Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the “right to repair” law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.
Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the “right to repair” law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.
Part of it is space savings or just making the interior more appealing. Why have this huge space dedicated to the parking brake (hand lever) and gear shift.
Welcome to the future…(toggle switch to the right is the parking brake)
My favorite is one of my parents vehicles…let’s put the gear shift next to the radio and the radio controls down by the HVAC.
Never seen the third pedal on an American car/truck?
It’s not a “huge space” and the reason is because they’re significantly less expensive, more reliable, and easier to adjust and repair.
I own a truck with such a pedal and I own a manual car. I’ve only ever had the pedal on trucks. All the cars I’ve ever owned have all been hand levers(regardless of transmission). If it wasn’t clear…I’m not arguing for this change but I semi-understand why it’s coming.
I’m not happy about the near entire extinction of the manual transmission in the US either. There are only a handful of cars that even offer it anymore and most of those are performance models with hefty price tags.
They put them in cars, too…