About the fanboys...
DavidHH
DavidHH
A smart automaker would consider two things:
Mr. Musk should be charged for his “Full Self Driving” Fraud. Since this was a premeditated Felony in which people have died this is also a Felony Murder Case. So Mr. Musk, the Confidence Man should be tried, convicted & sentenced for his crimes and once he served his time, should he be released, he should promptly be…
The problem is not that people in “mini-cars” getting killed in minor accidents, but rather that they end up in either Assisted Living or a Nursing Home for the rest of their lives. As most auto & truck insurance policies don’t cover injuries for millions and that is what it costs. And most people can’t afford to pay…
“people will try to tow a fifth wheel trailer with a Subaru Justy at 70mph.”
This situation could be ended by changing the regulations. Simply by creating a light commercial truck licencing category would reduce the number of one ton pickup trucks being used as a commuter car or the family car. Hell, by requiring that all light trucks have manual transmissions would also end this problem. The…
A motorcycle is more maneuverable than a mini car...
Possible but not necessary with throttle by wire. Given how complex modern “safe cars” are I would never trust one, particularly one with an automatic transmission by wire. A single overheated wire could have caused all this trouble and while being a one in a million chance, with mass production those one in a million…
You are making a lot of assumptions about someone whom you never met. Starting with those “many failsafes” being electronic. Honda, like BMW uses wire gauges that are just thick enough before wear breaks some of those strands so the effective wire gauges are no longer thick enough for the current. This causes the…
Assuming that the Honda was a throttle by wire & electric automatic transmission then this could happen with one of their very $hitty products. All that it took was an inexperienced driver to overheat the brakes by trying to counter WOT on the way home. Once overheated either the brake fluid boiled or the rotors were…
Those are all available in “like new condition” if you look for them...
Agreed...
And it will make for you tube gold video, when the Cyber Garbage Trucks get stuck or breakdown and are lit up by Ukrainian Drone. Of course frying Chechen Warlords and the “trucks” they road in on is a win win...
The problem with the EV pickups from Ford & GM is that they are not selling a base model version in Contractor White for commercial use. As most fleet buyers want as few options as possible, instead of these loaded pickups that are being sold used at a “discount”. As they have to pay for servicing their fleet of…
Trump and his minions really want their Forth Reich here in America. If he manages to block the certification of certain states and gets back into power, I’m willing to bet that the US will be at war with Mexico by the end of his term...
Unfortunately I have a good understanding of what the workers for White Nationalist Motors are experiencing. Years ago I had to work under a machinist who on the first day said “I don’t like your kind”. Being of obvious mixed European / Native Ancestry I trigger racists simply by existing. When I was listing to audio…
That is what always bothered me about Clarkson, and left me wondering about the other two. As they put up with the vile that keeps coming out of Clarkson’s mouth...
You are obviously speaking for yourself...
The Lada Riva aka VAZ 2105 is an excellent platform for making a home built race car. As it is rear wheel drive, made of thicker sheet metal, has a simple design, decent room for various engines, etc., etc. The only big issue with them is the behavior of Vladimir Putin...
So when you fail to correct the Full Self Crashing system and it causes an injury accident or worse will you also be happy to serve the time in prison and to be banned from driving when you get out???