Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

18 Oct 2006, 06:20 #1961

bmwracer wrote:
I'd like to see that in an issue of National Geographic. :hehe:

haha..that'd be great!

23 Oct 2006, 11:10 #1962

Fernando Alonso wins the F1 Championship with a second place finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix... And Renault wins the Constructor's Championship, edging out Ferrari. :victory:

23 Oct 2006, 12:26 #1963

Wow. So Schumacher got screwed before retiring...

Congrats to Alonso and Renault. For once, it's not Ferrari. :)

23 Oct 2006, 22:33 #1964

tabana wrote:Wow. So Schumacher got screwed before retiring...

His odds of winning the championship were sorta remote: Alonso had to DNF and Schumi had to win the race...

Congrats to Alonso and Renault. For once, it's not Ferrari. :)

Make that twice: Alonso won the title last year, too. :)

24 Oct 2006, 10:25 #1965

I guess I'm not following that has much as I used to. :sweat:

24 Oct 2006, 11:43 #1966

tabana wrote:I guess I'm not following that has much as I used to. :sweat:

You should, especially next season... It should be wide open. :victory:

25 Oct 2006, 01:38 #1967

LEXUS LS 460...self parking car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkEu-PdVlK0

25 Oct 2006, 01:57 #1968

Tu_triky wrote:LEXUS LS 460...self parking car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkEu-PdVlK0

What a gimmick.

25 Oct 2006, 02:03 #1969

bmwracer wrote:
What a gimmick.

hey it's good for some ppl.....some ppl need the help. more than anything it's interesting to see the practical application of technologies.....mercedes and lexus (toyota) are usually a cut above

pretty interesting to see an 8 speed automatic transmission on that car.

25 Oct 2006, 02:05 #1970

whats the fun in parking if you dont play "tag the car in front/back without setting off the car alarm" when you're parallel parking?? :beatyou:

25 Oct 2006, 02:09 #1971

krim wrote:whats the fun in parking if you dont play "tag the car in front/back without setting off the car alarm" when you're parallel parking?? :beatyou:

hehe...well if you had a 62,000 dollar car you might not mind.....especially if the wifey is drivin' :beaten:

25 Oct 2006, 03:21 #1972

Tu_triky wrote:pretty interesting to see an 8 speed automatic transmission on that car.

That in itself is another gimmick... The game of specmanship.

Cars are too laden with gadgets... It's all about driving, not gadgets. :victory:

25 Oct 2006, 03:26 #1973

Tu_triky wrote:

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pretty interesting to see an 8 speed automatic transmission on that car.

CVT automatic trannys have an infinite number of gears.

25 Oct 2006, 03:43 #1974

bmwracer wrote:
That in itself is another gimmick... The game of specmanship.

Cars are too laden with gadgets... It's all about driving, not gadgets. :victory:

it also comes with an optional whistle and streamers that you dangle from the mirrors

25 Oct 2006, 03:46 #1975

Tu_triky wrote:it also comes with an optional whistle and streamers that you dangle from the mirrors

That's the SE model. :hehe:

With that version, also get the proverbial kitchen sink.

25 Oct 2006, 09:45 #1976

bmwracer wrote:
You should, especially next season... It should be wide open. :victory:

Might be interesting. :)

Tu_triky wrote:LEXUS LS 460...self parking car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkEu-PdVlK0

Saw it on TV this morning. Sometimes, I'd like to have this option on my car. :sweat:

25 Oct 2006, 09:46 #1977

tabana wrote:
Saw it on TV this morning. Sometimes, I'd like to have this option on my car. :sweat:

I saw that too.. How much more for that feature? Like Lexuses aren't that expensive enough...

25 Oct 2006, 10:11 #1978

Yeah. ...and does it work all the times? :bonk:

25 Oct 2006, 10:32 #1979

A self-driving car, that's what I would like.

The place where I work has a Mercedes Sprinter van. The motor blew up the other day, it's gonna cost $15K to fix it :(

25 Oct 2006, 12:30 #1980

tabana wrote:Might be interesting. :)

Wiki on the 2007 season: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Formula_One_season :victory:

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