I hear ya there! I got a tax bill on my '12 Boss from the state of VA for over $1,200.00 last year. I sent them proof that I has moved and it was dropped to around $350.00 for the three months the car was still registered to VA.
that info is part of our Bilderberg Group indoc class. You will be assigned a mentor to help decipher the information. Hope to see you at our next meeting. in the mean time, don't pull a Wesley Snipes.
I get your premiss, but generally speaking...a car isn't a good investment. Considering the rapid depreciation after driving it off the lot. Sure it will eventually go the other direction over time but, you'd have to...
Very likely to become true.
Hahaha where's the like button?
I love cars and driving and am sad to think that self-driving technology + the growing apathy towards automotive magic from young people (including people my own age, sadly) is going to lead to the death of the sports car within a few decades... but with that said, I can't wait for autonomous cars. They will make our world so much better in so many ways.With what interest rates are on CDs lately, we may as well "invest" in cars and future car technologies. Every other texting jackass is going to need a self-driving POS pretty soon; just wait. They can get high, text and play video games, all while the car takes them to work. Perfect for half our dim-witted population. Not sorry, if I just offended.
Just ride the bus. it's today's version of autonomous cars. All without changing the whole system and reducing our freedoms.
You don't have to worry about your freedoms being reduced anytime soon just because of autonomous cars. Sports cars will be around for a while still, and if you're that afraid of technology, odds are you'll be dead (or at least too old to drive) before you HAVE to accept changes.
Highly disagree that they'll make anybody's world "better in so many ways". Safer for many of us, possibly; fewer texting a-holes swerving into my lane like they're drunk, I hope. Actually better for getting the druggies & drunks home safely, maybe. If people paid attention to driving though, we wouldn't need self-driving cars. For any of you here who know the original Mini (now known as "classic Mini"), Sir Alec, the main designer (and brilliant man), didn't even want to see a radio in those cars... He thought they were too much of a distraction and contributed to accidents. Things have really changed since then, and sadly, not all for the better. Guess I'm just one of those Luddites who believes we should enjoy our driving, be thankful for the privilege and be responsible while doing so.
haha... funny. I'm not worried, afraid or old. I'm just being realistic. If we must redesign civilization. Let's focus our recourses on finding ways to live closer to work or bring work closer to home. That would solve most of our fuel consumption, emissions, commute times, and traffic problems. All without rendering 260 million cars (in the USA) virtually obsolete. I make value judgments based on timeless principles not what's limited to my lifespan or what's being pushed by corporations & govts. Businesses will charge satellite/nav/software/network month subscription to keep the autonomous car running (think cell phone). Govts will tax travel based on mileage, peak traffic times and at some progressive rate.
It will increase productivity for all, too, and allow people who couldn't otherwise drive to do so (the blind, the physically handicapped, children, etc). Not to mention that buses, cargo trucks, taxis, etc will all be unmanned and become cheaper. Then there's all the time it will save people who don't care about driving. Then there's the fact that they will be FAR safer and more efficient than the average human driver, and still safer than even best, most sober, most attentive human drivers.
It seems ironic that I'm being told to open my mind by someone who has such a strange view of incredibly amazing technology. Buses are not remotely as versatile or accessible as autonomous cars are for those with the resources to use either.
Your taxes put the GPS satellites in space so you paid for it and will continue to do so until the end of life! Computers fail too frequently and are easy to hack so no thanks to Autonomous driving. That will get screwed up big time and since government will be involved = guaranteed failure.
