Hype new car thread

post up any news you find out about new cars

what do you guys think of the new Lancia Stratos?

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/lancia-stratos?imageNo=0

When I read 'new car' all I can think about is 'brake override system mandatory on all cars built after...'

dogbreath wrote:

When I read 'new car' all I can think about is 'brake override system mandatory on all cars built after...'

yea i heard that cross through my ears, when this Nissan commercial came on for the new Altima, but i dont understand what it is

Shit's getting ridiculous. Mandatory traction control, airbags, "brake override", shit that keeps you from being able to hit the gas and the brake at the same time (maybe brake override?) yet they expect auto manufactures to produce cars that are fuel efficient? Get real. If I was in control of the universe I would require states to provide better drivers education. I few weekends of listening to some old fuck who doesn't know anything about driving doesn't count . And they back up these mandates with figures like "if every car in America had blank, it would save X thousand lives". I can only imagine how many lives would be saved if we cut the number of dumb asses by %50. /rant

Wallace wrote:

Shit's getting rediculious. Mandatory traction control, airbags, "brake override", shit that keeps you from being able to hit the gas and the brake at the same time (maybe brake override?) yet they expect auto manufactures to produce cars that are fuel efficient? Get real. If I was in control of the universe I would require states to provide better drivers education. I few weekends of listening to some old fuck who doesn't know anything about driving doesn't count . And they back up these mandates with figures like "if every car in America had blank, it would save X thousand lives". I can only imagine how many lives would be saved if we cut the number of dumb asses by %50. /rant

+a billion
also.. *rediculous

i strongly agree with you statement nick, i dont understand why the driving age is also so low, and how anyone can finish it it a couple of months, in Europe all the countries have a minimal age of 18, and a much more in depth driving coarse, also you must learn how to drive a m/t in order to pass, which i still dont understand why we use these shit box torque converters

If drivers ed used manuals, this country would be filled with crazy Asian girls in an all star neon's trying to figure out which gear they are in, while they don't realize they are going the wrong way

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Haha! I ruined a thread

dogbreath wrote:

Haha! I ruined a thread

Not really. A lot of threads on this forum get off topic to a degree (if you haven't noticed ha) but I don't mind, it keeps the threads active. If there is a very specific topic presented and I feel that the random commentary is ruining it, I will not hesitate to say something. Anyways we are talking about modern car issues and I'm sure someone will add "new" facts that the rest of us didn't know

Don't forget that OnStar and Sync cars aren't the only cars that can report your location and speed and listen to your conversations.

Yea that's too creepy. Do you have all star on your chevy?

Chickababe250 wrote:

OMFG! i couldn't agree more! I didn't have drivers ed that long ago, and i don't remember all the crap! I think we should keep the driving age at 16, but when everyone turns 21, make them take a refresher course, or at least a refresher test!

Everyone should have to take a driving test every 15 years or something, just because you can drive when your 16, doesn't mean you can when your 76.

acedeuce802 wrote:

Wallace wrote:

Shit's getting rediculious. Mandatory traction control, airbags, "brake override", shit that keeps you from being able to hit the gas and the brake at the same time (maybe brake override?) yet they expect auto manufactures to produce cars that are fuel efficient? Get real. If I was in control of the universe I would require states to provide better drivers education. I few weekends of listening to some old fuck who doesn't know anything about driving doesn't count . And they back up these mandates with figures like "if every car in America had blank, it would save X thousand lives". I can only imagine how many lives would be saved if we cut the number of dumb asses by %50. /rant

+a billion
also.. *rediculous

**ridiculous

Ah fuck.. fail

dogbreath wrote:

Don't forget that OnStar and Sync cars aren't the only cars that can report your location and speed and listen to your conversations.

do the German companies do that too?

I think there might be a little paranoia there. Cars aren't recording your conversations. The "black box" is set to record something like the last 15 seconds of DATA before a crash, such as throttle position, steering angle and stuff like that.

halo0 wrote:

I think there might be a little paranoia there. Cars aren't recording your conversations. The "black box" is set to record something like the last 15 seconds of DATA before a crash, such as throttle position, steering angle and stuff like that.

OnStar techs can listen to and record you, shut off your car, lock your doors from inside and out, and spray deadly knockout gas into the car through the speakers.

Well yeah Onstar can, but you insinuated others could.

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Shit's getting ridiculous. Mandatory traction control, airbags, "brake override", shit that keeps you from being able to hit the gas and the brake at the same time (maybe brake override?) yet they expect auto manufactures to produce cars that are fuel efficient? Get real. If I was in control of the universe I would require states to provide better drivers education. I few weekends of listening to some old fuck who doesn't know anything about driving doesn't count Rolling Eyes. And they back up these mandates with figures like "if every car in America had blank, it would save X thousand lives". I can only imagine how many lives would be saved if we cut the number of dumb asses by %50. /rant

^amen to that^ i think people these days are just to concerned with luxury and technology all of which makes the driver less and less aware of their surroundings and thus causes more and more accidents.

Rear cross path detection system? I have one of those... it's called my eyes.

Brake override in case the computer thinks the driver has no idea how to work the pedals? If the computer thinks you have no idea what you're doing it should shut off the engine and shred your driver's license.

It's really true I know so many bad drivers it is ridiculous. It's hard to do much about it though with the way the legal system works. If you were a politician that didn't know much about cars you would assume that adding these safety features would be beneficial and not realize the downsides. I think we need more car enthusiast (not car-company) lobbyists!

Oh and the new Cayman R, what do you think?

I've always loved Caymans. How much power do you know?

thats looking really hot