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That's one reason among many why these "new-car deniers" — or "wild-eyed dissidents," as Neil also terms them — are eschewing automakers' latest offerings.
And because of these myriad preferences for older models and the fact that news cars are quite expensive these days — the average has jumped to an astonishing $47,000! — the average age of American vehicles on the road has crept up to 12.6 years, Neil writes, citing— that new cars with digital tech are surveillance machines on wheels that will snitch you to insurance companies or even
Others believe newer cars aren't built as reliably as older ones. Some car enthusiasts think all that fancy hardware, and advanced driver assist programs that will do a lot of thinking for you, take away from the analog pleasure of gripping a steering wheel and driving a car as you feel the wheels kiss asphalt.
"Recently my wife bought a new Toyota Highlander and it comes with a semester at MIT to learn the turn signal," retired North Carolina newspaper editor Dan Barkin told Neil.
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