Many years ago, when we first noticed our new cars were getting smart enough to answer our phone calls, display maps, start from a distance, and many other remarkable feats, I made the remark to my wife: "It's just like in the Terminator movie, when computers take over the world, SKYNET has arrived". That's when we got the SKYNET license plate for our car, and it's been on several cars in the years since. That was at least 15 years ago, and the things technology can do now are truly almost unimaginable.
We have been looking at some new vehicles, with the idea of trading in the next few months, and that plate will go on our next one too. With every new year, the technology just keeps moving us farther into the future. For an old car guy, I can hardly believe how far things have come in just the last 20 years. My dad and grandfathers, who have been gone for many years now, would not believe it if I tried to explain what cars can do now.
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