Almost every car has it even though it might not be a fed requirement .
I know a couple things Iād like to go away.
The horn honking when you lock and unlock the car/truck using the fob. I know the vehicle can be programmed to not do that but most people donāt do the reprogram.
Cars/trucks that turn on the reverse lights any time you use the fob.
Itās very disturbing when going through a parking lot and every 3rd vehicle either honks it horn or put on the reverse lights.
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I have mine programmed so that the parking lights & tail lights blink when I lock & unlock the doors.
Sorry, I changed it to most people.
I like the horn honk because I just hit the fob walking away from the car and when I hear the horn, I know the car is locks without looking.
One thing I would add to the list of standard equipment though is bullet proof glass.
If the windows need to be bullet proof so will the doors, trunk lid, etc. And I saw a story on the presidentās car and what it weighed with all that āprotectionā and it was like a sherman tank.
My mom was the first-ever coed Mechanical Engineer graduated (1940) from U of Wisconsin. Through the four years, she was actively discouraged/discriminated against by some faculty, but supported by others. She had three kids, all sons: an chemical engineer, a musician and a teacher. Just her example made all of three of us knee-jerk gender-role-liberals 
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An old item I would like to see returned to carsāvent windows.
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We might be in the minority but that makes two of us. 
make it three
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Not only vent windows but the floor vents. Open those up and eliminated the need for AC a lot of the time.
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Both of my trucks have the vent windows but only one has the floor vents it also has the sealed beam headlights that donāt fade and if needed can be changed out in a matter of minutes.
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With the flow through ventilation built in to almost all modern cars, vent windows would be completely superfluous.
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Mechanical Engineering? U of Wisconsin must have been way ahead of itās time.
Up until the 60ās most colleges offered a degree in Engineeringā¦You studied Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. There was no separation in studies like there are now.
Nope, flow through ventilation has been around since the early sixties. Vent windows allow more air flow than you get with just your dash vents. Plus some of us like to drive with the windows down, vent windows can be adjusted to help with buffeting.
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And othersālike me and my entire familyāhave such severe seasonal allergies that we only open car windows (briefly) for paying tolls and other tasks that require an open window. Give me filtered, āconditionedā air any day.
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"Purebred, Vent windows allow more air flow than you get with just your dash vents. Plus some of us like to drive with the windows Dow, vent windows can be adjusted to help with buffeting.
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Could not agree with you more that is the way I like to drive with open windows when the weather permits and donāt like all the wind I get in vehicles with out vent windows.
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Yep, my newest car isnāt bad, my ā06 Mustang could not be driven over 40 MPH without severe buffeting in the passenger compartment.
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Before my wife\s 2000 dodge stratus got totaled I found some plastic visorās that stuck out about 3 inches that made a big difference with the buffeting and also made it possible to keep the widows down a 2 to 3 inches when it was raining without having to use the air or defogger.
The only times the windows in my car or my wifeās are down is to pay a toll or at the fast food drive thru.
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