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| bigkensteele |
 Dec 3 2012, 09:00 PM
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Major Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 30-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,660 Region Association: South East States 
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QUOTE(Rand @ Dec 3 2012, 03:15 PM)  Reminds me of a recent post I made.... Goes along with the automatic parking, and automatic slowing you down when you approach a car from behind and............ And all the other electronically assisted crap that just takes people who already needed more driver's ed and enables them to think they need it less. Anyone who likes this shit should just ride in a Google autonomous car and give up their license. I am all for progress and technology. I would be out of work without either, but I feel that there is a line that is crossed all too often. When good habits, critical thinking or common sense are engineered into obsolescence, the line has been crossed. I think about the auto headlights on my wife's X3 and her previous RX300. It is nice that they come on when it is dark out, but what about when that photo-sensor goes bad and she inadvertently drives without headlights until she happens to notice it. |
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| Porsche930dude |
Dec 3 2012, 09:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 399 Joined: 25-November 11 From: Vestal NY Member No.: 13,819 Region Association: None |
I really dont know what theyre thinking when they make things overcomplicated . It seems like theyre just making more work for themselves. today i swapped in an aftemarket radio in my neighbors toyota. There were two antennas and it sucks if you only hook up one. Really? now iv got to pull the whole damn thing apart again when the splitter comes in. we have been building cars with just one antenna for a hundred years and now we suddenly need two to make our radio work.
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| Maltese Falcon |
Dec 3 2012, 10:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,692 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None  |
Electronic e-brake might not go over well with the drift
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| Mike Bellis |
Dec 4 2012, 08:03 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,345 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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I would use one if I knew what would fit on my 930 rotors. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| Eric_Shea |
Dec 4 2012, 08:06 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,278 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Dec 3 2012, 03:29 PM) QUOTE(JawjaPorsche @ Dec 3 2012, 05:27 AM) Emergency Brake, Thing of the Past? Not for me. I had quite a scare (in the 914) a few years back when the MC exploded on me in commuter traffic going over the SF bay bridge. If it hadn't been for a working hand operated "emergency" brake i would have plowed right into the idiot that cut me off and made me slam on the brakes in the first place. It's quite interesting to navigate several miles of bridge traffic with only your handbrake (and low gear) to slow you down. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) You have a working handbrake? |
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| SirAndy |
Dec 4 2012, 09:00 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,670 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Dec 4 2012, 06:06 PM) You have a working handbrake? Used to, but not currently, yet soon again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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