ACK!!! 911 KERS
05-19-2011, 11:20 AM
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Drifting
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If some of you guys made car companies' decisions, we would all still be driving carbureted, straight-axle cars. I would really love it if my 993 were steam powered, actually. Implementing new technologies is a natural evolution of the automotive industry and pretty much any other industry as well.
One major downside is that Joe at the local mechanic's shop will eventually become obsolete--in 20 years, no one will be able to work on new cars. Buy it, drive it until it breaks (3-7 years), have minor services performed at the dealership while under warranty, and recycle it. Residual value on these techno-wonders is going to be next to nothing since no one will be able--or want, for that matter--to fix them once out of warranty.
One major downside is that Joe at the local mechanic's shop will eventually become obsolete--in 20 years, no one will be able to work on new cars. Buy it, drive it until it breaks (3-7 years), have minor services performed at the dealership while under warranty, and recycle it. Residual value on these techno-wonders is going to be next to nothing since no one will be able--or want, for that matter--to fix them once out of warranty.
05-19-2011, 12:35 PM
#32
Drifting
I haven't researched it much at all, but I am still trying to figure out how all of these hybrids are "green" when a huge percentage of the car's weight is taken up by monstrous battery packs. Just in one car. Multiply that by the million "Prii" running around, and that is a lot of batteries that are going to eventually need replacement. Are the old ones recyclable?
