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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    My car tells me if a local speed limit is being exceeded!
    Yeah mine does that. If sat nav is on but it also scans the Rd for speed limits with a camera and let's you know what speed you should be doing and if you go over it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    My car tells me if a local speed limit is being exceeded!
    Yesh, and it'll have 'amazing new inventions' such as electric windows and power steering, too.... That's what happens when you join the 21st century!

    Have you worked out how to use the sound system yet? I suspect it won't even have a CD player

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    My car tells me if a local speed limit is being exceeded!
    Worse than that, some cars will tell your missus who's miles away tracking the car on a mobile phone!
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    Autonomous cars will become common. Thing is, will you be done for drink driving after a snifter if yours is driving you home from the pub?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Yesh, and it'll have 'amazing new inventions' such as electric windows and power steering, too.... That's what happens when you join the 21st century!

    Have you worked out how to use the sound system yet? I suspect it won't even have a CD player

    Marco.
    Yes it has a CD player; Bluetooth; electrically heated seats; air conditioning; auto-headlights; automatic adjustment of the headlight beam to suit the loading of the car; automatic anti-dazzle rear view mirror; retractable side mirrors; tyre pressure sensors, kerb illumination lights in the doors, and parking proximity sensors. All the expected 'bells and whistles'.

    My two previous cars had some "amazing new inventions" such as electric windows, an electric sunroof, power steering - and even a synchromesh gear box!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Yes it has a CD player; Bluetooth; electrically heated seats; air conditioning; auto-headlights; automatic adjustment of the headlight beam to suit the loading of the car; automatic anti-dazzle rear view mirror; retractable side mirrors; tyre pressure sensors, kerb illumination lights in the doors, and parking proximity sensors. All the expected 'bells and whistles'.

    My two previous cars had some "amazing new inventions" such as electric windows, an electric sunroof, power steering - and even a synchromesh gear box!
    Other features maybe - automatic windscreen washers and wipers, and follow round corner lights. Heated wing mirrors.

    For all the new automation etc., the new car doesn't seem to have a warning to fill up the windscreen water/screenwash bottle - even less a robot to do it for me.

    One of my previous cars even had a long gear stick.
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    It has heated wing mirrors, as did my last car. A reminder to refill the wash bottles would be handy - I just let it be done when the car is serviced.

    The American Tucker had headlights that would turn ahead of the steering, but the car never went into production.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    It has heated wing mirrors, as did my last car. A reminder to refill the wash bottles would be handy - I just let it be done when the car is serviced.

    The American Tucker had headlights that would turn ahead of the steering, but the car never went into production.
    How often do you get the car serviced? Every other week?

    Our Peugeot 207cc has "round the corner" lights - actually extra lights which come on when the wheel is turned. Very handy sometimes.

    The now defunct Prius didn't have heated wing mirrors, but the Ford Focus we had before did - and also a heated front screen. Very good.
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    Didn’t the Citroen DS have swivel headlights?

    Think that was late 60s or early 70s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnJo View Post
    Didn’t the Citroen DS have swivel headlights?

    Think that was late 60s or early 70s.
    It certainly did. As Dave said, nowadays the headlights stay fixed, but extra lights shine in the direction you are turning. Very handy.
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