Originally Posted by
Alex Zeller
It really comes down to how many different versions of a car do companies want to make and how much does producing said variations cost vs just making them all the same? For example, power windows. It once was an option but it's now at the point where it's actually cheaper to just make them standard.
I always thought the best example of that was cruise control. At some point (late-1980s?), the emission-control systems pretty much required throttle-by-wire, at which point the only added cost of cruise control was the stalk on the steering column.
All of this pared down the concept of "option list" to the point that it got absorbed into "trim level". I'm always a bit amused at the "options" listed on new car stickers, most of which are actually standard features and the remainder kick in a dozen or so at a time. The last car I ordered check-list-style was in 1981.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
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