I object to having software in a vehicle. Period. You have no control over your own vehicle with software written by a pajeet. I know QA is not sufficient. My next car will be an antique 1970s vintage model. I don't want my car talking to servers through cellular networks. I don't want my telemetry data recorded and sent to some manufacturer. I don't want my car to able to be remotely controlled. I don't like the idea of control by wire and on and on.
I've seen it posted here before, but if a car manufacturer made a well built basic car, people would love it. Normally aspirated internal combustion engine that's simple to work on, rear wheel drive, manual gearbox, winding windows, no electric motors for every little modern convenience. The car would be light, efficient, easy to maintain, bulletproof and would last for ages. It would be comparatively inexpensive too. I'd buy one in a snap.
I bet they could make a car like this for about six thousand dollars. It would be light, so gas milage would be a dream. It could still take advantage of legitimate advances in tech, such as catalytic converters and crumple zones, seat belts (but no fucking air bags). If they build it right, built it tough and to last, it would sell forever. I'd make it an off-road capable vehicle, but one still good for city and highway use. I'd buy it. I grew up with cars that had no power steering, no power brakes. You know what? They drove just fine. Automatic transmissions are OK, good ones are bullet proof, but all the little gadgets, power this, power that, need to go, push button start, keyless entry, sunroofs, heated rear seats, all of them. I mean, WTF? All the electronics needs to go. I don't even care about having a radio. In fact, I'd go back to air cooling to get rid of the radiator.
So many regulations pushed by the environuts and insurance companies. You can't sell a car that doesn't have airbags. It must include a back up camera because some parents backed over their kids and wanted to blame the car. Air cooled won't fly with current emission specs--look at motorcycles needing liquid cooling and catalysts. The government has made affordable cars illegal.
I could see a funding page for a project like that. Building a vehicle platform that will accommodate multiple body styles, multiple engine manufacturers using ubiquitous parts. Controls will be all mechanical. Engine mount will accommodate many types of motors. And so on.
That's a bit more 'kit car' than I was thinking, but for sure that would be successful if it we're easy enough to get the engineering certificates once the build is complete to get the car certified as road worthy and registered. I imagine that would be a fun hobby to participate in at the community men's group or Mechanics Hall. Would be a real positive bonding platform for the locals too. Get your kids involved, and once it's built, a learn to drive car for the community.
They will never make cars simple to work on again how will the companies make a monopoly on the maintenance and repair? Pay us goyium.
It is entirely possible to mass produce a basic car that is easy to work on, has cheap parts, is reliable and long-lasting, fueled by natural gas you pump from your home, that could sell for like $15k at good profit of you take dealerships out of the equation. Nobody will do it bc the entire industry besides Tesla is ZOGged. Anyone attempting it would probably wind up dead. The amount of innovation left in car design and parts production is not much. It’s all mostly figured out. If the car industry was not government run the first company to do this would own the whole thing in 20 years because you can apply this to trucks and vans etc and use most of all the same parts. 80% of the car biz is accessories, fluff and bullshit.
Some people don't live in places served by natural gas lines. Propane is clean but not cheap.
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