Tech

Most of it was taken by the front bumper as it dropped and then rolled onto its roof. Too bad they survived. Mercy? I'm fresh out.

Legend2TL

One of my fav cars of the early 80's. I've seen one in person at Amelia Concours, totally beautiful car
As always Jason does a fabulous history of the amazing M1.
My older brother had a 1G M6 which had a M88/3 which is just a slight derivative of the M1's M88. Six individual throttle valves, bucket over shim/valves.

Joneill44

From https://acurazine.com/forums/car-tal.../#post16870636

SamDoe1

knight rider

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Just watched that video too. Crazy!

Legend2TL

that looks like something out of a action movie

00TL-P3.2

Thought the thumbnail was clickbait, that's insane.

Joneill44

Wheel spacer on the truck failed

Tech

The usual aftermarket junk that any clown can produce that is not tested.

Of course these assholes just have to have their wheels stick out well beyond the fender illegally. I hope the a-hole gets sued big time.

Legend2TL

I posted the wrong YouTube video for that incident. This one is complete, as a final insult that truck tire hit that poor Kia Soul driver a 2nd time in the rear after the Soul comes to a stop. Fortunately the woman driver of the Soul was not seriously hurt and walked away with minor injuries.

SamDoe1

Holy shit. This looks like it's straight out of a Michael Bay movie.

Also a big reason I don't now, never have, and never will run wheel spacers.

knight rider

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Reminds me that I need a dash cam.

Legend2TL

Legend2TL

I see a 1-2 phantom vehicles every time I drive at time.
Good to see Canada, Porsche, and Ford have solved the problem.
Easy enough just to leave the light switch on "AUTO"

00TL-P3.2

Thing is, I still see newer cars at night with their lights off, which means a conscious effort to turn them off from the default Auto setting.

RPhilMan1

I see this quite often here. Every time I do see it I wonder how the hell the driver thinks they have enough light in front of them? How do they not notice??? Yes, the LED DRLs do give off a good amount of light, but how about 30ft in front of them? These drivers are so damn silly.

00TL-P3.2

I mostly see it pretty well lit areas, where the LED (Nissan especially) gives enough immediate light & the ambient light of the area covers the rest. Still makes you tough to see from behind when you hit the gaps in the streetlights.

Joneill44

The problem is the instrument cluster is now constantly lit up 24/7

In our old cars you'd have to turn the lights on to even see your speedo at night

Edit: I didnt watch the video he said the same shit

SamDoe1

Just leave it on auto. I don't think I've ever changed that setting...

00TL-P3.2

Yep, I'll kill the headlights in a drivethrough, but otherwise, set & forget.

SamDoe1

Don't even bother with that, fuck it. Not my problem if my blazing LED headlights are right at mirror height.

00TL-P3.2

True, just an old habit I've had since having bright LEDs in my F150.

civicdrivr

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You'd think they'd remove the OFF setting for headlights and simply have Auto or On.

Also, with all of the interconnected systems in vehicles, program the headlights to turn on when the wipers are in use. There are so many idiots driving up and down the interstates in pouring rain without them.

srika

see so frequently in Chicago with headlights off. edit: ALL LIGHTS OFF. Zero lights on the car. Fkin crazy.

SamDoe1

Don't most cars with an auto setting do this already? The pretty sure my old Cherokee did it...

civicdrivr

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My Toyota, Hondas, VWs and Tesla with auto lights did not do that.

00TL-P3.2

My Explorer (2020) & Expedition (2018) both turn the headlights on with the wipers in use.
I think my Mercedes (2015) did also, but don't recall.

srika

The problem is its not consistent - that's why need a mandate type of regulation which results in the manufacturers necessarily having to make these changes.

00TL-P3.2

Just like backup cameras being mandatory, lights/wipers being linked should be as well.

SamDoe1

The Tesla definitely does it...just the auto wipers suck ass lol. There might be a setting you need to enable for lights on with wipers.

civicdrivr

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I'll look through but admittedly I have the lights set to auto, and if the wipers are on it's usually dark enough for the lights to be on anyway.

But the Honda and VW definitely did not do it.

SamDoe1

Golf definitely had an option in the infotainment you had to tick. It said "Lights on in the rain" or something to that nature. No clue about the Honda obviously.

Did some digging, Tesla apparently removed that option in one of the updates. No idea why. According to the Goog, it was removed in 2021.24.10.

00TL-P3.2

I've never seen it as a user selectable option before.
Only place I've seen it is when fiddling around with ForScan on a Ford. Otherwise, it's permanently on.

Tech

Self driving cars? And this coming from a continent where cars are everything and a status symbol. It goes to show how enthusiastic drivers are these days.

I remember when I was getting my Vette Vues subscription and spent some time reading car magazines back in the 80s and saw the stat that 80% of Vettes were automatic. I'd never buy a sports car with an automatic or PDK and yes, I have driven them both. And self driving cars I'd lump right in with those.

srika

I was in SF recently and saw a bunch of Waymo autonomous cars driving around. There was another company doing it too. Amazing to see!!

srika

now I'm kicking myself for not taking one!!!

Legend2TL

exactly, just leave it in "AUTO" which is still not default in many new vehicles.

Surprisingly the latest Honda's DRL's are fairly bright and light up the road enough to think the lights are on. I've lost count of how many times I've told our oldest daughter to just leave it on AUTO.

, that's the focus of that video with the reporter showing the dash's lighting up for various new vehicles

x100

+1, something should be done to easily eliminate this. It's not that complicated to solve, it's not a technology problem

Tech

This based on the styling of the body. I prefer the coupe in particular but I almost bought a convertible a very long time ago. I've always had a soft spot for the C2, then a 1970 with the LT1.

Tech

Quite surprised that lap times were the same considering a huge HP and torque difference. I did not expect that.

Legend2TL

This LEO's quick reaction and getting away probably saved his life, look at the guardrail after the accident and how bent/deformed it is.

17 year old driver, BMW M3, 120MPH, losing control

Ironically the M3 hits a 7-series pulled over for a much smaller speed violation