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0 pointsdirktheman7y ago0 comments

Some of the higher end luxury cars have little touchscreens that look like buttons on the same place where you'd expect the button, with tactile feedback to mimic a physical button.

Good luck with that in 20 years or so...

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iamtheworstdev7y ago· 2 in thread

no one owns a car for 20 years anymore so it's probably not a concern.

Tade07y ago

I wouldn't be so sure about that - both my father and his sister independently of each other bought their cars new over 20 years ago - I'm planning on keeping my 2017 Toyota as long as possible, because the savings are immense.

Maybe it's something specific to my country overall my parents' generation keeps their vehicles as long as possible.

iamtheworstdev7y ago

obviously I shouldn't have said "no one" and made such a blanket statement. But the average age of a vehicle on the road in the USA is 11.6 years and the average length of ownership is 79 months (so 6.6ish years), according to the IHS.

https://www.autonews.com/article/20161122/RETAIL05/161129973...

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