The main problem I have with cars is the ‘everyone loses’ ‘protection racket’ - any improvements in fuel consumption are outweighed by heavier and heavier cars, mostly due to safety considerations. The first cars didn’t even have a roof …
They make cars to travel safely at 200kph but those speeds are only legal on the racetrack and the autobahns … all the pocket rockets the nerds at Top Gear test have carbon fiber bodies, motorcycle engines and not much else. I wonder what their fuel efficiencies are.
ESP, anti skid, reversing video cameras, whatever, you build a smarter car and they will build a dumber driver. My favourite was the schmuck tooling up Sydney Rd one night with the in-dash dvd player going (music videos! sick mate!) - they’re not supposed to operate while the car is in motion, but you can get them chipped in the same store you buy them from. The guys rolling up Chapel St in their Beemer did it with more class - they were watching pr0n. Good work fellas