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re: What's the next technological advancement to make cars crappier?
Posted on 7/26/16 at 11:58 am to CAD703X
Posted on 7/26/16 at 11:58 am to CAD703X
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enjoy hitting a pothole and shorting out some of your electronics and spending GOBS of money tracking that down.
Oh, so you're a Luddite. OK. That's cool I guess.
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Posted on 7/26/16 at 11:58 am to CAD703X
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my truck is a stick, has a fricking killer sound system/hands free smartphone system, air bags and is damn near bulletproof from the abuse i put it through.
enjoy hitting a pothole and shorting out some of your electronics and spending GOBS of money tracking that down.
Says the guy that has an entire thread on the Tech board on how you can flush your toilet from your smartphone while you're 1,000 miles from home.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:00 pm to barry
Your BMW still has hydraulic steering? What year?
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:00 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
A lot of cars have electronic steering and electronic throttle nowadays. It's nothing new.
Manufacturers are gonna continue to be forced to abide by CARB restrictions. Price of production will increase, and prices will increase for basically the same technology. The ones who are better will work on turbo diesel engines and making them more efficient.
Idk why no one has thought of it yet, but there should be a city package and a highway package along with a regular one available
Manufacturers are gonna continue to be forced to abide by CARB restrictions. Price of production will increase, and prices will increase for basically the same technology. The ones who are better will work on turbo diesel engines and making them more efficient.
Idk why no one has thought of it yet, but there should be a city package and a highway package along with a regular one available
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:02 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Oh, so you're a Luddite. OK. That's cool I guess.
well, if being a luddite means i'm clueless when it comes to fixing a problem on-the-fly, well call me a luddite. i enjoy knowing my car inside-and-out and being able to fix 99.999% of the problems that might go wrong. you gonna write a little code on the fly if your truck throws a false computer/sensor signal out?
you know, the same developers who write FAKE code in volkswagons to detect if they are hooked up to a remote computer & reply with false emisssions readings?
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:02 pm to upgrayedd
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Says the guy that has an entire thread on the Tech board on how you can flush your toilet from your smartphone while you're 1,000 miles from home.
great idea. if its brown flush it down, if its yellow let it mellow.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:03 pm to Hammertime
I guess I don't mind the electronic throttle as much, as long as the transmission offers instantaneous response it feels like the feedback is there.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:05 pm to Gaston
I'm not fond of my my electronic throttle. Flooring it just doesn't feel as good. You used to be able to bury the pedal in the carpet now you're just slamming it into a plastic box.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:06 pm to Gaston
Biometrics for entry and/or starting the vehicle.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:08 pm to Gaston
And piped-in engine sounds
quote:Biometrics are notoriously unreliable
Biometrics for entry and/or starting the vehicle.
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:08 pm to Wtodd
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A toilet
a toilet/kitchen....
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:08 pm to Hammertime
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And piped-in engine sounds
That M4
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:10 pm to CAD703X
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1997 4runner. pretty much everything is 'old school' and i just cracked 333k miles
frick this new shite. cars are hard enough to keep running without throwing software into to the mix
Nice Try but you'll need a pre-1989 4Runner to be completely free from computers.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:15 pm to Tigeralum2008
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but you'll need a pre-1989 4Runner to be completely free from computers.
oh i know that.
just like my son replaced his COMPLETELY mechanical blazer with an electronic lift pump.
it was nice to be able to run it even with completely dead alternators and feed fuel to the injectors, but in this case, the electronic lift pump makes starting that diesel beast much easier.
eta he is a zombie-apocalypse kid so keeps the old mechanical pump in the back just in case he gets hit with a EMP
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:23 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Electronic steering is steering by wire.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:30 pm to CAD703X
quote:How often do you think bad sensors leave people on the side of the road?
you gonna write a little code on the fly if your truck throws a false computer/sensor signal out?
quote:I don't see this as an argument against software in vehicles, I think software is here to stay in everything. I see it more as an argument for open source software in the products we buy. After all, we can tear apart anything else we buy and figure out how it works, why should software be any different?
you know, the same developers who write FAKE code in volkswagons to detect if they are hooked up to a remote computer & reply with false emisssions readings?
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:31 pm to TigerFred
Electronic steering still uses a steering column.
Steer by wire does not use a steering column.
Steer by wire does not use a steering column.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:34 pm to Korkstand
No offense kork but these assholes frick with the wattage and wiring of oem radios so you can't even swap out a head unit these days without major headaches. You honestly think you're going to see user friendly software on a car in our lifetime?
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:45 pm to Gaston
At first I thought you were complaining about power steering
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:50 pm to CAD703X
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1997 4runner. pretty much everything is 'old school' and i just cracked 333k miles
I almost bought a 1997 Landcruiser the other day with a little less than 200k on it. Still looking for the right one before I pull the trigger.
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