Practical Improvements

>>14932301
That's a mustang turn signal.
Your idea would just encourage tailgating.

>>14932321
I realize that, only there to illustrate my opinion.

A way to tell if a car is breaking if you are in front of the car

>>14932333
Good idea fampai

>>14932301
>>14932331
they have these in yurop already, they're called emergency stop signals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2uUFitNY5I

>>14932333
small red led or something in the fog lights if applicable

but for what purpose?

No automatic transmissions ever

I've noticed on some vehicles that have a brake light above the rear windshield or in it that sometimes that brake light won't trip until the person goes past a spot on their brake pedal i.e braking slowly then hard for whatever reason.

>>14932333
>what is "watching your rear view mirror?"
I do this religiously at stop lights since every accident I've been in has been rear-ended at a stop by some dumb cunt checking her phone.

>>14932333
>>14932363
oh i get it know i thought like if you were looking in the rear view.

>>14932301
Newer BMWs have this in the form of brighter tail lights

Electric coolant pump so I don't have to idle so much in winter.

>>14932387
not sure how that would warm your engine faster...

>>14932357
Perfect example. Either metered lights or strobing ones like your video would be a great addition to all cars.

>>14932387
Just get a block heater, anon.

>>14932383
>>14932301
My BMW from 2006 does this already, under hard braking an additional section of the tail light lights up.

Removal of airbag systems and crumple zones, so Natural Selection can resume.

>>14932301
Pretty glad I'm not the only one who's thought of this

Lexan car windows with a replaceable, scratch-resistant laminate instead of glass.

>Windscreen sandblasted
Remove laminate and replace
>High speed collision
No broken glass

>>14933343
Thinking Lexan could break into large shards, bend and potentially impale an occupant..

>>14932387

Just get a radiator bypass, anon.

>>14932387
what.

>>14932301

We have those for motorcycles in the aftermarket.

Idiot cagers still don't know what to make of it.

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>>14932357
Wow, that's a great idea.

>>14933343
I think Lexan would be worse than laminated glass

I think Volvo showed off this idea a few years ago and they said the planned to introduce it before 2020

>>14936248
That's because lane splitting children on toys pose enough of a hazard to themselves and others already.

One touch down operation for all windows (at least both front) on all cars w/ electric windows.

Stupid but whats the point of just the driver's side? You're still holding down the switch for the passenger side thus its effectiveness is nill.

>>14932436
It's literally just turning the hazard lights on.

l think only flashing brake lights would work because if the red just changes shape no one else but the owner will know something is different.

l sometimes pump the brakes a little if l need to make an unexpected slow down. l like the flashing reds idea

More room for me knees. Just make bigger indents in the dashboard.

>>14933343
Lexan is absolutely worse than glass apart from weight.

>>14933557
The thermostat already bypasses the radiator

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>>14936333
Here's something to sate your autism, sperglord.
http://www.ots.ca.gov/pdf/Publications/Motorcycle-Lane-Splitting-and-Safety-2015.pdf

tl;dr filtering is safer for everyone

>>14936364
This is a thing in every newer vehicle. Most are the two front auto down and some times up. Anything worth some cash usually has all 4 auto up and down.

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An approval or light notification horn that doesn't aggravate people.

>>14936248
Glad to see you're incapable of reading the thread. Plenty of cars have them.
Have you ever considered that a bike stops much more quickly than a car, so when you brake hard in front of them they will end up on your ass not because they couldn't read your taillights, but because they have a longer stopping distance?

More suicide doors on coupes please

>>14936579
>Weaving through traffic at 120mph is the same thing as idling through stopped cars
This is what squids actually believe

>>14936747
>look at my straw man, /o/
No one ever said anything about people "weaving through traffic at 120mph."

>>14932370

They are objectively better. The world doesn't revolve around your subjective 'muh feels' feelings.

Get used to it, faggot.

>>14932301

That would just be confusing and begging for someone to rear end you.

>OFFICER I THOUGHT I COULD GO FAST, ONLY ONE OF HIS LIGHTS WAS ON! :(((

Wow this thread fell apart.

I'd consider building cars with less aggressive headlights and sharp angles, and switching over to having those be options instead of entire models. For instance you want a Corolla that looks like a family sedan, that's the base model. The LE and S would have easy to apply aero kits and GRRRRR ANGRY hoods and bumpers.

>>14932301
Making the turn signals their own color instead of having the red brake lights flash
Why in gods name is that okay it enrages me so much

>>14936692
>bikes stop faster than cars
Maybe if you compare a sport bike to a model T going 100mph

Oil pan heater.

>>14936856
>>>/n/

>>14936985
Murrika problems.

>>14936815
Please describe in detail how an automatic transmission is objectively better than anything else.

>>14937102
Drag races. They have better resistance to gear shock due to more mesh of the gears.

>>14937102
>>14937497
Yep, any Serious drag racer will always have an Auto. Just can't out-shift one, and when hundredths of seconds count...

A mini microwave would be perfect for long trips and you have some leftover food to go, but you're hungry and the leftovers are already cold but you don't want cold food, you want warm food and you don't want to buy nee food because you still have plenty of left overs.

>>14939375
>serious drag racer

lmao desu senpai

>>14939381
this will be the next big thing, screencap this

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>>14939381
Ate like a King while I drove OTR with this lil 12V oven... $30 at truckstops. Line it with tinfoil and get creative.

>>14937497
>cvt and automated dry clutch gearboxes are better because hydrokinetic torque converters in ancient autos.

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Big LED matrix on the back of your car where you can type messages with a keyboard on the wheel.

>F U C K Y O U

streams across the LEDs to the people behind you if they're faggots

>T H A N K Y O U

To someone who just let you in

Another idea is massive club strobing lights, the same ones that killed princess diana in the tunnel after the intelligence agencies were butthurt she was dating a muslim.

My car's mirrors automatically move downwards when I put it in reverse to show me the bottom of the car to make sure i don't scrap anything, I like it and I think its only available in large cars

>>14939443
scrape*

>>14936985
>Making the turn signals their own color

I'm pretty sure the rest of the world has thought that having the brake and indicators the same colour was as stupid idea half a second after it became US law. Seriously Mericuh, stop this.

>>14939443
My 1999 BMW e46 has that feature.

>>14939443
I can't stand it. Maserati Coupes/Spiders have them and they are pretty small

>>14939514
My wife's 2012 w212 doesnt, which is weird since my shitty yukon has it

>>14939514
A lot of BMW's have that but the funny thing is, in this day and age where almost every rental car has a back up camera, a lot of midrange and expensive BMW's do not. Virtually every other manufacturer has standard backup cams but I can't think of any BMW that does. I valet, so I see a lot of different vehicles.

>>14939514

My 2000 CLK 430 and my 2007 BMW 335I both had that feature.

>>14932333
You misspelled braking and I didn't realize it was unintentional until after i read your post. I immediately read it is a device that shows if the shitbox in front of you is falling apart and you need to get away from it, and I Kek'd heartily.

>>14936985
>>14937023
>>14939458
Freedom reporting in; we have yellow turn signals on 99% of cars.

>>14939435
I like the strobelights idea, but did you try googling 'LED car sign'? They real and they use your specific examples.

>>14932321
Actually my mustang tail lights work like that while braking to

>>14932301
Electric powered semi's with 3 or 4 speed transmissions instead of a diesel with a 25 speed or however many gears they have.

There would be a fairly large bank of batteries continuously being charged by a diesel generator, or capable of being charged with a plug of some sort.

Either that or some sort of automated trans for a semi. Shifting gears that much is redonkulous.

It would be really cool if we had some sort of device to let people know you're turning it changing lanes...

>>14932301
window washer jet above my rear licence plate that shoots baby oil onto the windscreen of tailgaters

>>14941469
So people won't use them like the blinkers we already have?

>>14941469
fuck off considerate scum
i bet you value your life too, don't you?

>>14941469
actually most cars already have these. people just forget to replace their blinker fluid so the things don't work right. also i'm pretty sure bmw hasn't figured out how to install them too, so there's that

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>>14932301
Centre brake light flashes really bright at 4-5 hz under hard braking during emergency stops

>>14933200
only good idea ITT

>>14943977
>be driving behind rich asian foreign exchange student in college town
>he's driving audi in pic
>every time he stops, the center light flashes.
>doesn't even look like he's braking hard
>now his brake lights are on while he's driving down the road

Two-foot drivers, man. His brakes have got to be toast by now.

>>14932301
> My car
Shotguns mounted on the front, for dispersing pedestrians. And a pair on the back for reducing headlight glare at night, by removing headlights.

> Other people's cars
Enforced lighting laws. Fine people for illegally bright lights, foglights on when unneeded, etc.

Remove safety features like airbags, side impact protection, crumple zones, etc. Make cars less safe so people will drive better.

A phone cradle out of reach of the driver. If the car detects a phone in the car not in the cradle, the engine stops.

The problem with most cars is the drivers.

>>14944026
>all of this is implemented
>motor vehicl deaths skyrocket

>>14944026
So if I want to run to the grocery store and leave my phone at home I can't drive because my phones not in the cars cradle?

>>14932409
I think he means having the coolant pump not engage until the engine is warmed up some, instead of it pumping all the time, cooling it while you're trying to warm it up.

>>14943931
BMW driver here, the reason most bmw drivers don't use their turn signals is because when our blinker fluid runs out, we can't use conventinal or synthetic blinker fluids, we need to buy BMW High Performance Long Lasting Synthetic Blinker Fluid from dealerships and it's $80 a quart.

Also, if we use conventional or normal synthetic blinker fluid, it can damage the blinkers.

>>14944209
>tfw I was once told not to put normal water in a BMW's windshield washer reservoir
>but instead use BMW brand BMW additives
wew lad

>>14944235
DONT FORGET TO BUY SOME B M W ADBLUE!

>>14944026
>A phone cradle out of reach of the driver. If the car detects a phone in the car not in the cradle, the engine stops.

Or maybe a localized jamming signal performed By the car itself when in gear.

>>14944026
>>14946315
>what are passengers

>>14932301
i had that idea back in 1993, tried to incorp it into a third taillight system, couldnt get a patent. it died.

EJECTOR SEATS

>>14939434
I never said that.

>>14940251
I am in freedomland,
But its not as common as you're saying
If anything its about fifty fifty

>>14944060
Only if it detects a phone in the car. Read the post again.

>>14944053
Overpopulation problem solved. Unemployment problem solved by new job openings everywhere.

>>14946684
They have to put their phones away as well. Phones in cars are distractions.

>>14950600
Remotely triggered by a majority vote from nearby drivers. If you're driving like an asshole, out the roof you go.

>>14951666
You need a computer chair that'll eject you out of your house when you post terrible ideas

>>14951711
B T F O

>>14932357
I'm fine with the strobing reds, but the hazard lights would just confuse the shit out of the average driver and they'd try to cut around you thinking your car is disabled.

>>14936639
If someone allows me to pass one a one-lane highway, I usually flash my hazards twice as a "Thank You!" after I pass them completely.

>>14939417
>12V oven
>300F max

Neat, I could totally make a stew or pulled pork with this.

Wouldn't be great, as I'd have no way to sear things, but it could certainly work in a pinch.

>>14936639
Approval light? How much of a fucking loser do you have to be to want the approval of some nobody on the road?

>>14932301
Audi already does this in other countries. Also, brands include automatic flashing break lights/hazards under extreme breaking in their cars in basically every other country but the US.

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There are a lot of "factory options" that I think could be quite popular here in Norway

>plastic underbody shielding
Large, molded plastic covers that would cover as much as possible of the underside & wheelarches of the car to protect from road salt, gravel and such
>lights
Headlights in general are way too weak to be actually comfortable to drive with here during the winter due to it being completely dark for most of the day, long winters with ice roads and moose crossing the roads

>>14932387
What do you mean, a pump that circulates and heats the water of your engine, heating both itself and the engine in the process?
That exists and is very popular in the coldert parts of the world. I have one in my Merc and its fucking golden. -25c outside, get inside the car and the engine & water is a good 30-35c warm

>>14932387
>>14952300
Or do you mean one that would run off the battery in the car, and not have to be plugged in to an outlet?

Bad idea, that shit will kill your battery quite fucking quickly

>>14952314
>>14952300
I think he means that when the engine is very cold, the pump is off, to let the coolant nearest the engine warm up.

>>14952314
Also how's the slopes treating you Benz-senpai :3

>>14932380
Same, especially when I'm on my bike. Last year I avoided getting fucking crushed while stopped by doing a panicked wheelie out of the way of some ignorant fucking simpleton driving a work van. He blew through the red light at full speed, luckily nobody was going through the intersection at the time.

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>>14952328
Hm, not sure how effective that would be

>>14952336
Eh, they closed on Sunday, been working the past two weeks just picking lifts down, checking for damage, lubricating and splitting parts into boxes for maintenance over the summer

Some days have been great with no wind, blue skies and sun, and other days have been like today, with 40mph wind, super heavy snow (see photo of depth since early this morning) and fuck-all visibility

Even so, I never say no to work, and I had my last day for the season today

>>14932301

Practically? Most of the good price per performance mods for Challenger R/T's are already out there. Better flowing headers, lightweight driveshafts, and more effective intakes are simple and should be part of the factory build. Considering that the relative cost for parts on all three are below 3k, they could probably raise the price to match and have just as much success.

As is, the restrictive nature of the dog leg manifolds and air box generally see immediate modification from buyers. They should just cut out the middle man. The lightweight driveshafts just seems like a better investment. Some of the aftermarket ones shave off 10+ pounds and have better durability.

Otherwise, the Challenger in base R/T form is a great car. Fat, sure, but it doesn't need to be stripped down from factory. The problem is the chassis which is far too heavy in congruence with safety regulations. The key is in changing small parts, focusing on its status as a comfortable highway cruiser.