To understand the problem with 3rd Gear, you have to call back to 1st Gear. Dealer associations are very generous to local Republican politicians. And they get every penny’s worth.

This new one is supposed to use graphene supercapacitors

That would be absolutely horrible in Southern California. I can’t imagine what that car would be like to open the door on a typical SoCal day. Normal cars with some covered area, get up to 150 degrees in the sun here.

Heh. I think that was my point. Interrupt the circuit with the fuse, instead of pulling the fuse.

They should call it the Catamaran.

Well, the GT-R is sort of near it’s life plateau, and the NSX is at the bottom of its upward trajectory curve. It’s like the first year water cooled 911 compared to the last year air-cooled one. “Well, 10 horsepower isn’t much of an increase, for all that water path bullshit.” But that was just the start.

Any first…

I’m so sorry.

You could go a step further and put a switch on it, so when needed you can go into “stealth mode” without having to get out of the car and put a fuse in.

You have plenty of time to work on getting into your next career. At least 10-15 years. No one works in one thing for life anymore, no matter how specialized they are.

Have you heard of the “hydrogen economy?” That is being pushed by the oil companies, because it would allow them to keep their finger in the pie.

I’d assume those would be required for “legacy cars” at some point. I’d also guess that cars with electric steering racks would be convertible.

But the cities of the future will outlaw non-fully-autonomous cars from their roads to alleviate traffic and to enter a new era of traffic control where whole lines of stopped…

Trolley problem accidents are rare. Mercedes could be lying about choosing innocent lives over occupants, and it would take a long time for the first case that’s brought to court.

Car companies do that all the time.

I’ve been to 40 states. I’m convinced there is no state in the US, where people know how to “drive in the rain”.

Considering that they’re ten years ahead of where I thought they’d be with autonomous cars at all, that’s a bit of a minor point engineering problem as you get closer to the goal. It might not be an easy one to solve, but I don’t think it’s going to take that long to solve it either. Everyone working on autonomous…

I really wonder how long it will take for autonomous cars to start looking really different.

What no one has said, is how truly autonomous cars will affect families. Kids will be able to take their own autonomous cars to “drop off” destinations. Even single seat ones for the kids to get around in.

The SUV as kid…

This is hilarious. I expect to see many humorous YouTube videos involving drivers and those drones in the near future.

I’ve had a couple of different philosophies visited upon me in my car shopping history. One of them, is the concept of the Roach Car.

You know that when you buy a car with 100,000 miles on it, something will go wrong that is costly, and the break you get on the price at that mileage isn’t enough to make up for the…

It’s a nice thought, but the Dutch are ahead of everyone as far as bicycling. Largely the Netherlands is flat as a board and even old men can ride between cities.

The US is on the opposite side of the coin. It has flat areas, but most cities don’t seem to be flat.

And the US is full of people who really think only…

I know my wife always says “There are no positive car stereotypes”, but...

What else would you expect from the favorite car company of plutocrats?