No spare tire = ungood.

[Popeye the Sailor]

So you'd like to drive something like this?



http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/02/mobius-motors-plans-6-000-suv-for-africa/

I drive a 1967 Kaiser Jeep. It doesn't even have heat. Or a roof, or power anything. Dash lights? Bring a lighter.

If driving was more work people might actually have to pay attention to it.

Also any car manufacturer that designs anything with a touchscreen (so you *have* to take your eyes off the road) should be dragged behind that vehicle by the ankles.

[bigiain]

Yeah, when was the last year anything was sold under the Datsun name?

Ahhh, that sad time when we had to stop using the joke "I came round the corner and there was a sound like thunder, and before I knew it, it was raining Datsun cogs…"

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[bigiain]

Then drop the electric windows, seats, and all the other weight laden shite first.

Interestingly, the 4WD turbo Celica they sold for WRC homologation had electric windows because they were lighter than the mechanical hand-cranked ones.

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[KnightofNi]

Interestingly, the 4WD turbo Celica they sold for WRC homologation had electric windows because they were lighter than the mechanical hand-cranked ones.

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that's also the car that i have lusted after for along time.

Also any car manufacturer that designs anything with a touchscreen (so you *have* to take your eyes off the road) should be dragged behind that vehicle by the ankles.

agreed. that's completely idiotic to me.

[lethe]

all the touch screen functions on my car's radio are redundantly controlled by the buttons on the wheel 

[Le Pirate]

So you'd like to drive something like this?



http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/02/mobius-motors-plans-6-000-suv-for-africa/

I commented on that story on autoblog! 


I'll say it here, too: I'd be highly interested in a small offroadable SUV that cost 6-8 brand new.

It's a much better option than an ATV like a polaris or gator or something, that cost 10k new, and you can't drive on the roads. I'd love one of those for camping trips and off road hooliganism in general 

[ducatiz]

If driving was more work people might actually have to pay attention to it.

remove all the automatic gizmos -- lights mainly.  leave your lights on you deserve to have a dead battery, and if that means you're eaten by bears, then fine.

[ducatiz]

Interestingly, the 4WD turbo Celica they sold for WRC homologation had electric windows because they were lighter than the mechanical hand-cranked ones.

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i'm not surprised, the crank regulator has a fairly heavy mechanism to lift the window.  the motor just has a worm gear, and with a low-ratio "no frills" dc motor, it oculd be pretty small.

[LMT]

No power windows, no ac, no auto off lights, no alarm.

Full size spare, heat and a radio.

2002 Jeep!

[Popeye the Sailor]

Interestingly, the 4WD turbo Celica they sold for WRC homologation had electric windows because they were lighter than the mechanical hand-cranked ones.

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Two pieces of plexi that slide past each other. Bonus if it's not easily lockable, more people might get phones stolen, and thus won't look at them instead of driving.

[KnightofNi]

Two pieces of plexi that slide past each other. Bonus if it's not easily lockable, more people might get phones stolen, and thus won't look at them instead of driving.

someone needs to take his centrum and metimucil. he's getting cranky



>damn kids!
>>get off his lawn!

[Randimus Maximus]

someone needs to take his centrum and metimucil. he's getting cranky

I like how he's advocating for less "gadgets" (cough...touchscreen navigation systems in automobiles) that rely on him sending rockets into space to work properly.

[Ducatamount]

Is that the '55 from the movie "Two Lane Blacktop"?

[Speedbag]

If driving was more work people might actually have to pay attention to it.

Also any car manufacturer that designs anything with a touchscreen (so you *have* to take your eyes off the road) should be dragged behind that vehicle by the ankles.