What specifically is encouraging the electrification of cars?

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[–]Bigs 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

My wife as a Crosstrek, lovely little motor :)

We specially got that from the dealer because it was the 2016 model, as new-old-stock, because the new one had that 'eyesight' or whatever bullshit, where it steers you into oncoming traffic if you don't indicate or something. Fuck all noise, didn't want it.

Even then, much as we love the car, it must be said the ICE (in-car entertainment, not the engine) was utter shit and we had to replace it in the end. As I said to Wifey "Betcha glad we didn't rely on even more Subaru electronics?"

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That interesting. The electronics are great on my 2019. It's mostly just a host for Android Auto. I have heard that Starlink itself (and the pre-2019 stuff in general) is pretty clunky. Oh, and no EyeSight on the WRX, unless you want an automatic!

The 2019 base model stereo is also shockingly good. For decades it seemed like an upgrade was mandatory if you wanted to listen to music in a Subaru.

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well sadly enough we probably won't get another one, as all the new ones here have the Eyesight stuff (Malaysia). If forced down that route then I'd go for Toyota, simply for reliability. Our Scooby has been entirely reliable, other than the electronics.

Did I mention the ICE managed to destroy all the speakers? When my wife told me it needed all the speakers replacing I said that was utter bullshit and demanded we take it elsewhere. Took different audio specialists said the same thing; all the speakers were dead. Not blown skins or burnt or anything, just... dead. As was the head unit. Quite bizarre really.

So I'm happy yours seem OK but no, I won't trust Scooby electronics again any time soon.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, I seriously doubt I'll buy another one. I somehow managed to buy one at their peak, out of luck