I just want a simple car. One without extraneous functions.
My old boss bought a brand new car that was in the shop for two of it's first four weeks. The issue? The capacitive touch sensor that operated the motorised glove box door was activating automatically because it was being confused by dust.
My shitty 15 year old VW's plastic glove box door has a metal latch and had never experienced this bug.
There certainly are places where technology and electronics can improve a car, but replacing one of the most basic, reliable mechanical functions such as a latch is arguably stupid. It's just adding numerous more failure points. It's form over function.
How tf are you meant to change the climate settings on a touch screen when not looking at it? Is this where the "touch" in "touch screen" comes in?
Yep, there are many legitimate use-cases for electronics in cars, but THIS is definitely not one of them!
Yeah I got my car 2012 right before you started to see everything in cars become computerized. It's a civic and still going strong.
My shitty 15 year old VW's plastic glove box door has a metal latch and had never experienced this bug.
Heh, my 40 year old Deutz tractor has a metal latch on the glove box, and it will randomly flip open and hit me in the head while working in the field.
I would still prefer it over the motorized system you describe
Why are you using wheels anyway? Caterpillar tracks are a more modern solution and superior in every way.
I wonder what's the fastest you could go on tracks? Apparently a record was set in 1979 (121.9 km/h, 75 mph) and never broken since as far as i can tell, or at least Guiness doesn't seem to know anything about it.
Fellas, we need a tank, a couple V8 engines, and a case of beer
For those who, like me, wanted to know more about the real photo from which this was shopped: it's a 19-year-old Chinese student called Zhu Zhenlin driving his homemade solar car in 2012.
There actually exists an open source community for reverse-engineering EV motors, inverters, battery charging modules, BMS, and everything else necessary to build a DIY car from scrapyard components: https://openinverter.org/wiki/Main_Page
He is trolling that the indian government banned encrypted messaging apps because "Its used by terrorists"
Anyone wanna tell me why a car needs several things that motorcycles don't?
Like "Fine, you can ride the ridiculous death machines since you're so stupid, and stubborn."
Great car, the only one I'd consider driving! But would make my own fork with rearview mirrors first.
