If you have lived life for any reasonable length of time, you have come to learn that technology in general waits for no one. It seems that as soon as you buy a new electronic device, the next day there is a new and improved version being marketed. It is the same with today's vehicles. They have become a self-contained mobile network offering up a wide variety of services such as personal comfort, hands free communications, safety via airbags, ABS and traction control, custom tailored shift feel and scheduling and the list goes on. We've gone from having two-speed automatic transmissions controlled mechanically and hydraulically to nine- and 10-speed transmissions being completely computer controlled. Once you buy a new car with 10 speeds, the next year it will have 12! It's crazy and at times it seems as if it is getting out of hand. But it has become the norm in the days we live.
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