the time and the number of dead on arrival pcs, and personally, my own hardware also was doing the same thing. runs ok for a while but then the inevitable dry joints because lead is just so much better than only tin and silver, for electrical conductivity.
They also require more heat. I know cause my dad develops electronics, both hardware and software, and I worked for him for a bit where I built circuit boards.
