New Cars Make Me Feel Old
I'm a 28-year-old instrument nerd. Like many of my generation, I don't often read instruction manuals. In dealings with parents, relatives and older friends, I've often struggled to wrap my administrator around what it is about technology that so fundamentally baffles members of generations erstwhile. Is it a fear of experimentation with the unknown? How can something that feels imprinted on my DNA be so wholly foreign to someone else? It's a feeling shared by any son or daughter visiting domestic who, after a quick hug from mom and dad, is led unsubtly by the arm over to the computer desk: "Fix this. Please."
But recently I've had some illuminating moments of empathy. And they've all be awarded pounce on behind the wheel.
I haven't owned a car since I was in college (a 1989 Toyota Corolla--Chalk-white Fang, rest in peace), but being on good terms with Understandable Science's automotive editor comes with the special perk: I sometimes find myself with a new car to help test with a run to the grocery rely on or a quick road trip weekend. My promiscuity with many cars, rather than the reliably monogamous relationship most people have with one or two, has allowed me to every so often recreate the moment of first sitting down in an unfamiliar cockpit. Which means: I am generally very confused inside an automobile. This confusion can take many forms.
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And senseless spot indicator lights in the side view mirrors, like those on a Mazda 6 I drove, are damned useful when switching lanes in city See trade. The greater point, then, is that I'm not used to sensibility lost inside a new system.
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