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  1. ykX
    The interior looks really good. They integrated the display very nicely, unlike Ford. With 2.4 turbo from Ascent it probably will move pretty good. I just hope all these turbo engines in all the new cars will last longer than 100k miles.
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    Funny how every GM car thread becomes a knife fight ...
  3. ykX
    Maybe because almost nobody buys them? I saw maybe 1 or 2 while there is a bunch of Model 3 around, While 3 has it is share of problems my regular door froze one morning also and I had difficulty opening it.
  4. ykX
    Thank you for all your contributions and good luck!
  5. ykX
    I heard that first year they had transmission issues. Hopefully new one will last longer. What was the issue with the top? Did you do any autocross or track days with it?
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    3°F this morning ...
  7. ykX
    Seems Z900RS Cafe fits more to what you looking for https://www.kawasaki.com/Product/details/2018-Z900RS-CAFE
  8. ykX
    I think it looks much better than Pilot, much better proportions. The awd on the new Pilot is pretty good, unlike the previous generation, so it will be capable enough. Personally would take Grand Cherokee over it but overall looks like a good vehicle, Honda probably will sell a lot of them.
  9. ykX
    Dude, I am trying to explain to you and you are just rumbling random things. It seems to me you are the one that doesn't want to listen or learn. Here is your response to everything I wrote. I gave a number of semi scientific examples but you don't listen. In that case why should I waste yours and mine time? Nobody is claiming to be smarter than anyone. I am just trying to say that I am familiar enough with similar electronic hardware and software.
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    @oldshurst442 What the hell are talking about???!! I have no access to youtube at work and frankly I have no time or patience to read your long winded responses that are way off point. I don't need lectures from you about how hardware and software works since I happen to be an electrical engineer, and I work with both hardware and software. The automated braking system for example is there to warn and prevent or minimize rear end collisions. They have been proven to eliminate or substantially reduce rear end collisions when used appropriately. There are other systems that more or less useful as well. With some time, a standard will be worked out for all manufacturers, similar to what is done for seat belts, airbags, and structural integrity of the cars. They probably soon will be crash tested to a particular standard like everything else.
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    @oldshurst442 Your example with autonomous Audi has nothing to do with active safety systems and more to do with auto pilot systems like we see on Tesla and Cadillac. That is AI systems, and they are still not at the right level of development. Also, your examples with sports are irrelevant too. Fastest human reaction ever recorded is 120 milliseconds, which is extremely fast for a human but extremely slow for a computer. Computers can react 100 to 1000 times faster. As was mentioned before, yes, there can be a mistake in a code, and those mistakes will have to be worked out.
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    Computer computes much faster than a human brain. The fact that the program is written by a human has nothing to do with it. Modern airplanes, helicopters and missiles mainly controlled by a computer which can calculate based on sensors necessary changes and do them in micro seconds. Human can never be as fast. Artificial intelligence is a completely different animal, computer can not make DECISIONS yet as fast or as good as human operator. I used adaptive cruise once when my dad had a loaner loaded Mazda 6. It actually worked really well on a highway. You set a distance you want to follow car ahead of you and the car will slow or speed up as necessary. Lane assist in my experience mostly is just an annoyance.
  13. ykX
    In NJ seat belt law states: "Applies to all passengers (including the rear seat), who are at least 8 years of age or at least 57 inches tall, and each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger automobile, operated on a street or highway. All of these occupants are required to wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt system." Off road is not required
  14. ykX
    Nobody is going to give you a ticket if you not wearing your seat belt off road. And I think it is good that it is enforced because like you said previously most people irresponsible morons, who would not put seat belts just because they are lazy or forgot. I live in NJ, both of my kids are in school, elementary and middle, and their buses have seat belts.
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    Very good point, most of the time money talks louder than lives.
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    I agree in regards to buggy software. However, as you said software is flying airplanes and rockets right now. Eventually, the automakers will have to have same level of software reliability, because lives will depend on that.
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    Reality is that the computer is MUCH FASTER than the human brain. It just these automotive systems are still far from perfection. School buses have seat belts nowadays. Also, seat belts saved countless lives, so will these systems. Also, fatalities on the roads consistently going down compared from 50s and 60s even though there is more and more cars on the road. Only, because cars become safer.
  18. ykX
    Also, the point of this that every automaker calls these systems differently. It really is confusing.
  19. ykX
    I am sure people said same thing when automakers started using seat belts and air bags ...
  20. ykX
    @dwightlooi Nobody argues about value of used cars, this is pretty obvious to many people, at least most people on this forum. However, bringing argument of "X new car vs Y used car" when discussing any new car is simply stupid, because as you point yourself out "Y used car" will be almost always a better value.
  21. ykX
    Plus it is more spacious inside and probably more comfortable on-road and off. Off-road wise I bet it is at least as good G-wagon, or maybe even more capable.
  22. ykX
    Personally, I would take this Land Cruiser in a heartbeat over the G-class (which starts at about $125k)
  23. ykX
    The argument of value of new vs used car can NEVER be won. Give me one example where for the price of new car you can not buy something better used? It is smart to get the best for your money which in most cases is a used car but for comparison sake it is an invalid argument.
  24. ykX
    At least you can compare what you can get for this STi money new. When you bring used into equation all bets are off. Besides, this is limited edition track oriented STi. It is a last one before the new one comes, supposedly in a hybrid form.
  25. ykX
    Focus RS is AWD
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