I Couldn't Wait

[Rickb]

this might be a good place to post- speaking of the good old days!!
AUTOMOBILES
End of the Road May Be Near for Side Mirrors


Wheels

By JOHN R. QUAIN FEB. 4, 2016

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Continental, a big auto parts supplier, has a system it calls digital mirrors, eliminating cars’ Mickey Mouse ears.CreditContinental

Replacing the Elio's side mirros with cameras would reduce drag considerably and increase mpgs. I read an article that said the tiny cameras are cheaper than mirrors.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Replacing the Elio's side mirros with cameras would reduce drag considerably and increase mpgs. I read an article that said the tiny cameras are cheaper than mirrors.

F the milage, it'll look so much better ( on any car)

 

[Muzhik]

Look up "cognitive dissonance ". that is the phenomenon that makes us believe our choice was great because we made it, regardless of the facts. Cognitive dissonance is a very powerful force and drives much human behavior. It applies in this situation just fine!

"Cognitive dissonance" is the phenomenon that convinces you that modern classical music sounds good.

 

[Ekh]

Replacing the Elio's side mirros with cameras would reduce drag considerably and increase mpgs. I read an article that said the tiny cameras are cheaper than mirrors.

Until the law changes (for either motorcycles or cars or both), outside mirrors it is. Unfortunately.

 

[Sethodine]

I'll take mirrors over cameras any day. I prefer technology that doesn't need a battery to work.

 

[Rickb]

I'll take mirrors over cameras any day. I prefer technology that doesn't need a battery to work.

If the Elio's battery dies you have no need for mirrors stranded along side the road........only AAA and that's not batteries. lol

 

[Sethodine]

If the Elio's battery dies you have no need for mirrors stranded along side the road........only AAA and that's not batteries. lol

I was being more inclusive in my statement than just automotive equipment. I'm something of a luddite.

 

[Rickb]

I was being more inclusive in my statement than just automotive equipment. I'm something of a luddite.

I was just giving you a hard time, it's part of my mission statement.

 

[HonestTex]

(..... googling Luddite.....).

 

[Coss]

(..... googling Luddite.....).

The Luddites were 19th-century English textile workers (or self-employed weavers who feared the end of their trade) who protested against newly developed labour-economizing technologies, primarily between 1811 and 1816. The stocking frames, spinning frames and power looms introduced during the Industrial Revolution threatened to replace them with less-skilled, low-wage labourers, leaving them without work. The Luddite movement culminated in a region-wide rebellion in Northwestern England that required a massive deployment of military force to suppress.

Although the origin of the name Luddite (/ˈlʌd.aɪt/) is uncertain, a popular belief is that the movement was named after Ned Ludd, a youth who allegedly smashed two stocking frames in 1779, and whose name had become emblematic of machine destroyers.[1][2][3] The name evolved into the imaginary General Ludd or King Ludd, a figure who, like Robin Hood, was reputed to live in Sherwood Forest.[4][a]