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tmcuthbert t1_j9jkz7f wrote

I’m 46 and waiting for the backlash against infotainment features to start so I can buy a new car. Can some car company just give me a spot for my phone on the dash? I already bring it everywhere anyway. I don’t want a big screen tv in my car. My Dad’s 70 and drives a new Camry hybrid and there’s so much going on in the dashboard it gives me a headache, I don’t know how he deals with it.

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CafeVelo t1_j9jwvhh wrote

I (30s) recently had a modern rental and drove a fleet car with onboard infotainment systems. I’ve never felt more like an old man waving a cane in the air than I did just trying to connect my phone so I could get navigation and podcasts over the speakers. My own car is 12 years old and has a dot matrix screen that tells you the name of the song on fm radio and that’s it. It has a line in and I got a Bluetooth receiver that I keep in the center console. I would use this arrangement indefinitely over whatever is going on in new cars.

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manos_de_pietro t1_j9kxerj wrote

Same. I bought a 1999 Toyota 4Runner last year and plan to drive it until one of us dies. I'm 55, so it's a toss up :p

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CafeVelo t1_j9mhtzl wrote

I’m sort of in the market for a car but there’s a lot of factors. I’m 0% interested spending significant money on a petroleum vehicle and I don’t really think EVs are ready for prime time, nor do I want to spend what they currently cost. Plus, every EV I’ve seen is full of screens and I really do hate that. At the same time an older vehicle, especially at the price I’d care to spend, has its own problems. I know at some point I’ll have to face the music.

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manos_de_pietro t1_j9mi5c2 wrote

Maybe a late - model hybrid would work? I was looking for a Sienna or Highlander but couldn't find one that I could afford and I was determined not to have a sedan (we already have those, need something with ride height and cargo space)

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throwaway126400963 t1_j9p79uj wrote

Actually ford does the same thing back in the late 2000s to early 2010s with the sync 2 system and it has bluetooth audio and calling, plus add on to the fact my 08 escape and 2011 f150 were tanks (outside of general maintenance like fluids and batteries and previous owner lack of maintenance)

escape rusted out, f150 sold due to a high offer of 20k in 2020

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CafeVelo t1_j9pbgjb wrote

Must have phased it out by 13. One of my company’s vehicles is a 13 escape and it had a Microsoft interface that would fail to communicate with my phone at least half the time unless I did the pairing process from the start every time I started the car.

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throwaway126400963 t1_j9pishl wrote

Yeah it was an older box body I think they switched to the streamlined in 2012-2013

Also could have been wrong on the sync system version but I coulda swore my f150 with the same display was 2, might have only been 1

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Ylime08 t1_j9ktexe wrote

I'm in my early 40s and drive a 2015 Hyundai. I still don't know what some of the buttons and options on the touchscreen do. I'm with you on the phone holder. Give me somewhere to put it and I'll be happy.

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anasthesia- t1_j9m68cj wrote

Most cars now have Apple CarPlay/Android Auto at least, so you can just plug in your phone and the screen mirrors the phone (with restrictions for safety of course). So you can just play your phone's music and use the map program of your choice.

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thatguymatty288 t1_j9tgzru wrote

2022 Volkswagon up! Integrates your phone in the dash as the entertainment system I believe.

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