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minus-squareBonus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoDo cars even have antennas anymore? Highway patrol got post-it versions in the meantime anyhow.
minus-squareMrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey still have antennas, they’re just not the whips that were common on older cars
minus-squareBonus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAh, yeah, even my old little 2003 Volvo has a more Bug influenced little guy in the back.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMy work vehicle is a 2024 model and has a whip antenna! But it is a larger truck and aerodynamics probably were not a main factor.
minus-squareBonus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey were easy to break as well. It was a good evolution.
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey started embedding them into the back windows of cars in the mid-1990s! It’s usually kind of a zig-zag toward the top.
Do cars even have antennas anymore? Highway patrol got post-it versions in the meantime anyhow.
They still have antennas, they’re just not the whips that were common on older cars
Ah, yeah, even my old little 2003 Volvo has a more Bug influenced little guy in the back.
My work vehicle is a 2024 model and has a whip antenna! But it is a larger truck and aerodynamics probably were not a main factor.
They were easy to break as well. It was a good evolution.
They started embedding them into the back windows of cars in the mid-1990s! It’s usually kind of a zig-zag toward the top.