@OPPOsaurus-WRX I’ll always maintain that manual windows are better.
We sell 8 million-ish new cars in the US every year. Each electric window relies on the same physical principles as a manual window. After all, their job is to move a piece of glass up and down. Electric windows each need at least one motor, one switch, and all the switches, wiring, and harness tie-ins… Just for windows? Apply that logic to anything else in a car and now you have a gigantic spiderweb of wiring and components that become undiagnosable by anyone except a rocket scientist the moment there’s a problem the computer or a scan tool can’t identify. Imagine rodent damage, water damage, wire chafing, or maybe a minor electrical fire in a 2024 model year vehicle, around the year 2050. Instant trash.
Manual windows accomplish the same function with a gear track rolled up/down by hand. Simple, cheap, repairable, and most importantly, WAY more sustainable from an ecological perspective from top to bottom. There’s zero argument otherwise. The only thing electric windows provide is convenience. In every other way they’re worse, but we’ve arrived at a point where we can afford to not care. I’m pretty convinced that time is coming to a close.