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Do you think vehicles have ever been responsible for accelerating involuntarily or is it always just a frazzled or lying driver? What would be the cause if it were a faulty vehicle?
it's possible that a bad sensor could make you accel, but also dumb people confuse gas pedals with brake pedals. So you have the dumbass who goes to stomp on the brakes and accelerates hard instead.
if it was truly stuck in D accelerating all you need to do is push the car into neutral
In case of Toyota, it's most definitely a software failure: http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-big-bowl-%E2%80%9Cspaghetti%E2%80%9D-code
Other cases may be due to stuck throttle on cars with bad maintenance.
I had my throttle pedal get stuck on the ground before when I floored it in my sable, just shit the car off right away and reached down and pulled it up
Is there any more stupid and obsolete of a law than the law that Oregon and New Jersey have on full serve gas? And no, it's not a convenience, especially when stations are busy.
>self serve
>get out of car
>begin pumping gas
>gas pump stops
>place pump back
>leave
>Full serve in NJ
>attendant takes 30sec-2min...
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It's all about creating minimum wage jobs for teens and other vermin.
>>14566745
NJ is the land of corruption? The still havent removed that stupid toll road after half a century promised
NJfag here, the other day a "fuel distributor" was arguing with some woman about how her car uses diesel, not regular. That's all I have to say on the matter
Wish me luck.
>>14563366
Good luck failing.
>>14563366
What the fuck is a B theoretical you fucking cunt?
Not all of us come from whatever fucking country you do that make you take B testicles.
>>14563371
Thanks!
>>14563862
B license is car license in Yurop.
Here we have theoretical + practical
http://gas2.org/2016/02/14/the-low-down-on-the-epa-race-car-modification-flap-doodle/
I saw this today and started looking into it further. The EPA is trying to make after market modifcations illegal on Production cars.What does /O/ think of this new law. How will this affect you?
Good.
Car enthusiasts are cancer
>>14563165
You're about 2 weeks late. Gtfo
It'll never pass, if it does it'll ruin the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people, if not more
If the steering wheel was switched to the left side, would the falcon succeed in North America?
probably not.
>>14562266
No because Americans have never heard of it. It's why Ford brought back the "Taurus" label and plastered it on the sedan and even an SUV for a while. Strong brand recognition sells cars above all else, it's why people continue to buy any Ford despite absolute shit quality and design.
no it would interfere with taurus sales
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/01/google-self-driving-car-strikes-public-bus-in-california
BTFO
Self-driving car being tested by Google struck a public bus on a Silicon Valley street, a minor accident that appears to be the first time one of the tech company's vehicles caused a crash during testing.
Google accepted at least some responsibility for the collision, which occurred on Feb. 14 when one of the Lexus SUVs it has outfitted with sensors and cameras hit the side of the bus near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California.
No one was injured, according to an accident report Google wrote and submitted to the California Department of Motor...
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>>14562219
Buses don't yield. I hate buses. The world doesn't revolve around you!
>>14562396
Buses also have schedules and carry dozens of people. They shouldn't have to yield to your autistic ass so you can get to the local anime viewing party on time
Which is the better buy? I'd like to hear from people who actually have some experience driving either of these, not just shit-posting faggots.
To be clear, I'm asking this question with the assumption that it would be my only car.
Toyobaru worries
>practicality as a DD (storage, snow driving..)
>lack of torque
FiST worries
>long-term reliability
>overall driving feel compared to ^^^
Bump for interest. I have a VW Golf, and these are two cars I have much interest in for my next car
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>>14561744
Which would make you feel better when you look outside from your window to see it parked near your house and say this is mine?
Why, GM
Why did they make a Grand Sport? hasn't there always been one for almost every Corvette Generation?
>>14561126
op is faggot upset about the color of the stickers
>>14561126
Only the C4, C6, and now C7.
The C2 Grand Sport was a secret racing program that GM snuffed out as soon as they found out about it.
>diesel will never catch on in the United States
Why is this the life we must live?
It has it's uses.
>>14560100
diesel is slow as fuck
>>14560260
powerful af*
ftfy
Is there any law saying how quickly someone can accelerate
Not speeding but just accelerating fast AF
I want to stress not speeding
Depends what state
It's likely considered exhibition of speed
>>14560036
I think there should be a law on how slow a car can accelerate at max. Too slow is extremely dangerous on the interstate
In Canada I believe it's considered stunt driving which has some pretty hefty dines
>tfw we live in a day when electric cuck tesla is a cool car
>tfw every car has fwd, abs and other gay assists
>tfw you will never drive a fun new rwd drift car
>>14558757
>>tfw you will never drive a fun new rwd drift car
shut up and buy a fucking toyobaru already
>>14558766
b-but they will stop production before i can afford it
t. 20 year old
I think toyobaru is a pretty cool car. Eh drifts and doesnt a fwd of anything
Do you think airless tires will replace regular tires completely any time soon?
What are you going to do with the extra space suddenly available to you once you no longer a spare tire in your car?
>airless tyre
>literally surrounded by air
>>14558629
>What are you going to do with the extra space suddenly available to you once you no longer a spare tire in your car?
Hide my subwoofer and amp in the well so it doesn't cut up trunk space.
Maybe make some storage space for stuff like my jumper box/air compressor down there too.
>>14558664
I just realized I don't need an air compressor at all if Im running airless tires.
Damn.
I want these things to become commercially viable now.
>that kid in your uni car Club with the FWD "race car"
>>14558216
>THOSE AUTISTIC SHITS WHO OWN MUSTANGS
TFW only autistic kid in automotive class of normal kids
One out of two kids with actual racecars.
Had a BMC mini 1275gt clubman raced in junior touring cars.
>>14558216
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yaFNVt8jBU
My favorite part is when it passes the heavily modified s2000.
I'm looking for a bodykit for my foxbody that will make it look like an italian supercar, like those lamborghini kits you see on fieros. Budget is $5000. Where can I find body kits like this?
You're a faggot.
>>14558142
Body kits are for niggers/spics. But aside from that you will never find a kit as good as the one you posted for 5k, sorry bud.
>>14558142
Uh, Google?
Does it bother you that there are more bogans driving around in Japanese weaboo machines than actual weaboos?
>>14558080
>Nissan trash
I wish I had superior rwd
>>14558080
Why would that surprise you? Most kids grow out of being weeaboos by driving age. And weeaboos are more rare than white rhinos.
