Yeah I don’t understand why people don’t focus on the personal freedom aspect of a shift to AVs. Call me paranoid, but I don’t want to give that much control over to something I ultimately have no control over. Maybe people in a couple of generations won’t care, but I do.

it’s going to be safer because that’s how technology works, just look at the changes to safety tech the last 10 years, fatalities down across the board while number of drivers has remained high.

Lol! You think they will just replace the lower tiers? Let’s see how enthusiastic you are about this when it’s you who aren’t given a choice whether to drive. I think you’ll find giving up someone else’s freedom is easier than your own.

And to bring it all around, personal automobiles are consumer products. Therefore, AVs will not be programmed to your illustrated level of faultlessness. Therefore, AVs will always be shit.

Even the term “artificial intelligence” is misleading, because what those computers are doing is in no way like what we understand as “intelligence.” AI is maybe “simulated intelligence” at best, because what it’s really doing is using all kinds of algorithmic and brute-force methods to achieve results similar to…

Agreed. His comment reeks of smug disdain for something he probably was never that good at. He obviously has a hard time finding satisfaction in doing something like driving a manual car well, probably because he has shit coordination or can’t be bothered to move his appendages or pay attention long enough to let a…

Sounds like someone doesn’t actually like cars or driving. Just go and buy your boring car with the two pedals and the wheel that turns and you’ll be happy. Make sure you get the one that insulates you from the experience of driving the most so you aren’t exposed to all of those horrible sensations. Try not to fall…

Seriously, this.

But beans are supposed to be cheap...

That’s a good point.

Yeah they are. Like any sports car or 3 or 4 series is still a fun car. Maybe audis too but I’ve never driven one of those. They aren’t the same as older cars, but still fun.

Actually, I could be mistaken, but I think she has a pretty nice mercedes. Nothing crazy, but pretty nice for a writer’s pay.

At this point, do they even give discounts for the manual? I thought I read somewhere the drop in manual volume has made producing a manual transmission for most cars a break even affair, even though the automatics are much more complicated. Economies of scale and all that.

I’d say for the reasons you stated you should buy the manual. A sports cars is for fun and manuals are more fun! I’m not competing with my cars so I don’t care if I can shave 0.2 seconds off my 0-60. I want to bang through gears and nail the heal toe downshift (sometimes, if I’m lucky).

Sounds burny. Also that’s the last thing I want to smell during sex.

This is the post that should be at the top. Everyone should know it’s not a magic formula no one can figure out but everyone wants to copy. It’s just not that great of a product. There are other better products for lubrication and loosening stuck bolts. Other companies have come up with better products rather than…

Just keep buying the good cars with manuals and we’ll be good. No way the manuals are staying in a corolla or other econoboxes where they will never sell more than a small percentage in manual. Sports cars still sell a significant portion in manual and that is where manuals will stay as long as we keep it up. Buy the…

More like, never force a bolt that you can’t start by hand...

Yeah best bet is to buy a new bolt and try to chase the threads in the hole with a tap. Otherwise it looks like you’re dropping an engine to drill and helicoil that thing.

Nope. That’s incorrect. Just looked at the C&D website. Both numbers are correct. The wrong one is highlighted. Taycan won both brake tests and road holding.