Automotive enthusiasts?

@kleptomage  
It’s not entirely fair for truck drivers either. At least not in my state. I’m not even allowed to install a cold air intake on my truck due to some bs air quality regulations or something.

@TheMagpulPone  
They are now, but weren’t always.
 
 
The driver walked way from this one. If a similar crash happened just ten years earlier, he’d be dead.

@kleptomage  
That’s actually very annoying, and I assume its part of the reason many drivers pick up a purpose offroad vehicle over a low car, since they are way more capable of surviving pot holes or curving.
 
Two examples would be my own (I miss it already) Hyundai Galloper SWB, standard with 235/75 in 15 inch rims. Previous owner put 32X11.5s on it (292cm wide). I could park very carelessly, and multiple times I went over the curb when turning, of course zero damage.  
Then there’s my sisters 2013 Suzuki Swift. My dad was afraid of driving it in the highway for long trips. He was right, as he damaged the rim and blew the tire when he drove over (apparently) some retread rubber that came off a truck.  
Also my sister curved the rims a few times.
 
On the Galloper, more than one time I left a congested parking lot by just diving over the blocks huehuehue.

Edgy crap aside, here’s an old Mustang I’ve always liked.
 

So the driver who took the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport to it’s limits had a near death experience as the car very slightly went airborne at around the 278 MPH mark during the top speed run.

Could you imagine the amount of Creepypasta inspiring incidences that could potentially result from self driving cars malfunctioning?
 
You’d have a bunch of “ghost cars” zipping around on the streets.

@Selaphiel  
There have been ghost planes already as well. There’s a well known story of a private jet that continued operating on auto-pilot with all of the passengers dead inside.

@TheMagpulPone
 
You mean this article?

@Selaphiel  
That’s one. Though I was thinking of Learjet 35, 1999

Also, can you imagine some crazed individuals suddenly deciding to remotely deliver bombs and some other crazy shit using those auto-piloted cars.
 
Or hackers remotely taking reins over the passengers vehicle?

@Selaphiel  
Technically the CIA has been able to do that to modern vehicles already for years. Cars these days are pretty much computers with 4 wheels and an engine.

@TheMagpulPone  
Sometimes I think people put too much trust on technologies they clearly have little understanding and control of. Believing they’ll be protected. Naive…
 
I’m not too inclined either. But I’m certainly skeptical.

I saw a big black late model Ford pickup truck with a strobe lightbar yesterday. It wasn’t the red and blue lights that cops use, it wasn’t even an unmarked cop truck.

@Lord Goku  
Quite illegal.

I’m in doubt Ranger Raptors are not sold in America…

@Count Adramélekh Sear 🎸  
They’re not.

@TheMagpulPone  
Ironic for an American company that makes good trucks but a Ranger Raptor.
 
I wonder why you people hadn’t have it…

@Count Adramélekh Sear 🎸  
I dunno. Supposedly normal Raptors are really hard to get outside of the United States just like Ranger Raptors are in the United States.

@TheMagpulPone  
Just like I hardly even see any F-150 Raptors around here too. Also why…
 
My guess would be too wide for the public streets. I mean we have some tight streets anywhere clogged with parked vehicles on the side.

@Count Adramélekh Sear 🎸  
That’s probably one reason. We have really big roads in the US, but most European and other foreign countries aren’t very compatible with trucks as wide as the Raptor. Not to mention parking it.

@TheMagpulPone  
The new Ford Ranger was so disappointing to see in person. A 4 cylinder is the only engine choice. The interior is frankly unacceptable for any new vehicle. I don’t expect luxury refinement in a truck, but it could at least not look like a decade old rental and come with features that are standard on any cheap Subaru.
 
I could overlook some of those shortcomings if Ford offered a Ranger Raptor at a reasonable price.

@kleptomage  
How much does a Ranger Raptor go for?

Vision Mercedes Simplex concept
 
A love letter to Mercedes cars of the early 1900s
 

 

@FerrariRacerF430  
I believe they’re somewhere in the $60,000 range.