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Game: What is your taste ?
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@rauhbein1 A for sure
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- Do u prefer to see a group of friends stuck OR an alone guy stuck with their/his vehicle?
A: group of friends
B: alone guy
(Remember to write before the answer the ask number, it's more easy to understand what u like.
So thx u so much for the asnwers guys! I love your activity into this little game) - Do u prefer to see a group of friends stuck OR an alone guy stuck with their/his vehicle?
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- B for sure. i wanna see the wheels while he pumps his feet on the pedals
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Good question, Jonnyxx! I think 14B too. Frankly, I've never had the opportunity to get stuck and try to enjoy it. Some factor-- usually more than one-- was missing. Wrong vehicle, in a hurry, in too public a place, or on the other hand too far from help, etc. Always something. Even if I did enjoy it, I'd probably fantasize that someone else were driving. The most promising occasion was a snow stuck in the driveway of a friend who lived just outside of town. I'd knocked on the door. No one was home, and I didn't know when he would return. When I went to the car to leave, I got stuck turning around. He was one I'd really love to see tackle the challenge (14B in an instant!) But on balance, I was glad to drive away after a minute or two.
But I know I enjoy watching a cute guy stuck because, well, look at the stuff posted here and elsewhere that I feast my eyes on. A few times I've gotten stuck with potential sweethearts in the passenger seat. I chose B immediately. I hope it was as much fun for them as it was for me. Wish I had asked them afterwords. I'm I <gasp> a voyeur?
We can also bear in mind that with B, in a way you are the one in control. What your friend does is obvious, and since it's your car (oops, am I assuming too much here? The question doesn't actually specify who is driving originally. So, IF it's your car), you can give him instructions along the way. But he has no idea what you're doing. You can say that you are going to push, but it's up to you how hard
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@SD78QSK said in Game: What is your taste ?:
A, C, B unless it's a same sex male couple and their kids.
Getting stuck in an emergency like fire or medical kind of a downer too.(This is question 12). A dad and son(s) would be o.k., but no females for me. I agree, no emergencies, either. As for electric cars, I'm afraid we'll need to get used to them and adapt. Many of them do have considerable zip and are capable of spinning the wheels fast. But aren't they all front-wheel-drive as well?
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@Florian said in Game: What is your taste ?:
@SD78QSK said in Game: What is your taste ?:
A, C, B unless it's a same sex male couple and their kids.
Getting stuck in an emergency like fire or medical kind of a downer too.(This is question 12). A dad and son(s) would be o.k., but no females for me. I agree, no emergencies, either. As for electric cars, I'm afraid we'll need to get used to them and adapt. Many of them do have considerable zip and are capable of spinning the wheels fast. But aren't they all front-wheel-drive as well?
"Volvo and Polestar have joined Tesla and VW in favoring rwd over front-wheel drive for base EVs"
https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/volvo-polestar-join-tesla-vw-others-rwd-focus
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@sirstuck said in Game: What is your taste ?:
"Volvo and Polestar have joined Tesla and VW in favoring rwd over front-wheel drive for base EVs"
https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/volvo-polestar-join-tesla-vw-others-rwd-focus
That is good news indeed! It must be simpler, too. Designing and building front wheels that propel and also steer must involve considerable extra complexity and vulnerability to breakdowns. One of the disadvantages to rear wheel drive has always been the hump on the floor to accommodate the shaft, and electric cars can probably dispense with that as well. Although his own car at present is traditional gasoline-powered, one of my friends who knows more about engineering than I do is very impressed with the essential simplicity of electric cars. They need much fewer moving parts and should therefore be low-maintenance and durable, although batteries are still a challenge.
I'm certainly not indifferent to environmental and climate-change concerns, but isn't it strange how you seldom hear about the environmental impact of the heaps of worn-out electric car batteries with toxic chemicals that will inevitably accumulate? Some of the obsessives have tunnel vision and one-track minds. It probably goes with the territory. They easily become fixated on one or two sub-issues, and the gestalt is something they'd rather not think about.
Consider, too, that electric cars can operate almost silently, which is a threat to pedestrians, so noise must be simulated with speakers for safety's sake. Owners and drivers should be able to have a choice over which kind of noise to produce, and there's no reason that the sound of a traditional engine shouldn't be among them and wouldn't be the most popular option. Our little community is nothing if not imaginative! Maybe in the right circumstances, it won't be too bad.
What worries me much more on several levels is self-driving cars. If they should become standard, the possibilities for surveillance and social control straight out of Orwell quickly become unlimited. How long do you think it will be before they are required, before starting out on any specified destination, to phone home for approval, ensuring that the location is not on the occupant's personal state-mandated no-go list?
