More proof that autonomous vehicles are bad.

DdBob said:
LWhat if the apocolypse were to happen...the Russkies do an EMP thingamajig and all yer Uber is wiped out ? you walk out in the street and down the road is a 1972 Chevy pick up with the keys in the ignition but it has a column mounted shifter (which is why no one has taken it yet)...this is your ticket out of NYC to freedom for yourself and your family....but wait ! YOU CAN"T drive a manual so you are stuck in the soon to be riot infested streets of NYC....mean while Peen is in town for some kinda hipster convention and Peen can drive a stick...Peen proceeds to jump in the Chevy and drive all the way back to Chicago and ngets his Gerbil and his wife and drives off to the safety of somewhere in Kansas.

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I'd probably be trampled by homeless people and devoured by King Rat trying to get out of the subway.
 
The US can have a nice transit system, and good schools, and no panhandlers....people just have to decide they want to pay for it. People have continuously picked leaders that want tax cuts and think of schools and trams as hallmarks of socialism. Autonomous cars are not going to fix the problems. An exploitive gig based economy cab replacement isn't going to fix the problem. Fancy electric cars are not going to help. Paying to build and maintain shit might do the trick. I know this sounds like fucking magic, but it actually works.
 
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Auto transmissions are the ultimate disconnect between the driver and car. Gives idiots a free hand to grab their phone. It allows their brains to be nearly totally disengaged from the driving process.

The world would be a lot safer if manual transmissions were mandated. Safer than driverless cars.
 
DdBob said:
LWhat if the apocolypse were to happen...the Russkies do an EMP thingamajig and all yer Uber is wiped out ? you walk out in the street and down the road is a 1972 Chevy pick up with the keys in the ignition but it has a column mounted shifter (which is why no one has taken it yet)...this is your ticket out of NYC to freedom for yourself and your family....but wait ! YOU CAN"T drive a manual so you are stuck in the soon to be riot infested streets of NYC....mean while Peen is in town for some kinda hipster convention and Peen can drive a stick...Peen proceeds to jump in the Chevy and drive all the way back to Chicago and ngets his Gerbil and his wife and drives off to the safety of somewhere in Kansas.

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my first car had one.
 
Tiltsta said:
The US can have a nice transit system, and good schools, and no panhandlers....people just have to decide they want to pay for it. People have continuously picked leaders that want tax cuts and think of schools and trams as hallmarks of socialism. Autonomous cars are not going to fix the problems. An exploitive gig based economy cab replacement isn't going to fix the problem. Paying to build and maintain shit might.
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Tiltsta hates America. He spits on the troops. He has an abortion every morning. He spends your tax dollars on crucifixes made of donkey poo and puts them in jars of hobo pee and calls that art. He hates initiative. He has a baby every day a 5pm to collect welfare. He lives in a trailer. He drives a Cadillac. He buys lobsters with food stamps. He wants to take your house and give it to a Russian lesbian from Mexico. He thinks the reboot of Ghostbusters is better than the original. He is a snowflake. He wants to tell you how vegan he is. He celebrates Kwanza. He is an atheist. He gives out apples on Halloween. He gave you an Olive Garden gift card for Christmas. He thinks Van Hagar is better than Van Halen with DLR. He voted for McGovern.
 
335clone said:
Auto transmissions are the ultimate disconnect between the driver and car. Gives idiots a free hand to grab their phone. It allows their brains to be nearly totally disengaged from the driving process.

The world would be a lot safer if manual transmissions were mandated. Safer than driverless cars.
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yep. people say that when they're driving and talking on the cell that they are 'mult-tasking'.
hey moron, driving IS multi-tasking. put the f'ing phone down.
also, i you have any idea how to drive a stick, you can drive in the snow much better. it's called 'short shifting'. helps keep your tires from spinning in snow.
 
DdBob said:
Those damn things are always finicky....too much linkage and it does not respond well to age or hard shifts. the key is to feel it into each gear gently but even then sometimes you have to stop the car get out , open the hood and pop it into place :embarrassed:
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i never had a problem with mine, and it wasn't sloppy feeling. nice and tight. :shrug:
 
DdBob said:
Those damn things are always finicky....too much linkage and it does not respond well to age or hard shifts. the key is to feel it into each gear gently but even then sometimes you have to stop the car get out , open the hood and pop it into place :embarrassed:
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I had a 5 speed Jeep Wagoneer (on the floor, that had a ton of linkage. I was nearly the only one in my family or among my friends that could drive it. You had to know how to find it and not grind it. If you moved very slowly, you could shift without depressing the clutch. Kinda like an old WWII General (don't know if that was a real name, just what we called it) type army truck I drove at a job in my youth (at White Pass Ski Resort) as a kid.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
I had a 5 speed Jeep Wagoneer (on the floor, that had a ton of linkage. I was nearly the only one in my family or among my friends that could drive it. You had to know how to find it and not grind it. If you moved very slowly, you could shift without depressing the clutch. Kinda like an old WWII General (don't know if that was a real name, just what we called it) type army truck I drove at a job in my youth (at White Pass Ski Resort) as a kid.
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AM General
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335clone said:
Auto transmissions are the ultimate disconnect between the driver and car. Gives idiots a free hand to grab their phone. It allows their brains to be nearly totally disengaged from the driving process.

The world would be a lot safer if manual transmissions were mandated. Safer than driverless cars.
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I agree but after 10 years driving LA freeways with a stick I converted to auto and have never looked back.
 
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