Car talk tré: Carpocalypse Now!

[Clownshoobie]

They are Honda too ! Honda all the things

My parents have had a Honda lawnmower for the last 20 years. It's a champ.

Yeah, they'll booger those up eventually.

[Johnny_P]

My parents have had a Honda lawnmower for the last 20 years. It's a champ.

Yeah, they'll booger those up eventually.

Oh shit JDM lawnmower

[Johnny_P]

I am not grieving nothing... I am enjoying peak car to the fullest. However my crotchfruit if I have any won't be part of it.

Cars as they are now (you can drive yourself) will be like how horses are now in the future. Available and a hobby for the rich.

Yep
That's a ways away though. 30 years before its that widespread.

[max225]

Cars as they are now (you can drive yourself) will be like how horses are now in the future. Available and a hobby for the rich.

Yep
That's a ways away though. 30 years before its that widespread.

Define widespread?

[Johnny_P]

Yep
That's a ways away though. 30 years before its that widespread.

Define widespread?

Uncommon to own a car

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I'd define widespread as over 50% of total miles travelled. Right now, ride sharing is barely 1%. There's a long ways to go. And with s being all with deaths from autonomous testing, it's not going to accelerate things quickly.

It'll hit urban areas first. But most miles traveled aren't in urban areas, it's rural areas where a ton of people still live.

[dtraill27]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fiat ... SKCN1IQ1QY

What was I saying yesterday about not trusting fca

Quality...............LOL not really job-1 0r 10

Seriously. I know all auto makers have issues and recalls but it feels like every year fca has some kind of massive recall. But that goes against the jeep koolaid round here

[Johnny_P]

I'd define widespread as over 50% of total miles travelled. Right now, ride sharing is barely 1%. There's a long ways to go. And with s being all with deaths from autonomous testing, it's not going to accelerate things quickly.

It'll hit urban areas first. But most miles traveled aren't in urban areas, it's rural areas where a ton of people still live.

That seems like a reasonable definition

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I'd define widespread as over 50% of total miles travelled. Right now, ride sharing is barely 1%. There's a long ways to go. And with s being all with deaths from autonomous testing, it's not going to accelerate things quickly.

It'll hit urban areas first. But most miles traveled aren't in urban areas, it's rural areas where a ton of people still live.

I actually think it's farther off than we think.

For those of us that live "in the middle of nowhere" or "Wasteland" or whatever, it'll be decades. We've been to many cities in the midwest that don't have either Lyft or Uber at all.

For those that live in big cities, it probably feels like it'll be here next year. And it might be close for them, honestly.

[max225]

84% of this country is in urban cities. Every major city (300k+ in population) in the US I have been to had uber, and even some of the smaller shit cities got it not that long ago, plenty of S holes across the globe use it as well.

Hell Amish still use horses, and places like Africa would likely never benefit from pods, it just makes no sense, they will always have cars. The argument isn't that that car will disappear altogether, that would never happen, not for 200 years or unless we invent teleportation.

Also the rich will most definitely keep their cars, they will be status symbols, while the rest of us will cram into pods.

The argument is that the generation born now, will likely never drive themselves in most of the country.

[Desertbreh]

Yep
That's a ways away though. 30 years before its that widespread.

Define widespread?

The rest of the country besides the Pay Area, NYC/Philly/DC. Pretty widespread.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

84% of this country is in urban cities. Every major city (300k+ in population) in the US I have been to had uber, and even some of the smaller shit cities got it not that long ago, plenty of S holes across the globe use it as well.

Hell Amish still use horses, and places like Africa would likely never benefit from pods, it just makes no sense, they will always have cars. The argument isn't that that car will disappear altogether, that would never happen, not for 200 years or unless we invent teleportation.

Also the rich will most definitely keep their cars, they will be status symbols, while the rest of us will cram into pods.

The argument is that the generation born now, will likely never drive themselves in most of the country.

Yeah I don't see it happening that quick. I see it 50 years off. Will my sons be driving themselves or owning communiting cars when they retire? Probably not. Will they need drivers licenses? Definitely.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

84% of this country is in urban cities. Every major city (300k+ in population) in the US I have been to had uber, and even some of the smaller shit cities got it not that long ago, plenty of S holes across the globe use it as well.

Hell Amish still use horses, and places like Africa would likely never benefit from pods, it just makes no sense, they will always have cars. The argument isn't that that car will disappear altogether, that would never happen, not for 200 years or unless we invent teleportation.

Also the rich will most definitely keep their cars, they will be status symbols, while the rest of us will cram into pods.

The argument is that the generation born now, will likely never drive themselves in most of the country.

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/03/ ... mean/1589/

According to the Census Bureau, a place is "urban" if it's a big, modest or even very small collection of people living near each other. That includes Houston, with its 4.9 million people, and Bellevue, Iowa, with its 2,543.

Of the 3,573 urban areas in the U.S. (both urbanized areas and urban clusters), 2,706 of them are small towns, by this definition. That's 75.7 percent. If roughly 80 percent of our population is urban, roughly 80 percent of our urban areas are actually small towns.

So "urban" is pretty much anywhere people live according the .gov...

Your 84% number is drastically overstated in reality.

[max225]

Define widespread?

The rest of the country besides the Pay Area, NYC/Philly/DC. Pretty widespread.

LA+Seattle+Most major Texas Metro areas all have plenty of uber drivers as well. It is interesting though eye of the behold syndrome for sure. Those in rural areas, claim it ain't ever going to happen those in dense urban areas see it happening tomorrow.

I drive more than the average american, but live in a very urban area... I'd love to switch into a pod for M-F commutes and general fuckuppery. Weekends I want to drive myself. Although... a car is a huge hassle in most fun places outside of national parks. Miami was fucking outrageous.... $45 a night parking at most decent hotels... + no parking +vallet + all that bullshit.

[Desertbreh]

The rest of the country besides the Pay Area, NYC/Philly/DC. Pretty widespread.

LA+Seattle+Most major Texas Metro areas all have plenty of uber drivers as well. It is interesting though eye of the behold syndrome for sure. Those in rural areas, claim it ain't ever going to happen those in dense urban areas see it happening tomorrow.

I drive more than the average american, but live in a very urban area... I'd love to switch into a pod for M-F commutes and general fuckuppery. Weekends I want to drive myself. Although... a car is a huge hassle in most fun places outside of national parks. Miami was fucking outrageous.... $45 a night parking at most decent hotels... + no parking +vallet + all that bullshit.

Yeah man I guess I'd be a little more on the bandwagon if I was confronted with traffic/parking fees as an everyday issue. When I was in SF a couple of months ago it was stupid to rent a car.....mandatory valet at the hotel was $50/nt, where would I park it in city anywhere else, etc. I just Ubered and saved hundreds.

[4zilch]

I live in rural America 12 miles from a city of roughly 40,000. We have 1 lyft driver and 1 Uber driver, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same guy.

Nearest city is Indy - roughly 60 miles away.

[Davestr]

Quality...............LOL not really job-1 0r 10

Seriously. I know all auto makers have issues and recalls but it feels like every year fca has some kind of massive recall. But that goes against the jeep koolaid round here

Well said!

[Desertbreh]

I live in rural America 12 miles from a city of roughly 40,000. We have 1 lyft driver and 1 Uber driver, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same guy.

Nearest city is Indy - roughly 60 miles away.

Ever thought about killing yourself?

[4zilch]

I live in rural America 12 miles from a city of roughly 40,000. We have 1 lyft driver and 1 Uber driver, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same guy.

Nearest city is Indy - roughly 60 miles away.

Ever thought about killing yourself?

No, the accessibility of fentanyl is too good to pass up.

[Desertbreh]

Ever thought about killing yourself?

No, the accessibility of fentanyl is too good to pass up.

[Johnny_P]

I live in rural America 12 miles from a city of roughly 40,000. We have 1 lyft driver and 1 Uber driver, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same guy.

Nearest city is Indy - roughly 60 miles away.

Ever thought about killing yourself?

[wap]

My parents have had a Honda lawnmower for the last 20 years. It's a champ.

Yeah, they'll booger those up eventually.

[KYGTIGuy]

This 20,000 miles Mobile 1 oil. Anyone use it?

[razr390]

This 20,000 miles Mobile 1 oil. Anyone use it?

Yes, every 5,000 miles

[Davestr]

This 20,000 miles Mobile 1 oil. Anyone use it?

Most of all the long life LL spec oils will do that. 10k miles easily.