I mean, I honestly don’t have a problem with a notification telling me I need to top off my oil, or telling me I’ve driven enough that it is time for the scheduled maintenance. I just also want to be able to manually check the oil level with a dip stick.
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FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This proactive approach helps to avert potential engine damage
Ah yes, the old “you’re too stupid to do anything by yourself, so we kindly prevent you from trying”
blarghly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is why it was removed from auto transmissions, people would overfill their transmissions and it would froth up and burn out the clutches.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
To be fair, when you drive a dangerous vehicle on a public road, you’re not only putting yourself in danger.
I’m not saying that we shouldn’t ever trust people to do their own repairs, but just thought i’d play devil’s advocate
FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I mean, yeah, most people probably don’t know what they’re doing but does that mean that no one should be able to fix their own stuff any more?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Literally said the opposite.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I would argue that it adds a new failure point, and a catastrophic one at that.
Yes, many hunans don’t monitor their oil properly. I’ve seen some destroy engines because they thought the low oil light could be ignored for a week.
Even if you still had the dipstick, owners would become reliant on the sensor and grenade the engine when it gets it wrong. Remember how Teslas had hoods that flew open while driving? The problem wasn’t the latch. The problem was owners relying on a crappy sensor.