New Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Why - Jalopnik
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If you've gone under the hood of a lot of late-model cars, you may have noticed something missing: the dipstick. Why do so many new cars lack them?
  • underline960@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The article is really lazy about citing its sources.

    many cars don’t come with dipsticks anymore. Some sources say

    Are these some sources in the room with us?

    it’s because automakers don’t trust us to use them, so why make them? (That’s kind of along the lines of rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it, right?) Or maybe it’s some kind of conspiracy to keep drivers coming in for oil changes more often.

    This is like an eighth grader padding out a book report.

    But in actuality, it’s because a lot of things are going digital.

    Tl;dr: Here’s a higher quality source: Why the Reliable Dipstick is Sliding into Obsolescence