A manual transmission on mountain roads is ideal!
09-06-2015, 12:51 AM
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You've just made a solid argument for a driverless car. If you consider all of the computer aids on modern cars, we are just a half step away from the driverless model, and I suspect that its advocates will use a similar argument that you presented to refute those who still insist on turning the steering wheel and operating the brake and accelerator pedals. Moreover, properly programmed the driverless car will produce lap times much quicker than virtually any human.
09-06-2015, 01:09 AM
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09-06-2015, 11:14 AM
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Every time I track my car I disable all the "computer aids" to the extent that is possible. I'm not opposed to all technological improvements, just those that take away from my enjoyment of the car. As I've posted on many occasions, I find driving automatics to be boring, and no amount of apples to oranges metaphors will change my view.
09-06-2015, 12:24 PM
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A manual transmission on mountain roads is ideal!
I'm curious how many Porsche owners will buy a driverless Porsche as their primary sports car? If people are saying they want to give up human input (shifting) and that they are happy to have the computer automate one of the primary inputs for driving a sports car, why not automate the braking, steering, and throttle? Especially if people care more about lap times and specs than actually driving the car and human input. As it says here "if the self driving cars will be coming to the roads is no longer the question. The question merely is, when?"
Cars without human input will be faster in the near future. Will the same sports cars owners who are happy with PDK/dual clutch/F1/teptronic/SMG, etc all buy cars that free them from the monotony of providing any input to the car?
Cars without human input will be faster in the near future. Will the same sports cars owners who are happy with PDK/dual clutch/F1/teptronic/SMG, etc all buy cars that free them from the monotony of providing any input to the car?
The reason I like to drive human operated porsches is because it gives me a greater sense of freedom. Over time the laws are reining in our freedoms to the point that we will soon feel like caged birds. Freedoms are taken away over generations so the sting of imposing them are taken lightly and accepted as the norm.
PDK already has the technology to be taken over by artificial intelligence along with electronic steering. You can clearly see where we are heading.
For me at least. The greatest part of life is knowing that if I mess up i will pay dearly. That is the ultimate human experience and our government is trying to control our destiny by robbing that freedom.
Sure there are those that believe that they can live forever by installing safety barriers for every situation in life. They have the means and technology to effectively do so and are slowly implimating them. I am old school and believe that a mundane life is really not a life worth living and anything that comes to take away my freedom is taboo. No matter how they brand it and sell it to us.
09-06-2015, 12:46 PM
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Cars without human input will be faster in the near future. Will the same sports cars owners who are happy with PDK/dual clutch/F1/teptronic/SMG, etc all buy cars that free them from the monotony of providing any input to the car?
Initially there may be a choice, but shortly thereafter there won't be an option. It will be all done in the name of safety.
Initially there may be a choice, but shortly thereafter there won't be an option. It will be all done in the name of safety.
09-07-2015, 04:58 PM
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