>there are so many steps between here and there involving government regulations, insurance liability, infrastructure and the minor detail of a company being able to produce an autonomous vehicle

>To this date, autonomous cars have changed NOTHING

Think more long term. The general concensus is that we won’t own cars in the semi-near future. There will be fleets that service populations. Instead of parking your own car in your in your own garage and doing all charging, taking for regular service, etc., they will all live in a robot dormitory where they are…

Fuck yeah. Nicely done. Seems like drifting is starting to progress pretty quick. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the 360 to drift is coming to tracks near you soon.

>uncharacteristically bad

It ain’t the meat, it’s the motion.

Closed cockpit is a much more controlled environment, and therefore an easier place to drive from. To have your helmet exposed to the wind on a back straight in an F1 car has got to feel pretty crazy. To then operate the gnarliest cars ever built (arguably, granted) in those conditions (rain!) is a test of a racer…

Mullet Car.

Nice... when you look into the engine compartment of one of those it is striking how most motorcycle engines are bigger than the sewing machine that’s where the engine should be. The poor thing takes forever to get going, but you don’t really have to slow down for corners, so that’s cool... Though it must be said, the…

Makes sense. Babysitters for systems in their infancy.

Horses for courses. Pizza cutters are great in the appropriate conditions. With 6 inches of frozen icy snow over a firm rocky bottom, there’s nothing better in the world. But... man do they suck in loose stuff. You just sink up to your axles immediately. Yeah, lots of fools put too big tires on (guilty...) but that…

Damn... that’s incredible. Purely functional no style necessary, but the car control is so delicate and precise it’s just beautiful. The ultra slow rotation rules.

>”Here is the story of Michael Brown’s murder that we all believed:”...

Whoa, whoa, whoa. They don’t *hire* anyone or have *jobs* for anyone, okay? Sheesh. That’s just some guy that happens to be getting paid by them - not the same at all! In fact I think they should sue the driver for misusing their service and damage to their reputation.

Shifty drift to slappy-ollie 180 over the gap to axle stall. Impressive...

K, hear that. I got you, I’ll say it out loud:

Sure enough, I’m just at a loss for how anyone can possibly justify this neglect. I’m honestly curious (sans hyperbole) how a person could convince themselves and others that following this course was the right thing to do.

Yes and no, and definitely depends where you are. The motorways and A roads (full 2 lanes and shoulder, 60mph) in the affluent parts of the south east are shiny and smooth as butter... But, the narrow bumpy lanes are everywhere, for sure, and the network in general is tight and slow going. Takes a lot of effort, time…

Dunno, seems like one we could prob all agree on pretty easy. The great nation of America should maintain it’s roads to a decent, if not high, standard using taxpayer money. Anyone got a problem with that? (not being a wiseass, honestly curious)

Counterpoint: As a connoisseur of classic (read: $500) cars I’ve noticed that a lot of the best ones have no major work done to them and are either not maintained at all (true survivors) or have had had all the scheduled maintenance done on time and all the paperwork is there and it’s last oil change was 500 miles…