Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Auto financing (Re: Pickup trucks for city boys) Date: 1 Sep 2025 21:46:30 GMT Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108pdpo$1a0v5$1@dont-email.me> <0eu5olxm0l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net +o6zaw8p+tmux5t0903Q0QzJQtRqRJUlnPRM3zrFJHERcej1bf Cancel-Lock: sha1:08LQ0wGn2OwwMOTAujLqfox0rfs= sha256:ermRFcsZmKIvMm4NkQINkwBPo43WG+Py1ZUKJrmCXdc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72955 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23523 On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 11:35:07 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > I just remembered an anecdote. My second car, the first one I bought > myself, the dealer talked my out of installing airbags. This was maybe > 1998. > > That it was not needed or not safe or that it would delay the sale a > month. I don't think that was an option in the US. Seat belts might have been back in the day. I remember my father getting irate over the charges for 'optional' accessories like a heater. It might have been optional in Florida but not so much in the north. In '82 the A/C in the Firebird I bought was an option. I didn't want it and whined enough that they knocked a few bucks off. The last three Toyotas came with A/C standard. Parts of other systems are also installed. I don't have remote entry but the door locks are setup for it. I get a collision alert beep but the brakes aren't applied. There is a display for wandering out of my lane but it doesn't correct. The first one did not have a radio but it did have speakers and the harness installed.