Nissan Micra S: Long live the base unit car - TheChronicleHerald.ca
When the festivities were over wife Lisa, her mum and I retreated to the driveway and, as is customary, the grandchildren followed for one last Nonna hug and to see what uncle Garry was driving. Before we drove off Lisa held spellbound the three young ones when she showed them how to crank down the front windows. The children had never seen such a convoluted way to raise or lower a car window. For most of today’s drivers, convenience features like power windows and mirrors, central locking, air conditioning, cruise control and automatic transmission are considered standard equipment on a car or light truck. Then throw in features like lane departure warning, back-up camera, bazillion watt sound system, rear seat video entertainment center, air conditioned seats and, well, the list goes on and on and on. All of this is supposed to make driving easier... The variation of buzzes, chimes, haptic vibrations and warning lights on most of today’s vehicles remind me of the alarm system on a car that goes off and no one pays any attention to it. The 1991 Pontiac Firefly is probably the most base because... When I was young, the more options a car had, the better save those two-door post, radio delete muscle cars with rubber floor coverings, dog-dish hub caps and black wall tires. Source: thechronicleherald.ca
