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In order of how badly I want them: Google's Self-Driving Car (because more than anything I want to fap, eat, sleep, do my makeup and generally NOT drive. Much as I love cars, I could do without commuting) Tesla Model S Bentley Continental GT V8 S 70 Camaro SS Lambo Aventador Agreed with D4V3... Any Koenigsegg Rolls Royce... I'd be happy with a vintage Rolls, a Modern one too. Hell I'm not picky. I could really go on and on. I haven't hardly touched on classic cars. That's a whole thing right there.

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As for the Google car what a brilliant idea...for population control. Let's put our lives in the hands of our GPS system and see what happens. Even if, by some miracle, that alone doesn't cause accidents such as cars driving themselves into lakes or off of cliffs there is one unavoidable disaster. You see somewhere there will be a bloke named Kenny. Kenny will buy one of these cars and think he can service it himself. This will, eventually, lead to Kenny hurtling down the wrong side of the road at full throttle towards someone. If only 1/8 of the people who buy one of these cars thinks like Kenny it's enough to wipe out the other 7/8 who did wait in line the day common sense was being handed out.

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This will' date=' eventually, lead to Kenny hurtling down the wrong side of the road at full throttle[/quote']

Otherwise known as someone who's drunk, tired, texting, watching porn, or distracted in some other way. Doubt I'd want to trust a Google product, though. I know I said I don't really care for cars. There is one exception; I've always wanted a third-generation El Camino. They're so fucking cool. I couldn't come up with a list of five...:D

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70 Camaro SS
So many great Camaros to choose from (well, decent Camaros. The car will always live in the shadow of its superior younger brother, the late Pontiac Firebird) and you went with possibly the most butt-ugly version available? :D
Tesla Model S
Saw about 845 bajillion of those in LA, I thought it was a new type of Fisker until my brother did a bit of research.
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As for the Google car what a brilliant idea...for population control. Let's put our lives in the hands of our GPS system and see what happens. Even if' date=' by some miracle, that alone doesn't cause accidents such as cars driving themselves into lakes or off of cliffs there is one unavoidable disaster. You see somewhere there will be a bloke named Kenny. Kenny will buy one of these cars and think he can service it himself. This will, eventually, lead to Kenny hurtling down the wrong side of the road at full throttle towards someone. If only 1/8 of the people who buy one of these cars thinks like Kenny it's enough to wipe out the other 7/8 who did wait in line the day common sense was being handed out.[/quote']

I don't even know where to begin with this. It's just full of so many silly, uninformed assumptions and its so far from the truth. The biggest danger behind the wheel is a HUMAN. Especially a drunk, texting, distracted one. GPS technology is only a small slice of the tech used to safely get you from one place to the next. These cars can navigate roads with no GPS, they can sense and avoid accidents better and faster than humans can, they can sense what is happening to several cars in front of you, where human vision would be obscured, and the are covered in cameras and sensors from all sides. Of all the miles logged by driverless google cars, there's only been TWO incidents. One was with a human behind the wheel, controlling it, the other was when it was rear-ended while stopped at a red light, by a person driving a traditional car. Google driverless car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Autonomous cars are the future, and I cannot wait for humans to stop f*cking driving, and killing people. /rantoff

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So many great Camaros to choose from (well' date=' decent Camaros. The car will always live in the shadow of its superior younger brother, the late Pontiac Firebird) and you went with possibly the most butt-ugly version available? :D[/quote'] Nostalgia related, my dad had a red '70 camaro :->
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To be fair I was just ripping off Top Gear again. Though Kenny and his mates could really do some damage when they inevitably start mucking about with the inner workings of the car. I don't like the idea of a driverless car. Yes humans aren't supremely equipped to operate vehicles but driving can also be fun, apparently (though I shall never know), The Google car would only work if everyone had one otherwise there would still be accidents because humans driving the "old-fashioned" way will still cause them.

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