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Old Sep 27, 2025 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by minuteman71
Progress. My soon to go bye bye '23 MB S class has all these hand waving activations. You supposedly can open the sun roof with a wave which seems to only work by accident. Heaven forbid I should wear myself out pushing a button. Luckily my vette is a 23 and I still don't understand why an engineer would think I need mechanical help closing the rear hatch or electric door handles. Not 1 of these features helps me go faster at the track. Technology and gizmos gone amok. At my age it feels akin to yelling at the young whippersnappers to get off my lawn.
just a guess but they got complaints about finger prints on the lids from manual closing .......and when they don't close right on a black car you would think there is a trunk monkey trying to get out with the palm prints on the lids after finally getting it closed
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Old Sep 27, 2025 | 11:36 AM
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just a guess but they got complaints about finger prints on the lids from manual closing .......and when they don't close right on a black car you would think there is a trunk monkey trying to get out with the palm prints on the lids after finally getting it closed
I like a clean car but...The OCD crowd can keep spray detailer and a cloth in the car or choose a color other than black. Clean black cars up their with the best, dirty black cars, next
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