Why don't all cars come with a "deleted" compass?

[yhelothar]

It's seriously the most basic fucking navigational tool and would cost a few dollars to implement at most and yet it's non existent in the vast majority of the cars. DAFUQ?

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[olds]

They invented this thing called The Sun. Use it or lose it.

😀

 

[yhelothar]

Only except the sun likes to hide sometimes. :|

 

[AdamK47]

I navigate by the stars at night.

 

[yhelothar]

What do you do when it's cloudy?

A digital LCD reading in front of my face on the dash would be a lot safer than staring up in the sky while driving. Plus unless you live in some rural town, the sky glows purple at night and you hardly see any stars.

 

[AdamK47]

I would like to make it clear that I don't actually navigate by the stars at night.

Every man comes equipped with an internal compass. If you aren't a man, you wouldn't understand.

 

[Vic Vega]

It's seriously the most basic fucking navigational tool and would cost a few dollars to implement at most and yet it's non existent in the vast majority of the cars. DAFUQ?

Every car I've owned since 1996 has had an on-board compass.

What cars don't have these, besides stripper econo-turds?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Internal compass that sits on top driver's shoulders' works pretty great.

Some how such utilization has been lost with technology creeps :hmm:

 

[yhelothar]

So if you're not a man, you don't deserve to have a compass either? Sexist pigs. D:

 

[Ketchup]

It's seriously the most basic fucking navigational tool and would cost a few dollars to implement at most and yet it's non existent in the vast majority of the cars. DAFUQ?

Don't worry, I am sure if enough people cry about it like you do, the NHTSA will mandate it, so all of us can pay more for our cars because people like you can't read highway markers or tell where the sun is.

 

[yhelothar]

Don't worry, I am sure if enough people cry about it like you do, the NHTSA will mandate it, so all of us can pay more for our cars because people like you can't read highway markers or tell where the sun is.

I could read both of em, but they aren't available all the time. Pay more for it? Jesus fuck, are you gonna cry about a few dollars?

 

[michal1980]

I could read both of em, but they aren't available all the time. Pay more for it? Jesus fuck, are you gonna cry about a few dollars?

dollars a car = millions a year in profit.

 

[EagleKeeper]

dollars a car = millions a year in profit.

$25-100 per unit cost to design, develop and install when not digital equipped. If digital, software has to be developed to integrate with existing digital displays.

Can they add that price to the MSRP or do they eat the few million of R&D etc.