Flying Cars Only 5 Years Away?
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sleuth
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Actually.. the engine itself could probably go another 10K - 20K.
But, the suspension is shot.
The tires need replaced.
The brakes need completely redone.
It leaks transmission fluid in 3 different locations.
Both mufflers need replaced.
It needs a new catalytic converter.
The torque converter is getting worn - it shifts a lot harder into 3rd gear than it should.
And... it STILL won't pass emissions, 2 years after the last time it failed the emissions test.
That covers about half the problems with the car.
I'm not gonna dump $400 into a car worth only $300 to get another 2 year waiver, when it'd be a small miracle if it lasted only another year.
Actually.. the engine itself could probably go another 10K - 20K.
But, the suspension is shot.
The tires need replaced.
The brakes need completely redone.
It leaks transmission fluid in 3 different locations.
Both mufflers need replaced.
It needs a new catalytic converter.
The torque converter is getting worn - it shifts a lot harder into 3rd gear than it should.
And... it STILL won't pass emissions, 2 years after the last time it failed the emissions test.
That covers about half the problems with the car.
I'm not gonna dump $400 into a car worth only $300 to get another 2 year waiver, when it'd be a small miracle if it lasted only another year.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
People...
...let's use some imagination here!?
There is already a car, radar and all sorts of sensors equiped that drove from, if memeory serves, coast to coast with a driver who only took over off highway.
The newest passenger airliners are capable of take off, flight to your destination and landing. The pilot joke is the airliner of the future will have a pilot and a dog; The pilot to feed the dog, the dog to bite the pilot if he tries to touch anything.
Any personal flight vehicle will have to be stunningly reliable because the redundancy of systems of larger aircraft would not likely be economical.
It would also have to be virtually uncontrolable by the human, total auto pilot, because we will never, as a society, trust each other enough, nevermind criminals and terrorists, to operate the damn things in population centers.
You grab the paper and a cup of coffee, jump in your commuter pod, select 'office' and you read and relax while your machine takes you to the pod park next to your building.
Computers and radar et al avoid other pods, bad weather and cruise you smooth in the abbreviated time it takes to actually get to work if nothing was in your way, say downtown DC in what, 15 minutes or so?
Highways become mostly tractor trailers.
Super highways are no longer needed.
(you can get smashed because all you're doing is pushing one of the two buttons that say 'home')
...let's use some imagination here!?
There is already a car, radar and all sorts of sensors equiped that drove from, if memeory serves, coast to coast with a driver who only took over off highway.
The newest passenger airliners are capable of take off, flight to your destination and landing. The pilot joke is the airliner of the future will have a pilot and a dog; The pilot to feed the dog, the dog to bite the pilot if he tries to touch anything.
Any personal flight vehicle will have to be stunningly reliable because the redundancy of systems of larger aircraft would not likely be economical.
It would also have to be virtually uncontrolable by the human, total auto pilot, because we will never, as a society, trust each other enough, nevermind criminals and terrorists, to operate the damn things in population centers.
You grab the paper and a cup of coffee, jump in your commuter pod, select 'office' and you read and relax while your machine takes you to the pod park next to your building.
Computers and radar et al avoid other pods, bad weather and cruise you smooth in the abbreviated time it takes to actually get to work if nothing was in your way, say downtown DC in what, 15 minutes or so?
Highways become mostly tractor trailers.
Super highways are no longer needed.
(you can get smashed because all you're doing is pushing one of the two buttons that say 'home')
S
Shutterbug
Guest
Re: People...
Whoo hoo....I like that idea!
Whoo hoo....I like that idea!