Thoughts on this?

[u/Putrid-Welder1803]

[u/bouncypete]

Some would argue that a backup camera, Bluetooth and AC were unnecessary.

[u/ObtuseTheropod → u/bouncypete]

Bluetooth was unnecessary before they took my fucking auxiliary ports!

[u/Valvino → u/ObtuseTheropod]

Before, we listened to the radio...

[u/ObtuseTheropod → u/Valvino]

But 95 Rock died. :(

[u/mcmatu → u/bouncypete]

Backup cameras are federally mandated.

[u/bouncypete → u/mcmatu]

So why quote something that's mandates by law and not other things that are mandated by law, such as lights?

[u/Jconstant33 → u/mcmatu]

Because the cars are made with such massive blind spots behind and in front, that you can’t see a child 5ft from the front bumper of many cars.

[u/mcmatu → u/Jconstant33]

Cameras all around a car are great technology advancements.

[u/Temporary_Cup4588 → u/bouncypete]

AC 100 percent necessary if you live in the south. Bluetooth and backup camera are “nice to haves,” but definitely not necessary.

[u/bouncypete → u/Temporary_Cup4588]

And if you don't live in the South?

[u/l0lacct → u/bouncypete]

Most of the west is a damn desert in the 90s and 100s

[u/Temporary_Cup4588 → u/bouncypete]

Well, as temperatures hit record highs, everyone’s going to need a/c. 🙂

[u/Three3Jane → u/bouncypete]

LOL my daughter and son are currently sharing a 2015 VW Jetti TSI that does not have a backup camera. Both of them wow their friends by being able to competently back into a parking space using their mirrors alone.

[u/OutdoorsNSmores → u/Three3Jane]

I prefer the mirrors, but really appreciate that I can see if I'm going to run something or someone over. 

Backing out of a space is where the camera really shines, it has a better vantage point than I do, especially if there is a taller vehicle next to me 

[u/Three3Jane → u/OutdoorsNSmores]

I use both - for a long while, even though my cars for the last nine years have had backup cameras, I grudingly starting using mine because ¯_(ツ)_/¯ might as well.

I'm not entirely dependent on it, though, and if it's a situation where the camera isn't optimal (lots of rain on the camera lens, lots of steam because it's really cold, or whatever), I can still using my backup skills with mirrors.

[u/sixjasefive → u/bouncypete]

I wouldn’t, but adaptive cruise control is.

[u/GoodTroll2 → u/sixjasefive]

Adaptive cruise and ventilated seats are the two non-negotiables for me.

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[u/RelevantCockroach791 → u/bouncypete]

Back up camera is required by law I believe

[u/Squirty42069 → u/bouncypete]

I happily drove an '88 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme from 2006 to 2009 that had none of those (I didn't have the money to fix the AC) and I used a cassette adapter to play my music from my MP3 player :)