ITT: bullshit car tech
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ITT: bullshit car tech
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>>14251601
>>14251565
cold air intakes
Front wheel drive
>>14251565
eco boost
>>14251641
Dude what
>>14251601
rehehehehhe
>>14251671
this faggot right here
>guise, im telling you, this tube is better than that tube because this tube costs $400. I can feel it.
kek. fag.
>>14251774
What the hell are you talking about
>>14251565
>baiting this hard
>>14251565
>hybrid-like mpg in a car that bests all it's competitors in its segment
>bad
>>14251680
>I have never driven a Type R, the post
>>14251779
dis nigga cant read english. what a fag. go to bed eurobitch. kek.
>>14251565
I wonder how many more deals they thought they would close without the "e"
>>14251886
>I have been triggered by an image on the internet, the post
I still have no idea what the fuck this means.
>>14252198
>partial zero emissions vehicle
>partial zero
>partial
>zero
What the fuck.
>>14252198
>>14252214
>according to subaru
In means that in some conditions its putting out cleaner air than the air you breathe
>>14251565
This guy is just a mazda hater and keeps posting the same thread because he regrets not buying a mazda.
>>14252198
>>14252214
>The vehicles constructed to meet the PZEV requirements must achieve both SULEV (Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle) exhaust emissions and zero evaporative (fuel system) emissions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_zero-emissions_vehicle
>>14252098
why do you have to be the way you are
>>14251565
Infotainment is bullshit
Rain sensors and light sensors.
What kind of person thinks: "Yes, it's definitely worth it to spend a few hundred on not having to turn on the lights and wipers myself because that is so hard"?
>>14251886
>I've driven a 200hp FWD shitbox, the post
Bluetooth.
>>14252818
I bought a used lexus with automatic headlights from 1996. I think it secretly meant that they were on all the time and turned off when i took the key put of the ignition. Didnt cpst me anything extra
>>14252846
>>14251565
It's a fucking turbo. Stop pretending it's new technology.
>>14251952
What's wrong with intakes
>>14253028
Ford shills always talkin about how revolutionary ecoboost are.
fucking volvos have been doing that shit for years.
even GM had turbo V6s in the 80s
>>14252288
>mfw my 20 year old car has none of this shit
>mfw pure driving experience
>mfw to turn TSC off is one button and keeps it off
No speed restrictors no nothing its fucking seex
>>14251662
Abso-malutely correct. Muh old man's got a 2014 F-150 with it and gets 16 mpg
>>14252288
I'm glad people like you exist. Why waste beautiful dashboard space on an iPad feeding your mind random bullshit while you drive?
>>14251565
Not being able to understand something doesn't mean it's bullshit.
>>14252818
Light sensors are nice. I got automatics on my '05 F-250.
Rain sensors can go fuck themselves.
>>14253045
>>14252818
>>14252903
eh. i actually found them kinda neat.
my parent's 1996 nissan has automatic lights. my grandad's 1986 corolla even had them. yeah it's not hard to turn them on/off yourself but are you going to tell me you've never left your lights on by accident? this makes that impossible.
they actually do have an ambient light sensor so the lights are completely off during normal daytime. in any darkened environment the park lights come on, and when it's dark enough, the headlights come on. nissan did a very good job of programming the sensor because the point where they came on and off was always spot on.
i don't see why anyone would actively steer away from this. it comes standard on many vehicles and can be turned off easily.
>>14254779
You still need to turn them on and off at dusk and dawn when it's still bright outside but the sun is low. Or during rain and possibly fog, I assume? And unless the sensor is instant I would turn them on before going into a tunnel as well, don't feel like them being off for a second or two... I often see cars do that, and I assume those are the ones with automatic lights?
And just because they come as standard doesn't mean they didn't cost you any money, they just didn't give you the choice. Add a bunch of these unnecessary gimmicks together and your car might be $1000 more expensive than it needs to be, heavier and with more stuff to break.
On some big expensive luxury car that has a wasteful auto and tons of unnecessary extras and gimmicks already anyway, sure fit them as standard, it won't make a difference. On something like a Corolla? Please no.
>signature
>intelligent
>active
>dynamic
>responsive
Ie bullshit feature
Also the whole 'SUV culture', worst thing to happen to the auto industry ever
>>14254812
no, the ambient light sensor on the nissan is fantastic. the moment things went dark, the lights were on. quicker than you yourself could react unless you had your lights on before you entered the tunnel.
i'm not the type to waste money on brand new vehicles anyway, so no, the automatic lights wouldn't cost me anything, some cars have it, some cars don't. and even if they break.. back to manual operation like most other cars then? worse things have certainly happened
>>14252818
Rain sensing gets a bad rap because some companies are really bad at it. I had an Audi that was very good, and a merc that was useless
>>14252288
>Infotainment is bullshit
>no one mentioned optispark
>2015 Civic SI
>>14255318
Better than points, especially when nothing's leaking on it.
>>14254825
Idk m8, my Isuzu Rodeo is pretty fun
>>14256681
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/16758/
>>14253028
holy shit that pisses me off so much its so goddamned pretentious
>BRAND NEW FORD MUSTANG I4 WITH ECOBOOST
>ECOBOOOOOST LOOK HOW CLEAN IT SOUNDS
>>14258496
It is not pretentious. It is very well targeted marketing. "Eco" is big now and "boost" is what's new about the engines.
>>14251565
why do they even do this horsecrap? Why dont they just do good cars and let it speak for its self
>>14258776
They do
>>14258692
This post brought to you by Ford
>>14258865
Nigger please, this entire board is brought to you by Ford™.
>>14255360
>cellphones not allowed during driving
>automakers have to add distractions to keep their otherwise boring cars entertaining
>>14258865
Telling the truth about an marketing is shilling in your eyes? Your collection of tin foil hats must be vast.
>>14251565
skyactiv is just high compression
ecoboost is just turbos
vtec is just VVT, every modern engine has it
pzev is retarded, all cars make lower emissions some times than other times
>>14258793
>mazda shill getting ready for his hairdressing day job
>>14258940
VTEC is VVL though
>>14258958
VVL or VVT
i'm not good enough at math to find the ridiculously small difference between these two
>>14258981
I'm pretty sure VTEC changes valve lift and duration, not necessarily timing.
>>14258981
>i'm not good enough at math to find the ridiculously small difference between these two
Nigger you just need to be good at english to discern the difference.
Variable Valve LIFT
Variable Valve TIMING
They plainly say what they are. If you look at even a crude diagram of "how VTEC" works you see that it switches cam profiles, increasing lift and duration. Duration is a part of valve timing so therefore VTEC is both VVL and VVT.
>>14252818
Light sensors are good because there are always retards who drive at night without any lights on and this prevents that.
It's not like they get in the way of the operation of the vehicle, what's the problem?
>>14258981
VTEC is VVL and comes either in 2 or 3 stage designs. i-VTEC adds VVT to the mix.
>>14259134
VTEC - Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control
i-VTECH does some crazy shit with the camshaft phasing
>>14259115
I agree.
Heres one that isn't bullshit: high beams that reset every time you start the car. Fucking Asian drivers. Shut your fucking high beams off!
>>14259008
>>14259048
>>14259134
>>14258981
>VVL or VVT
>i'm not good enough at math to find the ridiculously small difference between these two
sorry, I understand the difference between lift and duration; I meant the mathematical difference in volume of air entering and leaving the cylinder. Two engines, all things being the same except one has VVL and one had VVT, I don't think you'd notice any difference between the two while driving.
>>14251565
Infotainment of any kind.
Automatic braking
Massaging seats
Interior mood lighting
Modern Mercedes in general.
>>14251886
>I dont know what variable valve timing actually is, the post.
>>14252288
That's the worst one too. That whole car is garbage.
>>14252818
Rain sensors don't work in Florida.
>>14253028
Turbo has a stigma with inbreds.
>>14253841
Rolls Royce does it right. The screen flips away and is covered by beautifully polished wood.
>>14255233
Cadillacs light sensor will turn on the highbeams if theres no streetlights and you can't do anything about it. The car forces you to look like an asshole at night.
>>14258793
Ive never driven a car older than 2005, the post.
>>14258927
Defending misleading marketing practices is shilling.
>>14251565
>have vacuum secondary carb that goes vooooWOOOOOm when the secondaries open
> have other techs at the shop who have hondas with dat Vtec
> claim you have VTEC too, then describe the noise and power change at high RPM
> they call your bullshit
> you offer them a ride to prove it any time
> Know they know nothing of carb'd wizardry and will be dumbfounded when a 351W Ford has VTEC kick in
> every time they ask for a ride you genuinely have a reason you have to GTFO/can't give them a ride
> Shit
>>14261527
Here's your (You)
>>14261448
>I can't differentiate variable valve timing and variable valve lift, the post
>>14261443
Have you TRIED massaging seats?
>>14262620
>implying they're massively different
anything other than an engine, gearbox and a steering wheel
>>14261464
...is that a handbrake?
>>14261539
They aren't misleading, and you need to look up the definition of shilling you mouthbreather.
