Alex1647545498 Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Sometimes I feel like I'm old and don't want change. Don't know how I will actually feel about this when the time comes. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/get-ready-to-share-not-just-the-road-but-the-car-2015-12-14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Have had a lot of conversations around this topic with car guys these last few months with driverless cars. I choose to think that the hobby of being a car enthusiast will continue, though it'll be tougher: - Gas prices will inevitably go up, especially as electric/hybrid/"green" powertrains reduce the use of gas. - Stick shifts? Yeah...definitely horse-and-buggy stuff in the next 20 years. - New cars will become "appliances-on-wheels" more and more, making enthusiast-focused cars a little more rare. 50 years from now will be a very different story, but automobiles - in some form - will always be around. As long as I can have 1-3 cars that are gas-powered, stick-shifts...I'll be happy. Even if I DD a 3rd-gen Tesla to work every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted December 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I don't think I will mind going with the flow on technical advances as long as I can still have my "manual" during my days off. If it's just going to work and back and running errands... a little automation couldn't hurt. You really think gas prices would go up? There would be less demand for fuel so it should go down right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Ethanol will be made when oil runs dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lag wagon Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 This sounds like perfect fantasies for city dwellers, but what sort of autonomous car will navigate the backwoods, logging roads, Rubicon, etc? What will pull the plows and irrigation systems? Where do you draw the line between a "tool" and a "car"? I'm gonna have my diesel trucks for a very long time. (and I'll ride my motorcycle into the awful, crowded metropolises) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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