Wait what?
Neutral: The only driver assistance I want in a car is ABS. I don’t need traction or stability control to assist me how to drive. It amazes how people forgotten about driving a car without traction control or the other million driver ads able. Cars would be so much cheaper without these unnecessary nannies.
I know it’s only semi-related, but for a second I thought that was my dog in the lead photo.
Can’t resist. Dogs and Jeeps, a perfect match.
When did I quote you on that? I said you’re acting like they’re doing something impressive, and uncomparable when they’re in no different a position than car manufacturers were 100 years ago (really, much much better off).
“Also they weren’t producing the same amount of cars they are today 100 years ago. Also they weren’t trying to take an established industry from 100 years ago and take it in a completely new direction.”
Nice write-up; thanks. At Henrick’s level of assets and cash flow, a few million a year to charity is what he should be doing with it. Kudos to the dude for getting a few collectible Corvettes along with the contribution.
Good for him.
Reading the post above would indicate that this was an auction to benefit a charitable cause; The Steven Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, to be precise; and the very inflated price of this car is entirely to that organizations benefit.
Hey, bud, that iron lump now even has aluminum heads! :-). Not to mention that dressed-for-dressed, an LS1 may even be lighter than smaller displacement 6's and 8's.
Excellent points. Horses-for-courses still applies, so I would add that the S2000, which was a benchmark high-specific output engine for the era, could go to / but also kind of needed 9k RPM! It was not a particularly pleasant sounding device at those speeds (not just my opinion, but others may feel differently...). …
Talked shit about Ford using aluminum in their truck *BEDS*, which IS incredibly stupid because aluminum legitimately CAN’T hold up to hard use in a truck bed (even if people aren’t dropping a load of bricks from 5 feet in the air into their bare metal truck bed). By the time you make aluminum thick enough to handle…
My favorite infotainment system ever is in the lower right corner.
It’s probably safe to say more women are involved in the world of motorsports than ever, but starting grids are…
Crossovers are better than sedans in only one way: cargo capacity, and that’s only because they have a hatch instead of a trunk. Sedans are lighter, cheaper, and more aerodynamic than crossovers. Every other “advantage” of a crossover is simply preference (taller ride height, off road appearance, increased ground…
In before Tesla worshippers try to explain that “pilots know that autopilot doesn’t mean that planes fly themselves.” It’s a stupid name from a company known to over promise and under perform.
I have a suggestion for the manufacturers: if the car can’t drive itself, stop implying that it can. The words “autopilot” and “self-driving car” are borderline false advertising, and they’re the reason people keep doing this. Stop making people think their cars are KITT. We’re getting there, but we’re not there yet.
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