[81MC]

Heh, neat, more ammo.

I come at it from a long term maintenance perspective. A mirror is as simple as it gets. Why do we insist on taking the make fundamentally functional aspects of run of the mill vehicles and doing everything imaginable to convolute it into some cluster#### of thousands of dollars in proprietary components that may or may not be supported by the OEM? A ####ing custom fit in dash video display screen tied to a computer that also powers a camera installed in an exterior housing. There’s multiple components that can, and will, fail or be damaged over the life of the vehicle. Get clipped in a parking lot? $20 convex mirror glass becomes 1000 camera arm. 20 years down the road when electrical gremlins rear their head, and you have no outward visibility? Good luck joe blow, hope you paid attention in electronics class.

It’s everything. Mazda CX-50,stitch work that just ruins the simplicity of the interior and would put a Bill Blass MkIV to shame. On a damn Mazda? Seriously, can’t you just put cloth seats in the ####ing family SUV and save everyone just a bit of design overload? 2-3000 for a headlight? A headlight? Bump your Lexus into a hitch and insurance will lay out enough to make the queen blush. Everyone pays more, all the time, for everything, and it’s all less functional and repairable than what has been replaced.

They’re intended to keep you paying monthly forever. That’s what they want, and we eat that #### up. It’s gross.

Now, if someone who hates new cars has a wife insisting on a new SUV, with cash to purchase, I’m taking recommendations.