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    Yes....I was hesitant to put that in there. I realize that as well. To be honest...even spark plugs arent an issue anymore either. But still...the main thing is that EVs are SUPPOSEDLY LESS hassle to maintain than ICE cars.
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    That would be in YOUR tiny corner of the world...where evolution stands still...
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    Oh....my dear... Comprehension is not your forte... I just answered your question... And then I went on to say.... You did not get the point where we are making fun of your thought processes...
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    I am just happy with this information. Mildly enthused if you will. Dont get me wrong...its a Corvette variant that I will surely love. But for me...the real anticipation is for this Vette: Cue the song intro As with the next episode in the saga
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    The roles with their playas has been reversed from 1999... The Navi was king in 1999 and the 'Slade was the awkward new kid in town... Did not take long for the new kid to become king rendering the former champ awkward... Fastfoward in 2018...the former champ is looking to dethrone the current champ restoring its rightful place to sit on the throne that was his originally. Irony at its best. I LOVE IT!!!
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    Nope....I second Drew. Read again all posts... And...to answer this question YES! I do believe that! No 5000 or 7000 or even 10 000 mile oil change intervals to think about... No oil filters either. No low level fluids of any kind to worry about including a huge worry of engine coolant loss...which also has another worry in old hoses that need changing. No timing belts (or chains...didnt the Northstar have a problem with its chains too?) or spark plugs to think about... No mufflers and muffler plumbing to change after 7-8 years of ownership and having all those catalytic converter related things like the converter itself and sensors go bad... The only inconvenience is where to charge up on a trip requiring a longer range than 150 miles or so? If I lived in Boston...I think I could reach Vermont...(as I live in Montreal and I think in METRIC and US destinations and cities are not what I know...) I live in Montreal...QUEBEC CITY OR OTTAWA is EASILY MADE on 1 CHARGE with a BOLT...and then back home on another 30 minute charge time... Yeah...no worries there...
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    WOW! Glad you were OK. Seeing that the Veedub, in your eyes, is no longer a flawless piece of mastery, and you seem to never be tied down to any vehicle, then that Audi should be something you should be looking at. It aint far off to what the GTI is in performance and driving characteristics.
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    I dont know... But that is a yucky thought... And I was a voyeur once upon a time ago...when I was young and horny and stupid and I did not think about things like human fluids possibly being tainted with a disease of some sort...
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    Ive said that before... With UBER... Rental car agencies CLEAN their cars BEFORE handing the keys to the next client... The busses remain disgusting all day and get cleaned up at night...and that is with a SMALL subset of users... How will UBER type companies deal with shyte when EVERYBODY will be using these pods? How many more spare pods will they have for replacing the dirty ones...the ones that JUST broke-down due to a flat tire or computer malfunction, etc? AINT GONNA HAPPEN!!!
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    We are on the same page... Again..the way Lutz explains it...UBER type companies will be in control... Will THEY be performing repair and overhaul duties as scheduled? In the airplane world...laws are put into place to ENSURE repair and overhaul schedules are respected...and even then...some aircraft are flown questionably...a lot less in North America and Europe as compared to some 3rd world Airline fliers...but it happens here too... Lest not forget that in the airplane industry...its VERY CLOSELY MONITORED... In the trucking industry...where I think will closely resemble how things will REALLY work with the autonomous thingy..much is left to be desired...
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    When a car has an issue of some sort...how many hours does it sit in the garage decommissioned before it gets repaired? How long is it gonna take this bus to get back to work? How long before this plane flies the peeps around again? Remember...repair and overhaul for these autonomous pods will be crucial to OUR safety...these are gonna be machines...driven DAILY with hundreds of miles on them NON-STOP DAILY...accumulating HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES WEEKLY BECAUSE WHOLE POPULATIONS (so the saying goes) WILL BE USING THEM BECAUSE NO OTHER CHOICES... And I suppose these centers wont be needed any more...for lubrication or systems check-ups and repairs and the like...
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    All those are closed circuits. Even airplanes flying freely into the vast sky... Aircraft are flown with a very precise mapping system where the sky is a grid and computers use calculated vectors to get to their PRE-DETERMINED destination THAT WAS PRE-DETERMINED A LOOOOONG TIME AGO. Driving from point A to B is MOST of the time pre-determined too...but...humans also like to do things on a whim...driving to point C and D and F and then Z back to point C and THEN to Point B is a calculation that will NEVER be calculated fast enough because humans CHANGE THEIR MINDS INSTANTLY!!! Throw in Mother Nature and well...autonomous driving in an OPEN circuit is an IMPOSSIBILITY no matter HOW much smarter A.I.will be than humans as HUMANS CHANGE THEIR MINDS ON A WHIM AND CHANGE THEIR PLANS...NOW!!! Silicon Valley forgets that humans has this trait called....FREE WILL. THAT is what defines us...
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    Its easy...right? Farming machines are being tested to be autonomous as we speak... The snow plows and trucks to get the snow and ice off the streets will ALSO be autonomous ALONGSIDE the autonomous cars, right? IN A SNOW STORM...what happens? All kinds of problems with THAT scenario that I dont have the energy to state... When roads freeze up WITHOUT any kind of storm...what happens then? Does the guvment call off ALL the pods OFF the road to de-ice ALL the streets? Because...mother nature is a lot more powerful than anybody I know...so...how does the economic body that will control autonomous cars will cope with NOBODY being driven meaning NO MONIES ARE BEING MADE... The way LUTZ describes this future...UBER type companies will control this... Will UBER type companies allow for no profits being made? If they do allow the peeps to move around...THERE WILL BE ACCIDENTS...HOW BIG WILL THE LAWSUITS BE? WILL PEOPLE ACCEPT BEING SHUT DOWN AND NOT BE DRIVEN? Yeah...UTOPIA!!! Yup! And like I ranted...when you throw snow and ice and extreme weather into the mix... Artificial intelligence or not...its still a machine...and machines break down MORE OFTEN than humans do...
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    Well...for me...his claim to fame was this: Not that I dont agree with you or anybody else in this thread regarding the autonomous driving car thing. Ill go a step further and say...AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CARS WILL NEVER BE A THING! Insurances could try to push this forward...but I dont see how, even A.I., could possibly AVOID disaster... We all talk about rural areas being an issue for the US...and Canada too...Winnipeg is a s rural as a CITY can get...hell...even Calgary and Edmonton for that matter... But...as I mention these Northern Canadian Cities... In Canada (Canadian Cities)...as well as Minneapolis, Chicago, Berlin, Moscow and the like... we all have to deal with EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES AND ICE AND FREEZING THAWING AND RUST!!! (RUSTING due to MANY factors and SENSOR AND COMPUTER BREAK DOWNS (electric connector failures and the like) DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD WEATHER RENDERING EVEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USELESS due to the fact that these "pods" are ALWAYS GONNA BE OUTSIDE...and so forth and so forth) *SIGH* Utopia... Yeah right!!!
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    @A Horse With No Name All these jokes were HILARIOUS! THANKS for posting them! This one though... I will NEVER understand why Americans think Canadians are polite... I get that this is a joke...but jokes usually are funny by the element of truth they hide in them. Some of you folk find this hilarious because riots are RAGE fueled and this supposed Canadian lady is tad upset...adding to the legend that Canucks are polite and hilarity and tons of laughs follow suit. I find that pic hilarious because as a Canadian...I know its as far away as possible to truth that one could get. I see that as SARCASTIC humour... This was a common practice in the NHL all throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. The NHL is STILL dominated by Canadian born players, but not like in the 1970s and 1980s. Anyway...I chose 2 Canadian teams two show you what it is I am talking about. Then we have actual riots...hockey related(some of it politically fueled) and rock concert related... We are NOT a quiet lot...nor are we THAT polite...so...that pic is hilarious to me, albeit NOT the way some might think.
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    Good. Nothing has changed. The plebeian Golfs come from Mexico and the performance ones from Germany chalking up the electric one in the German column while we are it.
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    I thought the Golf was hecho en Mexico. I know that was true way back when. And when that was true, the VR6 variant was made in Deutschland. Interesting to know what has happened between then (the 1990s) and now...
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    I am quietly rejoicing inside. OK...not so quietly... One crossover gone and done. The death of the crossover has to start somewhere...hopefully this is a start! (I aint holding my breath though)
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    I love chocolate too! New York style strawberry cheesecake is another way I go. Hope you had a great birthday, Drew!
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    I still have the "loading" problem too. Like CCAP, I just click on the reload/refresh icon thingy and the page loads properly and instantly.
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    Now where is MY piece of YOUR birthday cake???!!!
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    You sure you wanna open that Pandora's box, tho? Greek mythology... yes... myths... Not to be taken so bloody literal...there is a message to be learned in these Greek myths... Read the lyrics in this song... released in 1969... all that in the song is happening now...the songwriter did not have to wait THAT long for all THAT to happen...just a mere 45 years... Just a thought...
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    You could always lean on me for advice...
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    THESE...belong in here!!!
  25. oldshurst442
    British Invasion And from Down Under Black may not be boring! Depending on the vehicle...but it is a colour that is overplayed. I wanted a black Acura and a black Ford though... DONT BUY IT AT NIGHT! YOU MIGHT END UP WITH A BLACK CAR THINKING IT WAS RED, GOLD OR GREEN! Black cars are Karma Chameleons!!! But they look better in the shade!!! Montreal's own Gino Vanelli!
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