Those reading this entry will immediately realize I am a certified geezer. I can’t help but smile looking through the software wish list added to the forum. I learned to drive on a stick shift 48 Studebaker. Heater, no radio, that was a $20 extra my Dad couldn’t afford. Key for the door and the ignition switch. Want to adjust the seat? Buy pillows. But it took us where we wanted to go and always brought us home. Never once engaging turtle mode. Change the plugs and points regularly and it was happy.
Some have noticed when we add more software, it seems we add confusion to the software already installed resulting in unintended consequences. I am not a programmer; I don’t have a clue how anything digital works. But, I remain perfectly happy with the way modern cars are now and all the comfort they bring, when it works. But still, all I ask of my cars today are to take us where we want to go and bring us safely home. All the rest is filling in the éclair. And knowing a Lucid went 0-200-0 faster than a Corvette ZR1X and a McClaren 750, whatever they are, doesn’t hurt the experience of driving the Lucid we have. It truly is a great driving car. Although we still enjoy a jaunt in our 70 Challenger 6-Pak convertible with the uncomfortable seats, the rough suspension, the lousy gas mileage, the cool breeze in our faces. Sometimes the past has a lot to offer.