Park assist... Is that really what it looks like?

[refreshingperspective]

Tom Cruise drives me nvts. There... I said it.

-Agi

I agree Agi.

[RAM]

That's amazing. It sounds like you’re describing a spaceship. In retrospect, I remember thinking the same when I’ve first heard about automatic transmission. Ha! The times we live in.



I can certainly see that. Although, driving is such a lifestyle/hobby, I doubt it would ever completely disappear. Some people will still want to man their own vehicles, if for no other reason, than for fun. Much like the small but determined group of people, including myself, who cling desperately to the habit of “actual driving”, meaning with a stick shift, regardless of how inconvenient it is in stop-and-go urban traffic.

-Agi

Actually Agi, cars today are a lot like spaceships...or at least fighter jets! A lot of the technology on today's cars came from the aerospace industry. Example: Anti-lock brakes. Afterall, did you ever wonder how they get those big heavy jets stopped on a wet runway so quickly?...yep, ABS. That's why it is so important that mrW exists. We need to raise the awareness with the general public how crucial it is to have qualified technicians working on these things. One little mistake in the repair process can spell disaster.

I agree about the fun of driving! Nothing better than a winding road, a big motor, and a stick shift to get the adreline flowing. Today's cars...most of them anyway (excluding Mustang, Challenger, Camaro, and Vette), are so smooth and easy to drive that they're boring! Back in the day (in my street racing youth) cars were extremly fast and dangerous. In retrospect, that's what was fun about it. Nothing like street racing a 1970 440 Challenger 4-speed...you could smell gas, brake fluid, and burning rubber...Ohhh,, Ohhh, Ohhh!!!
It was so fun because you really had to know how to drive just to keep that darn thing on the road, and to stop it when the race was over! It was dangerous and that's why it was exciting! Today...not so much...in the words of Pink Floyd "We've all become comfortably numb"

[kzang]

I agree about the fun of driving! Nothing better than a winding road, a big motor, and a stick shift to get the adreline flowing. Today's cars...most of them anyway (excluding Mustang, Challenger, Camaro, and Vette), are so smooth and easy to drive that they're boring! Back in the day (in my street racing youth) cars were extremly fast and dangerous. In retrospect, that's what was fun about it. Nothing like street racing a 1970 440 Challenger 4-speed...you could smell gas, brake fluid, and burning rubber...Ohhh,, Ohhh, Ohhh!!!
It was so fun because you really had to know how to drive just to keep that darn thing on the road, and to stop it when the race was over! It was dangerous and that's why it was exciting! Today...not so much...in the words of Pink Floyd "We've all become comfortably numb"

RAM! You should let your inner street racing demon out more often. Very nice. Did any gal ever paint the raised letters on the sides of your tires for you? Now they come that way. Boring.

Kathy

[sillyme]

Ram, you sound a lot like my husband.

Francesca

[RAM]

RAM! You should let your inner street racing demon out more often. Very nice. Did any gal ever paint the raised letters on the sides of your tires for you? Now they come that way. Boring.

Kathy

No Kathy, never had a girl offer to paint my raised letters...but that would've been awesome!

[RAM]

Ram, you sound a lot like my husband.

Francesca

Good to hear...another piston-head! Oh, and I'm sure he's very lucky to have such a wonderful, understanding, and tolerant wife

[Harold Reed Tees]

I am surprised the Mustang wasn't on that list, Agi.I believe those are quite popular with the ladies.

Harold

[pelenka]

That's why it is so important that mrW exists. We need to raise the awareness with the general public how crucial it is to have qualified technicians working on these things. One little mistake in the repair process can spell disaster.

I don't think that people are unaware, it's just that no one wants to do it. Like they say in the title sequence of that one TV show... "nananananaa na someone's gotta do it..."

I agree about the fun of driving! Nothing better than a winding road, a big motor, and a stick shift to get the adreline flowing. Today's cars...most of them anyway (excluding Mustang, Challenger, Camaro, and Vette), are so smooth and easy to drive that they're boring! Back in the day (in my street racing youth) cars were extremly fast and dangerous. In retrospect, that's what was fun about it. Nothing like street racing a 1970 440 Challenger 4-speed...you could smell gas, brake fluid, and burning rubber...Ohhh,, Ohhh, Ohhh!!!
It was so fun because you really had to know how to drive just to keep that darn thing on the road, and to stop it when the race was over! It was dangerous and that's why it was exciting! Today...not so much...in the words of Pink Floyd "We've all become comfortably numb"

Haha! Now there's a man with motor oil in his veins.

I am surprised the Mustang wasn't on that list, Agi.I believe those are quite popular with the ladies.

Harold

I think you have it confused, Harold. Women like “a mustang”, not the Mustang.

-Agi <----Woman

[sillyme]

Good to hear...another piston-head! Oh, and I'm sure he's very lucky to have such a wonderful, understanding, and tolerant wife

Aw, thanks. Yes, he's very, very lucky!

Francesca

[BGE_Quilter]

There are automotive systems that can sense if the driver is falling asleep and wakes them up.

Does this "smart technology" keep the driver from falling asleep again? Or, is there a system-activated voice to tell the driver to pull over and stop driving? Recent news stories describe the dangers of so many drivers failing to use their turning signals. I am leery of having automobiles become so automated with technology that it could potentially allow drivers not to focus their full attention on driving. [pun not intended]

Karen