They filed patents - just to be sure - and made a feasibility study in a computer. The end. I’d wager we’ll never see this in any car anytime soon.

If it’s for archives and retrieval is rare and not time-critical, I’d look into amazon S3 with Storage Class DEEP_ARCHIVE. It’s the cheapest cloud storage.

However, tape may still be the better solution long-term.

Downmarket profit rates are fickle and small, that’s why everyone is going for the more expensive models right now. But this is about to change, not only in China. Dacia and Citroen already introduced cheaper cars, more will come. Which US buyers may not get if they’re not officially imported.

Somehow, EVs are seen as an embodiment of an unwanted future by some. Which causes them to spread FUD. Why this future should be unwelcome is beyond me. I like my V8 Camaro but I know that it is not the future and I will get me an EV next year.

Competent sales staff, jeezus! What’s next? Competent mechanics?

Of course if you absolutely want to misunderstand me.

What’s a “PKB”? Why do you have to make up acronyms all the time?

The screen is there anyway and buttons cost money. Software is written only once. So the decision was easy: fuck ergonomy and sell it as cool and modern.

Technically yes, but today’s engines when not worn out normally burn so little oil that you have to top it off only rarely. Yes, there are exceptions.

Good luck!

Either way, I’d top it off and check the levels often for some time, to learn whether the level stays put and the previous owner just forgot to top it off or whether the oil disappears and either leaks (puddles under the car) or is burned in the engine (worst option).

And a check-up in a garage as well as an oil change of course.

At least top it off with the correct oil. Without proper oil level I wouldn’t drive another inch. Also did you check the oil level before buying?

The car may have been driven with insufficient oil for a while. Nobody knows whether this already caused any damage. Normally it should be ok s long as the oil pressure warning doesn’t go off. But who knows …

It could also lose oil via some leak. That’s easily checked for.

Or it burns the oil, which means there’s a problem with the engine.

Subtle, lol. They’re both hideous and don’t fit this kind of ordinary sedan.