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I mean, I wouldn't hate it if they got into cars
by incognition 19d ago
I mean, I wouldn't hate it if they got into cars
- butlike 19d agoAn Apple Miata is the dream. Take the design team from the MX-5 NA days and marry it to Apple's design team. Both are exemplar in engineering and the result has me drooling as I day dream here.
- Hatrix 19d agoI imagine it would be held together with glue and tiny screws.
- derac 19d agoApple design is the polar opposite of the MX-5. The MX-5 is a masterpiece of mechanical design and function. Apple makes minimalist purely electronic fashion gadgets that are highly form over function and remove user agency.
- kube-system 19d agoThe Miata is good at one thing which is being fun. It’s not good at being a car. Apple’s devices meet most people’s functional needs very well.
- binoct 19d agoWhat does it mean to not be good at being a car? It’s a terrific car if you want a great handling convertible at a low price point. As you said, it’s fun. It’s not good at moving a lot of people or things, or going really fast, or lasting for 500k miles, or being as cheap as possible. Other cars are good at some of those things, but what is the Miata missing that is otherwise required to be a ‘good’ car?
- hn993302 19d agoStickshift option instantly gone, with a recall to swap existing manuals to automatic
- numpad0 19d agoThere's already Ferrari Luce
- hn993302 19d agoI'm very glad those Apple Car rumors didn't materialize
- LtWorf 18d agoThen you'd need special apple fuel, special apple wipers fluid, special apple tyres…