The thing I hated with the 2000 - 2006 models
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Double din but easy swap to get one...
I absolutely hate my ABS. I hate ABS in general, though. I grew up driving in snow and ice and I can stop better than my ABS can pretty easily. It's one of those safety things designed to dumb-down emergency stopping but for good drivers it actually makes things worse. I'm not just talking, either. It's been proven in repeated tests that a good driver stops better than ABS brakes do. They just tend to piss me off in the winter. At least I can turn off traction control, which I generally do for the same reasons, at least in snow. I can control a skid and drift and don't need my truck trying to do it for me. Damn safety engineers take all fun out of driving.
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A zillion nearly impossible to replace lights on the steering wheel. They're great until half of them burn out.
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On-Star. In the older cars, it doesn't tell you anything mechanically, which is one of the best and most useful features it has to offer.
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A zillion nearly impossible to replace lights on the steering wheel. They're great until half of them burn out.
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On-Star. In the older cars, it doesn't tell you anything mechanically, which is one of the best and most useful features it has to offer.
I have barn doors, but I wasn't really thinking about that until after I bought the truck. It was too late then. I'm not jealous at all of people with the liftgate one bit and I mean that! It's not like a woman will pick you over me because you have a liftgate, so I could care less! I have one of those wide rearview mirrors so I can see 3-4 lanes wide behind me. It might be a myth but I heard barn doors handle heavy bass better than the liftgate, and please don't bring up Meade? This guy at a body shop even offered to switch it to a liftgate for me. I said no because I don't care! The only thing people should really hate is the MPGs. The aftermarket double din was barely catching on when the 00-02 were made. Everyone wanted a motorized flipout monitor back then so there's no need to hate that.
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The traction control saved me one day. I wasn't really paying attention and ran up on a sharp curve that had fresh tar on it. I almost ran off the road until the traction control light popped on. It sensed that I was out of control and saved the day. This is why I want a Lexus LS460 because it brakes for you in rush hour if you're day dreaming and it even knows how to stay in it's lane if you doze off. As far as ABS, I don't even know if it works because I have an ABS and Brake light on. I can do without the ABS, but it also saved me from rear ending a few people when it did work.
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The traction control saved me one day. I wasn't really paying attention and ran up on a sharp curve that had fresh tar on it. I almost ran off the road until the traction control light popped on. It sensed that I was out of control and saved the day. This is why I want a Lexus LS460 because it brakes for you in rush hour if you're day dreaming and it even knows how to stay in it's lane if you doze off. As far as ABS, I don't even know if it works because I have an ABS and Brake light on. I can do without the ABS, but it also saved me from rear ending a few people when it did work.
ABS is great in a lot of situations, because it helps you stop without locking up, which means you can also steer. But it's not perfect. It still takes longer to stop. I'd be happy if I just had the option to disable it if I wanted to.
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