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The Future of the Car

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-about-rockets dept.

Gandul writes "Radar, lasers, wireless radio networks and other embedded tech will enable our cars to sense faraway traffic and stop accidents before they happen. But who will be in the driver's seat?"

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  1. Who will be driving? by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 3, Informative

    Me. I'll have no parts of these new cars.
    They suck. Assembled in Mexico from Chinese parts.
    Garbage. OVERPRICED garbage..

    My car is 30 years old and it still runs fine and looks fine. How is that? It was made in Germany where they appreciate and exercise quality control.

    I have several trucks that are 20 years old or older.

    Guess what? I can fix them all myself. There is nothing in any of them that I can't troubleshoot or repair.

    I wouldn't have one of these new cars that you can't work on without $100,000 car-o-scope and a PHD..
    Screw that. I've never taken a car to be repaired by someone else except one time when I was traveling and had no tools.
    Son of a bitches told me the transmission was blown and it was going to cost me $800 to have it fixed.
    I told them to stick up their ass.
    They put the transmission in the trunk and I called a tow truck to bring it home for me. My dad came out to help me with it. The repair cost $24 in parts and took one day. That was the LAST time I ever took anything to someone else for repair. And that means anything.

    I get the service manuals, schematics, tools and test equipment for every thing I own, what tools or skills I don't have, my dad can cover as he's good with cars.

    Bottom line, I'll never purchase a new car, ever, for any reason. The older the vehicle, the better I like it.