Letter From The UK: Is The SUV Bubble Going To Burst"
Does the modern SUV over-promise and under-deliver"
Do we really need all that fancy tech stuff in today’s vehicles"Â
Geoff Maxted goes back to the basis in his latest Letter From The UK.
At the time of writing this, I?m driving my own car for once. No press vehicles for me for a couple of weeks and I have to say it is quite refreshing. The reasons for this are clear in my mind: My own small car is pleasingly devoid of the latest, happening now, this-will-change-your-life technology but it does have some thoughtful and sensible touches applied by me.
To my mind, that?s the important thing.
On My Cloud
For example, there?s a ticket holder on the windscreen. Big deal, you might reasonably say, but you have to admit that it is useful every time you utilise, here in the UK at least, a pay and display car park. No more worrying if it will slip off the dashboard or be carried away to one of those dark, mysterious corners of the car, where small coins go to die, by the draught from the closing door; usually much to the delight of the evil, smirking guy who checks that you have paid your due. Similarly ? and I know this to be true because I use it every winter ? there?s a simple plastic window ice scraper fitted neatly into space beside my driving seat. It works too. It scrapes. I have Bluetooth via the medium of an inexpensive gadget purchased locally and my nine-year-old (with free updates for life) Garmin navigation has never let me down.
Meanwhile other buy...
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