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See my ;post #3, My 77yr old parents have been having the same debate but with a 15yr old Prius that has new tires and tire pressure sensors but only lacks a backup camera in Momās opinion. She wouldnāt be opposed to getting a new car but only desires a backup camera and maybe bluetooth in a future purchase.
I guess I should add to the conversation that if a person does not want to replace the mirror there are backup units that can set on the dash for less money .
Donāt need that in older cars since they had better outward sightlines in all directions before 2000s.
Some did. Not all.
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Once again you are missing the point . The main advantage to backup cameras is the ability to see small children who can run behind vehicles below the sight line . All vehicles have an area below the rear window that a child can be in and not seen.
And maybe you are not around small children and do not realize those little guys can cover a lot of ground quickly . Or you just like others here that are against anything new.
I open the garage door and even look outside to see if the short people ( kids ) are running loose with their toys before even getting in my car.
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My first car, a 1947 Pontiac, should have Éhad a back-up camera. My 1947 Pontiac was a Streamliner fastback and the rear window was more like a skylight. I crrtainly would not want to go back to a vehicle like that. My present Sienna and my previous 2011 Sienna had backup.cameras and thatt is a feature I would not give up.
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Your cars from the pre-2000 era allowed you to see what is immediately behind/below the rear bumper?
Amazing!
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I remember as an 8 year old being conccerned about ānew technologyā in cars. My dad traded the 1939 Chevrolet with 110,000 miles on the odometer for a second hand 1947 Dodge. The Dodge didnāt have a choke knob and it didnāt have an emergency crank as did the 1939 Chevrolet. I didnāt know how one could start the engine on the Dodge after it sat overnight. I also didnāt know how the engine could be started if the battery was dead. I had seen my Dad hand crank.the 1939 Chevrolet.
If I was 8 years old today, I probably couldnāt understand how you could start the engine or unlock the doors with the key in your pocket.
Hereās my approach- staying abreast of technology changes is always easier than making huge steps. And keeping up with technology keeps the mind young.
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My 1976 has the seating barely off the floor (factory) with a high trunk line with high back bucket seats making it more difficult to see anything low behind it, just like a lot of older similarly designed vehicles, Novaās, Chevelles, Camaroās, etc etc etc etcā¦
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Sounds like the '72 I drove for 8 years (not this car, but close):
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100% exactly!!!
I got into teaching computer science because there werenāt enough faculty to teach the courses. I did take extra courses beyond my doctorate. I commuted to another campus 50 miles away while teaching a full load. I paid the tuition out of my pocket. While I wanted to help the university where I was employed, I also wanted to learn more computer theory.
About 8 years ago, it was raining, so Mrs. Triedaq and I went to the basketball arena to do our fitness walk. As we were walking around the concourse, the lights looked different to me. I asked the janitor and he said that the florescent lights were being replaced with LED lights and that the university was getting a big rebate from the power company for the conversion. As we continued walking around the concourse, we came up to the electric crew that was changing the lights over to LEDs. I asked foreman about the rebate incentive the university was receiving and if churches could receive such a rebate. He said it was possible and then walked out in rhe rain to his truck to get the information for me. As it turned out, I was able to get $6 for each flourescent tube I removed and I found LED replacements for $6.95 apiece. I rewired 30 fixtures with four florescent tubes in each fixture to convert to LED tubes.
In both instances, my curiosity got me into a lot of workātaking more coursework and rewiring light fixtures.
Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. One added bonus I received from the electric company was a free breakfast each year for thecm next three years where new innovations in saving energy were presented. I found the talks fascinating.
I donāt know if my church is saving energy with the conversion to LED lighting, but in 8 years, I have not had to replace an LED tube, whereas before, I was up on a ladder once a month replacing flourescent tubes and many times having to replace the ballast transformer. The LED conversion saves my energy.
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Iām not good at dealing with apps and have only done it a few times. So I try to foist it off on my wife when an app needs to be downloaded. I know there was one I wanted to download,
But being a senior, Iāll be Danged if I can remember what it was. 
Yup!
My '71 Charger was similar in terms of not being able to see much of anything behind it, unless it was something a few feet tall.
About a week after I bought my 2014 Highlander (first vehicle Iāve ever owned with backup camera) I was backing out of a parking spot and I saw on my camera a woman kneeling down tying her shoe. Without the camera I could easily have killed her.
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Iām 78. New things are certainly a learning challenge, but if I approach something interested in what it can do and how to work with it, I can and do learn. If I approach something new with suspicion or the idea that itās a frivolous waste of time, itās impossible to learn and itās useless. Cherish your curiosity, challenge your understanding, work your skills. The end will come without your help.
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I have watched too many senior citizens get stranded and isolated in life because they could no longer understand new technology. Conversely, I have watched a few spry and intellectually curious seniors who love technology, keep up with it, and participate vigorously in life in general because they are able to things like online banking, call an Uber, take video calls from children and grandchildren, sort emails properly so they donāt respond to spam mails, and so much more. I want to be like that in twenty years when I am 77, an older!