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> I haven't bought an auto car ever, will only buy manual. A manual-shift self-driving car may be hard to find. It's interesting how the word "auto" (self) ha
by paulsutter 10y ago
> I haven't bought an auto car ever, will only buy manual.
A manual-shift self-driving car may be hard to find.
It's interesting how the word "auto" (self) has evolved with respect to cars. An "automobile" is self-propelled, an automatic transmisson of course shifts itself, and we went right back to "self" for self-driving cars.
- gtvwill 10y agoEver bandied the concept about that some folk may not ever buy a self driving car? GPS/maps struggle to find most of the places I go, i doubt anybody will release a self driving 4x4 anytime soon with the ability to map and navigate fire trails/off road/national parks/river crossings). Like eventually they might but it's not going to happen anytime in the next decade. Hell I've seen people put vehicles in places and situations that manufacturers would have a heard time believing so good luck getting software coded in a way that would let you do it (maybe if we could get a "she'll be right mate" sudo command overide for the navigation/control systems it could happen?).