PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 days agoTerrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crashwww.mirror.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up1698arrow-down112
arrow-up1686arrow-down1external-linkTerrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crashwww.mirror.co.ukPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square282fedilink
minus-squareNutWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down1·11 days agoYeah but mechanical car door handles aren’t “Cool.” You don’t want to have a car that isn’t cool, right?
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·11 days agoSome GenZ kids were talking about how cool rolling up a window with a handle was and wished it was in cars again. It was refreshing to hear.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 days agoWhen electric windows became a thing I considered it a downgrade because it meant that I couldn’t roll down my window when the engine was off.
minus-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoMore fancy bits is just more bits to break.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoI’m still worried about going over a bridge and not finding a smashy object fast enough.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoAs a 25 year old Gen Z I love my manual window rollers on my 1991 Jeep Cherokee.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 days agoI was in a 2024 Cherokee and it was insanely frustrating trying to get the window to where I wanted it. It also looks absolutely nothing like a Jeep Cherokee. They should just say Jeep SUV on them.
Yeah but mechanical car door handles aren’t “Cool.” You don’t want to have a car that isn’t cool, right?
Some GenZ kids were talking about how cool rolling up a window with a handle was and wished it was in cars again. It was refreshing to hear.
When electric windows became a thing I considered it a downgrade because it meant that I couldn’t roll down my window when the engine was off.
More fancy bits is just more bits to break.
I’m still worried about going over a bridge and not finding a smashy object fast enough.
As a 25 year old Gen Z I love my manual window rollers on my 1991 Jeep Cherokee.
I was in a 2024 Cherokee and it was insanely frustrating trying to get the window to where I wanted it.
It also looks absolutely nothing like a Jeep Cherokee. They should just say Jeep SUV on them.