IF And WHEN Fully Autonomous Vehicles Arrive, Would You Keep Something To DIY?

IF And WHEN Fully Autonomous Vehicles Arrive, Would You Keep Something To DIY?
Every year we get another step closer to fully autonomous vehicles. But, there's still a tremendous amount of work to be done here.

If anyone tells you otherwise, they're probably full of sh!t or they're trying to sell you something.

Having said that, I think there's a part of everyone that would be pretty thrilled to have a self-driving car do the work for you at times. Imagine a commute where you could work as you head into the office. Wouldn't have to worry about driving home after knocking a few too many adult beverages back.

Let's face it: Fully autonomous vehicles would have some benefit.

I know I'd consider putting one in my driveway. My commute from NJ to NY, and back, would get so much more productive. That said, I wouldn't give up a couple analog autos. Driving means a lot to me and it's a big part of my life.

I'd still want to let 'er rip on the weekends and have fun behind the wheel.

But I know I don't speak for everyone. So, Spies, I've got to ask: IF and WHEN fully autonomous vehicles arrive, would YOU keep something in your driveway to do it yourself?


jeffgalljeffgall - 9/22/2018 11:58:29 PM
+2 Boost
Yes


TheSteveTheSteve - 9/23/2018 4:04:28 AM
+3 Boost
I like driving. If really solid Level-5 autonomy became a reality -- at next to no cost premium -- I'd get it. But I would not want a living room on wheels. As I said, I like to drive.


TomMTomM - 9/23/2018 5:39:28 AM
+4 Boost
I don't think I would even consider buying a fully autonomous vehicle unless I was no longer able to drive - at which point the question is moot.


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 11:34:52 AM
-1 Boost
Eww the screeching vocals of Geddy Lee. #PTSD


CANADIANCOMMENTSCANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/23/2018 12:34:23 PM
+3 Boost
Yes indeed. Very on point @runbuh


My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And on Sundays, I elude the eyes
And hop the turbine freight
To far outside the wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits


Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty-odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream


I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better, vanished time
We fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime

Wind in my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge


Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware

[Instrumental]


Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase

Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 12:51:01 PM
-2 Boost
Rush is one of those bands like Pink Floyd that you're supposed to be blown away by and yet an objective look at their work shows only a sporadic production of listenable tunes with the majority of their output being self-indulgent garbage.


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 1:01:33 PM
-1 Boost
This is much more my vibe: https://www.pandora.com/artist/gramatik/street-bangerz-volume-3/muy-tranquilo/TR4plkc47cXhg72


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 1:18:31 PM
-1 Boost
https://www.pandora.com/artist/kruder-and-dorfmeister/g-stoned/high-noon-original-mix/TRndJw6q352vJfg


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 1:24:13 PM
-1 Boost
https://www.pandora.com/artist/portishead/dummy/mysterons/TR43Xrlmfr4ZXpw


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 1:31:26 PM
-1 Boost
https://www.pandora.com/artist/air/moon-safari/all-i-need/TRfcV2mhrJV4fZw


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 1:40:47 PM
-1 Boost
https://www.pandora.com/artist/sunlounger/the-downtempo-edition/aguas-blancas-chill-edit/TRgfkXfbXKb7qdw


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 2:49:47 PM
0 Boost
https://www.pandora.com/artist/gramatik/street-bangerz-volume-2/tearin-it-up/TRPvmPm6lmlzJm2


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 2:50:15 PM
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https://www.pandora.com/artist/weathertunes/the-birds-and-the-sky/after-dawn/TRtlKhVgdh2mpKK


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 2:50:58 PM
0 Boost
https://www.pandora.com/artist/emancipator/maps-and-father-king/father-king/TRkmt4q2KmZ2VlK


mre30mre30 - 9/23/2018 1:28:19 PM
+4 Boost
One of you autospies 'agents' must be married to a psyhologist/psychotherapist to help you keep dreaming up such thought-provoking "What-If?" conversation starters.


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/23/2018 1:30:29 PM
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If their technique is to ask "what if" questions, they would be laughed at as therapists. Psychotherapy is more Socratic and much more subtle.


Agent00RAgent00R - 9/23/2018 6:44:54 PM
0 Boost
Haha! We're just trying to keep things interesting!


CANADIANCOMMENTSCANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/23/2018 8:01:04 PM
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@Agent00R - Always appreciated. Good job on the Aston post. Great minds think alike...
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