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>waaaaaah someone is doing what makes him happy with his car

>>15988419
>someone is doing something what I don't like
>Triggered

>>15988431
>>15988434
Go ahead, have fun getting pulled in your lol can't turn shit heaps

>>15988295
>>15988295
Rip the e brake, apply throttle and steering

>rednecks
>in the city

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>welded diff on a street car
ISHYGDDT

>>15988286

If only Koenigsegg had normie cars for this stuff to filter down to

>>15988286
I love him. Trying to get rich so I can buy his shit.

>rich
>successful
>knows a lot about cars
I don't think /o/ can relate to him very well

GM, BMW, Nissan and Mercedes Benz.

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>>15988190

Daewoo, Suzuki, Subaru, Zaibatsu, GM, FIAT

>>15988185
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Self-driving cars will remove our freedom. Self-driving cars are not at all "autonomous." Self-driving cars are completely dependent on the data-assisted, "intelligent" traffic systems without which the users of self-driving cars cannot drive as much as a single meter. In such a scenario people will quickly lose their ability to drive manually, and that in itself will become an argument to forbid them to drive manually. People will become passive passengers totally dependent on the automatic systems. The automatic systems will decide how fast and how they are allowed to drive, and if the authorities deem that the vehicle or the movements are "unsafe" such a car will be instructed to stop or drive to a control post or wherever the authorities instruct it to go. Do you have to drive from or to something at all cost, and exceed the speed limits because there are other overriding concerns? Forget it, the self-driving car decides for you what you can do and what you are not allowed to do. Is there a robber, a bully or just a humorous person who steps out in the road before the self-driving car, intending to stop you for whatever reason or purpose? The system will have to be programmed to react from the premise of maximum "safety" in average situations - and the choice will be taken away from you and me. Yes, a self-driving car will remove our room for individual and personal judgment and choice. It is as true as always: If we strive for maximum safety, there will be minimum freedom. Nor is the completely controlled society a safe one. He who is ready to sacrifice freedom for a little more safety, will in the end lose both. Control will be taken from the vehicle's user/owner - all in the name of "safety." Do we want such a scenario? Are we going to obediently accept to be told to let automation take away our abilities to drive freely?

>>15988185
>>15988191
Sorry for the text wall but this is about as short as I could make it.

every normie on the planet wishes their car would drive them around while they can
>drink
>text
>snapchat
>facebook
>sleep
>watch youtube
>instagram
>tinder
etc etc etc
basically anyone who wants an econobox for the econobox nature of it would probably be fine with the econobox doing the driving for them.

and to put this in perspective wewent from
>multi million dollar prototype test machines with LIDAR and radar and ultrasonics and top of the line servers in the back, rolling around the desert at 10 miles an hour and getting stuck on rocks
to
>google's test cars which are probably like 100k in parts doing 100% autonomous driving for hours and hours and hundreds of thousands of miles over a few years combined

in ten years

suffice to say, shit is going to get really good really quick

>>15988118
I don't think that Motorsports will just roll over. Cars could be confined to certain areas maybe but I doubt a total recall would happen.

>>15988118
I'm not all too concerned. Despite what lobbyists and invested interest groups (and Teslafags) say, most outlooks on energy predict electric cars won't make too much of a dent. Even by 2040 they predict that EVs will make up only 1% of annual car sales and plug-in hybrids making up about 9%. However they do mention that conventional hybrids will make up around 40% and conventional fully-gas making up the rest. Plus pretty much every past prediction about electric cars from estimates on how well they'd sell by (x) date (I actually just read an old article that said that by 2015 EVs would make up 9% of car sales...they don't even make up 1% now) to predictions about massive battery improvements have failed. And there will certainly be those that fail in the future.

So for now I'd play it safe and say that EVs are very much a WIP. It's all up in the air, and there's a lot of money to be made in making headlines about EVs.

You guys should read up about formula-e apparently big time companies like Mercedes, Jag, etc. are all buying up team slots for the coming years

Has to be bait. I'm at the point of imploding

>>15988112
he called it "personal preference and fact." I'm sorry.

>>15988099
>minimal modifications
RIP Rotard

>>15988092
Not as tacky as a badge stating the car is fuel injected.

>>15988315
That was a big deal in the mid 80s

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>>15988092
Doesnt get worse than this

Drop a gear and leave a smear...

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My idea.

Get an SUV (like 4runner), lift it and make it look bad ass with so many light bars or little. Or just buy the TRD pro.
>You can go off road if needed or you could even run that shit over

Automatic so you should be wasting your time on shifting gears.

>>15987857
Get a strong bullbar too.

It looks like it's shitting out a Porsche

Means Thai sweet chicken chili is only $2.99*!

*limited time only at participating restaurants.

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>>15987786
Ho damn.

my car is basically matte white

I dont see the point in making your car shine

No, my car is 13 years old, red and has lived its life in the middle of bumfuck nowhere

Waste of time and money. Next time you drive it it's just gonna get dirty again. Although you probably care more about looks than actually driving, queer.

Expensive as fuck. Not Worth it.

>>15987694
but its a first car in that category

>>15987702
So? No sedan with less than 8 cylinders is worth $60k

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>>15987581
how the fuck is cruise control going to save you 300 bucks in gas?

unless you're an erratic fuck on the gas pedal. cruise isn't magic and gets midgets on unicorns to push your car. it maintains speed.

>>15987635
Yes but going 350miles while constantly +-3 mile difference is rather annoying and yes throughout the car's lifetime, I imagine roughly $300 will be saved.

>>15987635
The difference is minute, but you will almost always see better gas mileage with cruise control than just using the pedal especially on longer trips.

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>>15987575
This is what i want to do to mine

>>15987575
>bmw always broken
>may as well make it a decoration

>>15987575
It is love but most people with a wide opening in their homes parked their car inside during the hurricane.

>>15987360
RF all the way friend.

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RF is overpriced desu.

>>15987360
Get a BMW poorfag. Girls will literally offer to blow you