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10 Techno-Cool Cars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rice-rocket dept.

mrv writes "The IEEE Spectrum picks their '10 Techno-Cool Cars'. The article picks vehicles from the 2003 or upcoming model years, that feature significant jumps in performance, convenience, or comfort, are technologically bold, and otherwise cool (for engineers, not just the 'motorhead' type)."

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  1. This car should have been on the list... by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 5, Funny
    The best car of all time.

    Poor Uncie Herb ;-)

    --sex

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  2. Hmmm. . . by bplipschitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Refuel it at home with an optional $1000 (natural) gas station".

    I wonder if that comes with an optional (taco) bell, instead of a horn.

  3. Excellent by mao+che+minh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool, I can't wait to abandon my clingy android son in the middle of the woods, his eyes tearing and hangs clinging feebily to the bumper, while driving away in my stylish Honda FCX. I can't wait for the future.

  4. I wonder..... by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 0, Funny
    "Honda Civic GX...Relying solely on Natural gas"

    How long until GWB decides to go to war against japan?

  5. Favorite feature! by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 4, Funny
    A third feature is the radar-enhanced automatic cruise control, ...
    Sweet! So I can set it for 95, but when the fuzzbuster detects a speed trap, it'll revert to the speed limit!
    ...which maintains a constant speed until the car gets too close to a vehicle in front of it, at which point it slows down enough to maintain a constant distance.
    Awwwwwww.......
    1. Re:Favorite feature! by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or even better, I can truely put it in cruise control and follow through on the age old parental threat, "don't make me come back there".
      My dad used to use the old "Don't make me separate you!"
      It was pretty effective though, since I'm an only child.

  6. So, wait a minute by Coffee+Warlord · · Score: 1, Funny


    Did I miss something? Is there some unwritten rule I missed out on where engineers love crappy, foreign, enviornmentally sound compact cars?

    I mean, really. A HONDA CIVIC?!?!?

    There's a couple genuinely spiffy cars in that list, but the majority of them...no. Hell, if we wanna generalize engineers, most of us are too damn fat to fit in a Civic anyway. :)

  7. BMW 7 Series and Tokyo Breakfast by t0qer · · Score: 2, Funny
    Every time I think of the BMW-7 Series I always think about what the dad in
    Tokyo
    Breakfast said to his weeping daughter.

    (please follow link and watch video)


    Father: You failed every class except animation!

    Daughter: So What?

    Father: So what? If nigga no go to school, nigga no get a job, if nigga no get
    a job, nigga no make no money, if nigga make no money, nigga can no afford BMW
    seVUHN series nigga!


    I know it sounds horrible, just watch the video if you've never seen it,
    funny ass shit.

  8. Re:Where is the Honda S2000 by zapfie · · Score: 5, Funny

    because its (a) two years old and (b) just another gas-sucking penis-replacement.

    Dude.. I dunno.. I don't think that car is fitting in my girlfriend.

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  9. Re:No WinCE by homer_ca · · Score: 2, Funny

    But they did include the Saab 9-3 with Bluetooth and the Audi A8 with a Multi Media Interface that looks just as complex as BMW's Idrive. No word on which embedded OS Audi is using.

    Still, those stories about the 745i are funny, like these from Autoweek:

    "Many owners' cars have been suffering from an overwhelming number of electrical problems, from faulty tire pressure monitor readings to clocks that would run slow, to headrests that popped up on their own. One reader actually got a "limited danger of complete transmission failure" warning from his car--for no reason."

  10. Re:Where is the Honda S2000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I just got done with her. Try it again.

  11. Re:Personally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I drive a Porsche 911, special ordered

    Hey, where'd you get the cash for that?

    -IRS

  12. Re:Where is the Honda S2000 by secolactico · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many balding executives have you seen in Corvettes (or whatever) trying to impress the ladies?

    As a balding man (not quite there yet, but you should see my father and grandfather... ouch) I take offense in your implication that we need a Corvette to impress the ladies.

    All women know that a shiny head is a sign of high testosterone, and of course high sexual performance!

    So if we ever wanted to impress the ladies, we will just take off our hats/head rugs.

    ;-) Smiley here for the humour impired moderator.

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