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Honda’s affordable EV hot hatch is ‘selling like hotcakes,’ priced at $21,000 (electrek.co)
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[–] 16 points 5 months ago (14 children)

assuming the following is true, this is a new car I would actually buy

  • no LED headlights (they are dangerous and rude)

  • you can disable the fake engine noise and transmission behaviour

  • the touchscreen is minimal and crucial controls are not locked behind menus or on the touchscreen in the first place

  • there aren't excessive privacy concerns or lockouts preventing user maintenance

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    The last two points are very valid but I think the fake engine noise while driving is pretty important for safety, no? Personally, I cant drive and usually get around by bike or on foot where a car that's totally silent can be dangerous if you don't see it coming

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    so, I meant fake engine noise in the cabin, not external noise

    however, I'm also against that godawful sound that cars make at low speed. it's infuriatingly disturbing. their tires make enough goddamn noise already. I understand the reason for it, and it accomplishes its job, and my opinion is that I hate it. I hate-stare at drivers whose vehicle is making that whirring noise whenever one is near me

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    no LED headlights (they are dangerous and rude)

    Can you explain why you think LED headlights are either of those?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    they're blinding, preventing oncoming people from being able to see. and because lowbeams are just as bright as highbeams, just aimed lower, even lowbeams blind people. drive anywhere in a hilly area and this becomes apparent.

    they're also obscene to be blasting into pedestrian and cyclist eyes in low speed neighbourhoods with streetlights. like how would those drivers feel if I walked around with a 4000lumen flashlight pointed at their eyes as they drive.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    are you sure that the light source itself is the problem, though?

    with proper housing and aiming there's nothing special about LED light compared to xenon or halogen that makes it any more blinding.

    the problem is automakers and wildly outdated regulation allowing automakers to make their shit as bright as they can legally maneuver around. not the specific type of light source.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    They do it because they get saftey ratings which are occupant based.

    You want the absolutely brightest, longest shining lights possible to light up as much of the road as possible, but that has consequences for others.

    Theyre probably bumping up against whatever high end limits are allowed before the saftey agencies cause a fuss.

    But while it might solve one problem fixing this issue, it will probably cause another, e.g more people will be overdriving their lights.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    oh, they could absolutely make LEDs in an acceptable manner. but they don't.

    there's some more inherent difficulty with getting LEDs to be acceptable, as well. not to mention the way they're built nowadays means they're not easily replaceable.

    however, your comment about aiming is completely incorrect. aiming is irrelevant, because roads have curves and elevation changes and bumps. lights need to not be so dangerously blinding even if pointed straight at somebody's face, because they will be pointed straight at somebody's face for many non-negligible occurrences. I know this because it happens to me every fucking night I'm outside around cars.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    again your complaint has nothing to do with the light source. you're (rightfully, I agree!) talking about brightness, nothing to do with how the photos are generated, just how many are being generated.

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