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it's possible that a bad sensor could make you accel, but also dumb people confuse gas pedals with brake pedals. So you have the dumbass who goes to stomp on the brakes and accelerates hard instead.

if it was truly stuck in D accelerating all you need to do is push the car into neutral

In case of Toyota, it's most definitely a software failure: http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-big-bowl-%E2%80%9Cspaghetti%E2%80%9D-code
Other cases may be due to stuck throttle on cars with bad maintenance.

I had my throttle pedal get stuck on the ground before when I floored it in my sable, just shit the car off right away and reached down and pulled it up

It's all about creating minimum wage jobs for teens and other vermin.

>>14566745
NJ is the land of corruption? The still havent removed that stupid toll road after half a century promised

NJfag here, the other day a "fuel distributor" was arguing with some woman about how her car uses diesel, not regular. That's all I have to say on the matter

>>14563366
Good luck failing.

>>14563366
What the fuck is a B theoretical you fucking cunt?

Not all of us come from whatever fucking country you do that make you take B testicles.

>>14563371
Thanks!
>>14563862
B license is car license in Yurop.
Here we have theoretical + practical

Good.

Car enthusiasts are cancer

>>14563165
You're about 2 weeks late. Gtfo

It'll never pass, if it does it'll ruin the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people, if not more

probably not.

>>14562266

No because Americans have never heard of it. It's why Ford brought back the "Taurus" label and plastered it on the sedan and even an SUV for a while. Strong brand recognition sells cars above all else, it's why people continue to buy any Ford despite absolute shit quality and design.

no it would interfere with taurus sales

Self-driving car being tested by Google struck a public bus on a Silicon Valley street, a minor accident that appears to be the first time one of the tech company's vehicles caused a crash during testing.
Google accepted at least some responsibility for the collision, which occurred on Feb. 14 when one of the Lexus SUVs it has outfitted with sensors and cameras hit the side of the bus near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California.
No one was injured, according to an accident report Google wrote and submitted to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. It was posted online Monday.
According to the report, Google's car intended to turn right off a major boulevard when it detected sandbags around a storm drain at the intersection.
The right lane was wide enough to let some cars turn and others go straight, but the Lexus needed to slide to its left within the right lane to get around the obstruction.
The Lexus was going 2 mph when it made the move and its left front struck the right side of the bus, which was going straight at 15 mph.
The car's test driver -- who under state law must be in the front seat to grab the wheel when needed -- thought the bus would yield and did not have control before the collision, Google said.
While the report does not address fault, Google said in a written statement, "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved there wouldn't have been a collision."
Chris Urmson, the head of Google's self-driving car project, said in a brief interview that he believes the Lexus was moving before the bus started to pass.
"We saw the bus, we tracked the bus, we thought the bus was going to slow down, we started to pull out, there was some momentum involved," Urmson told The Associated Press.
He acknowledged that Google's car did have some responsibility but said it was "not black and white."
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority said none of the 15 passengers or the driver of the bus was injured.

>>14562219
Buses don't yield. I hate buses. The world doesn't revolve around you!

>>14562396
Buses also have schedules and carry dozens of people. They shouldn't have to yield to your autistic ass so you can get to the local anime viewing party on time

Bump for interest. I have a VW Golf, and these are two cars I have much interest in for my next car

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>>14561744
Which would make you feel better when you look outside from your window to see it parked near your house and say this is mine?

Why did they make a Grand Sport? hasn't there always been one for almost every Corvette Generation?

>>14561126
op is faggot upset about the color of the stickers

>>14561126
Only the C4, C6, and now C7.

The C2 Grand Sport was a secret racing program that GM snuffed out as soon as they found out about it.

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It has it's uses.

>>14560100
diesel is slow as fuck

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>>14560260
powerful af*

ftfy

Depends what state
It's likely considered exhibition of speed

>>14560036
I think there should be a law on how slow a car can accelerate at max. Too slow is extremely dangerous on the interstate

In Canada I believe it's considered stunt driving which has some pretty hefty dines

>>14558757
>>tfw you will never drive a fun new rwd drift car
shut up and buy a fucking toyobaru already

>>14558766
b-but they will stop production before i can afford it

t. 20 year old

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I think toyobaru is a pretty cool car. Eh drifts and doesnt a fwd of anything

>airless tyre
>literally surrounded by air

>>14558629
>What are you going to do with the extra space suddenly available to you once you no longer a spare tire in your car?
Hide my subwoofer and amp in the well so it doesn't cut up trunk space.
Maybe make some storage space for stuff like my jumper box/air compressor down there too.

>>14558664
I just realized I don't need an air compressor at all if Im running airless tires.
Damn.
I want these things to become commercially viable now.

>>14558216
>THOSE AUTISTIC SHITS WHO OWN MUSTANGS

TFW only autistic kid in automotive class of normal kids
One out of two kids with actual racecars.
Had a BMC mini 1275gt clubman raced in junior touring cars.

>>14558216
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yaFNVt8jBU
My favorite part is when it passes the heavily modified s2000.

You're a faggot.

>>14558142
Body kits are for niggers/spics. But aside from that you will never find a kit as good as the one you posted for 5k, sorry bud.

>>14558142
Uh, Google?

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>>14558080
>Nissan trash

I wish I had superior rwd

>>14558080
Why would that surprise you? Most kids grow out of being weeaboos by driving age. And weeaboos are more rare than white rhinos.