Would YOU rather drive an old, but reliable car or a brand new automobile?

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Would you rather drive a pretty old, but very reliable and paid off car, like a 20 year old Toyota Corolla with the clear coat showing signs of wear, foggy headlights, etc..

OR!

A brand new, current year vehicle with a lot of bells and whistles, GPS, reverse shift camera, etc.. but you pay $600 a month plus car insurance premiums and a much higher annual registration fee?
 
Rather drive an old 1985 black Camaro than some new cars.
 
I cry myself to sleep every night because I had to sell my beloved 1992 Audi 100.

Got a 2005 corolla for my wife instead. She didn't want the "casket on wheels". That's not a car for a lady.

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Bornstarch said:
Would you rather drive a pretty old, but very reliable and paid off car, like a 20 year old Toyota Corolla with the clear coat showing signs of wear, foggy headlights, etc..

OR!

A brand new, current year vehicle with a lot of bells and whistles, GPS, reverse shift camera, etc.. but you pay $600 a month plus car insurance premiums and a much higher annual registration fee?
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Brand new car! I'm old now. Don't want to be the richest man in the cemetery.
 
I'm Driving a old 2008 pick up truck atm
Mint condition
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No cars payment
35$ month for insurance
 
New cars are outfitted with front-facing cameras that use facial recognition and monitor the driver, as well ultrasonic sensors to detect anything inside the vehicle. The cameras are built directly into the body of the car and theoretically impossible to remove. All under the guise of security, of course. They intend to make this mandatory in new cars circa 2030, depending on country. This constant feed of telemetry is sent to the manufacturer. The industry is also working on integrating iris and fingerprint sensors, as well as heart beat, eyelid, facial expression and brain wave monitoring. You can't make this shit up, creepy AF. If people accept technology like this, we're only one or two steps away from full-on Big Brother / Brave New World where you get arrested because your brain waves did something they didn't like, literally pre-crime from Minority Report.

You bet your ass I'm not getting a new vehicle. From now on it's retro or bust. I'm sure they'll eventually go after older vehicles, claiming it's to save the environment or some shit like that, but we'll it one step at a time. You gotta have a line in the sand.
 
Renard said:
New cars are outfitted with front-facing cameras that use facial recognition and monitor the driver, as well ultrasonic sensors to detect anything inside the vehicle. The cameras are built directly into the body of the car and theoretically impossible to remove. All under the guise of security, of course. They intend to make this mandatory in new cars circa 2030, depending on country. This constant feed of telemetry is sent to the manufacturer. The industry is also working on integrating iris and fingerprint sensors, as well as heart beat, eyelid, facial expression and brain wave monitoring. You can't make this shit up, creepy AF. If people accept technology like this, we're only one or two steps away from full-on Big Brother / Brave New World where you get arrested because your brain waves did something they didn't like, literally pre-crime from Minority Report.

You bet your ass I'm not getting a new vehicle. From now on it's retro or bust. I'm sure they'll eventually go after older vehicles, claiming it's to save the environment or some shit like that, but we'll it one step at a time. You gotta have a line in the sand.
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People will roll their eyes at these kind of posts until it happens. Door Dash did the whole facial recognition thing to me a month ago
 
Sonny Qc said:
I'm Driving a old 2008 pick up truck atm
Mint condition
314478761_857958331993351_7300038298883460067_n.png


No cars payment
35$ month for insurance
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2012 GMC Sierra 1500 for me.

Just paid it off
(bought it used low miles a few years back)

Hoping to pass it on to my daughter when she starts driving in 5 years so I know she is in a big safe vehicle when learning to drive.
 
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