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world economic forum info ..but hey you are the almighty and powerful software developer ..lolI mentioned it because I work with and build..... Platforms...and everything you is true they're all out to get you. Run before it's too la....
The sharing economy lol...world economic forum info ..but hey you are the almighty and powerful software developer ..lol
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/the-dark-side-of-the-sharing-economy/
But you can get a manual on an M3! Even on the new G80.I'm not sure how much BMW is catering to us manual folks anymore. As an example, you should be able to get a manual on an M3 but not a 340i. Ford is one of the heroes in this space with both the Bronco and across most of the Mustang range (since that's the only "car" they make anymore). Subie is also pretty good.
Quite so. The general population seems willing to surrender every freedom they have if the government tells them it is for “their safety”; as if somehow we are not mortal, and legislation alone can stave off the spectre of death and grant us immortality. The government knows that isn’t so... and yet somehow, so many willingly roll over and give up all they got and then some....https://fordauthority.com/2021/05/m...rced-into-retirement-as-safety-tech-advances/
I know this stated in here Ford has added "safety" features to the Bronco that will become mandatory on all vehicles in the future. Emergency braking, etc.. how autonomous is this world becoming? This is a scary article. To think that not only low take rates for manuals, but now safety requirements would get rid of it? That is ridiculous. There is less texting and driving with a manual, and less distracted driving in general with a manual. What are your thoughts?
This is another reason I'm getting the 7mt. Not ready to let go of the stick.
What I do for a living makes a difference to people. For the past month I have transitioned from chopping coconuts for tourists to standing on the highway with a flouresecent vest yelling at them. Our parking area just got cut in half as our tourist rate elcipsed pre pandemic levels. So I have to yell at people all day long in the hot sun about the realities of finite spaces. Most get it but about 1/3 of them circle me for 20-40 mins(wasting their day). Judge by the looks of rage on their face when I dont let them into my parking lot even though they paid a airline and hotel thousands of dollars to come to our island to do whatever they want when they want. What I do makes a difference for sure. Are people like sheep? No they are like a wild hoard of drunken goats! Fun times. FYI if anyone one here is ever driving along and see someone on the side of the road obviously directing traffic, it is improper to turn towards them across lanes of traffic and accelerate towards them. There are no points for hitting a flagger.being A software developer doesn’t mean crap...I’m not sure why you think what you do makes a difference to anyone ? ..only people who have an inferiority complex talk about what they do for a living.
Yeah ever since parents started worrying about their kids safety, people have been obsessed with safety. I'm pretty sure the actual nail in the coffin was a gravity driven lawn dart. I can honestly say a cars safety features outside of its actual structural integrity is never something I even glance at. They are entirely irrelevant to me. Until it rusted apart 3 years ago I daily drove a cj7 with slick vinyl bus seats, no doors, and a bikini top. Driver control and awareness negates nearly every electronic safety feature outside of a backup beeper.Quite so. The general population seems willing to surrender every freedom they have if the government tells them it is for “their safety”; as if somehow we are not mortal, and legislation alone can stave off the spectre of death and grant us immortality. The government knows that isn’t so... and yet somehow, so many willingly roll over and give up all they got and then some....
But you can get a manual on an M3! Even on the new G80.
I totally agree. I’ve always said that in the future they will say “back then you were in total control and could easily hit something or get in a wreck”.100 years from now our great great great grandkids will look at the enormous loss of life from car accidents in the 20th and 21st century similarly to how we look at civil war amputations and child fatality rates prior to the advent of modern medicine. All of these features are just helping us get closer to getting our transportation deaths down to a significantly lower level, and it’s not just about deaths either. My best friend’s back is messed up from being rear ended when she was 16, and my dad’s back from being hit by a pickup truck when the driver fell asleep on the highway in the late 80’s. As a 25 year old I have personally lost 3 friends in car accidents. A future where my examples become an extreme rarity rather than something that everyone is affected by or knows someone who is should be something we strive for.
Concur! I’ve seen 4 M4s at the dealer but no M3s (must sell out too fast or people get the M4 confused for a Mustang!) Grille isn’t horrible but, ya know, it could be smaller (and better)!!!Yes! And a huge grill also if you're in to such a thing.
You sound old.
You sound old.
No, I just was brought up properly.
but any entity you rely on can do that. Your power company is a "platform" and can shut you off, your supermarket as a "platform" can ban you from their store, your gas station , your favorite restaurant, they are all free to do as they please. Just because Tesla can do that with a mouse click over the air makes it no different IMO.bud you should be scared of any “platform” if you don’t get it..then do some investigating.
Tesla can already turn your car off, can take away options when someone buys a used Tesla etc etc.
platforms are “control” and one day you may be the controlled
i can go on and on..but hey I don’t want to get banned from “this” platform