Whose childhood, whose youth, and who has never seen
In the 90s, cars were still luxury goods that ordinary people could not hope for, but now cars are all over the street and have become the standard for every family. Although the cars at that time belonged to adults, they also carried the memories of many people. With the development of automobile industrialization and intelligence, many configurations of automobiles are constantly updated and iterated, and some things are "disappeared" when they are changed, and the tears of the times come. How many of the following 9 examples do you remember?
1. Hand crank the window
Cars, in essence, are still mechanized things. It allows us to feel irreplaceable emotions through the combination of thousands of mechanical parts. The hand-cranked car window is an emotional embodiment of mechanical details, carrying many people's full childhood memories.
The hand-cranked car window should be regarded as a "toy" for children, and the left three circles and the right three circles are very interesting to operate. Compared with the current one-button lift power window, the hand crank window is simple and rough, which is really a primitive brute force method.
Of course, with the advancement of automobile intelligence, many models can control the lifting and lowering of the window through voice, and the operation is more convenient, I don't know if after many years, the button power window will become someone else's childhood memory again.
2. Manually adjust the rearview mirror
Manual adjustment of the rearview mirrors in the Accent or Santana and Cadillac ATS-L and other models have appeared, through this small joystick to adjust the angle of the mirrors, this way of adjusting the rearview mirrors is more primitive, a little attention may be over-adjusted.
Many people have not seen it, because it has basically faded out of the historical stage, and now more models are electric adjustment rearview mirrors, and the adjustment is simpler.
3. Mechanical key
In the past, the key was used to ignite the car door, and then only the key was used for ignition, and the remote control was used for the car door. Now one-click start and keyless entry are more and more widely used.
Compared with mechanical key start, a more intelligent start is more convenient and fast, eliminating the need to take out the key, insert the key and many other tedious operations. But the mechanical key has not been completely eliminated, and it is now more hidden in the smart key as a backup.
4. Mechanical handbrake
Affecting driving safety, the most important thing is the brakes. With the popularization of automotive electronic systems, not only electronic handbrakes, but also electronic barriers are gradually becoming popular.
The principle of the mechanical handbrake is very simple, the structure of the entire handbrake is composed of mechanical parts, and there is no electronic component involved. When driving, you only need to press and hold the unlock switch, put the handbrake down, and when you stop, you only need to pull the handbrake into place vigorously. Every time the mechanical handbrake is pulled up, it will be accompanied by a "squeak", it is conceivable that a certain amount of strength is needed, and some car owners are careless, after parking the car, the handbrake is not pulled in place and left, it is easy to appear "slipping car" situation.
The electronic handbrake not only saves space in the car, but also only needs to be gently pulled, which is indeed very convenient. The action of pulling up the handbrake is controlled by the appliance, and there is no need to worry about the handbrake not being pulled in place, so the mechanical handbrake sees less and less.
5. Car CD
With the development of the Internet and digitalization, let alone car CDs, CDs are rare now, and you may not be able to say again: give you a CD of the past, listen to our love at that time.
If you're driving on the road, listening to the radio or music can make the road less monotonous. At that time, if you wanted to listen to songs while driving, you could not do without car CDs, and there were still many vendors selling car CDs on the streets.
Now many cars are equipped with a song listening application in the intelligent system, as long as you open the mobile phone to connect to Bluetooth, or simply use the car infotainment system to listen to songs online, experience a richer network resources. The song is still an old song, and the CD can only become a feeling.
6. Car antenna
In the past, old-fashioned TVs would be equipped with one or two antennas to stabilize the signal, and the cars at that time also needed antennas to stabilize the radio and on-board telephone signals. In addition, the car antenna can also release the static electricity generated by the friction of the car due to motion, and play the role of air turbulence, so there will be a long antenna on the roof or tail of the car running on the road at that time.
With the vigorous development of the automobile industry, the independent antenna on the roof of the car has gradually been replaced, and the traditional automotive antenna has "evolved" into some small cylindrical or fishfin antennas, or directly printed metal wires in the rear windshield and other positions, hidden, which is more powerful than the previous external antenna.
7. Cigarette lighter and ashtray
When driving sleepy, light a cigarette, refresh the mind; light a cigarette when riding, dashing and handsome. Therefore, many models in the past, more than a decade ago, cigarette lighters, ashtrays or common configurations on cars.
In fact, smoking in the car is more harmful than smoking outside. The space in the car is limited, the air circulation range is small, and smoking will cause a poor air environment in the car. And for the passengers in the car, the harm of second-hand smoke is quite large. Therefore, with the passage of time now, some brands may send a single ashtray as an ornament for the car, but the original ashtray design has been cancelled.
8. Physical buttons
The development of mobile phones also heralds the future of car buttons, as smart phones begin to enter the "full screen era", the physical buttons of cars have gradually disappeared from people's vision.
With the development of automotive intelligent technology, the center console is becoming more and more simple and fashionable, the control is increasingly integrated in a screen, and the development of speech recognition and gesture control technology, the owner does not have to separate a hand to touch the button when driving, the experience is not only more comfortable, but also greatly improved safety.
9. Xenon headlights
Xenon headlights lost to LEDs are as inevitable as feature phones are replaced by smartphones.
The principle of action of xenon headlights is a heavy metal, the use of high-pressure inert gas to cause, its main role is to boost the voltage of 12 volts in the car to more than 23 kilowatts of trigger voltage, so that the hernia produces a light source between the poles of the power supply, and this light source is the arc to replace the filament, so the use of xenon headlights of the car, in the brightness of the greatly improved.
However, xenon headlights do not penetrate strongly in weather conditions such as rain, snow, fog, etc., and the circuit is complex, so the price is also relatively expensive. In addition to this, it also has a fatal drawback, that is, astigmatism. The lens of the xenon headlight will make people have a bright and blinding feeling, just like turning on the high beam, which not only has a great safety hazard, but also is easy to be scolded. The LED lights are smaller than xenon headlights and can be lit instantly, which is not only beautiful, but also more secure for driving safety.
At last:
From the continuous evolution of automobile configuration, we can also feel the rapid development of the automobile industry, with the promotion of automobile intelligence and digitalization, there will be more subversive configurations in the near future. The so-called high-tech products that we are talking about now may only be lamented as a "tear of the times" when we think about it.