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It should extend all the way to the ceiling you don’t have to see or hear your passenger and can better pretend you are piloting a race car or perhaps spaceship.
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Feb 15, 2022 21:36
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YOLOsubmarine posted:It should extend all the way to the ceiling you don’t have to see or hear your passenger and can better pretend you are piloting a race car or perhaps spaceship. Seat should be in the middle with a wall of buttons on each side of the driver.
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Feb 15, 2022 21:55
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Keyser_Soze posted:the C8 Corvette interior is so annoying with the dumb "WALL" how are you supposed to get freaky in that thing? The worst part are the steering wheel spokes angled opposite the Corvette logo.
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Feb 15, 2022 22:09
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Do people with small dongs buy corvettes, or does buying a corvette turn your dong small? One of life's great mysteries, perhaps. We could test this, if someone were to buy me a corvette.
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Feb 15, 2022 22:19
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bird with big dick posted:Do people with small dongs buy corvettes, or does buying a corvette turn your dong small? One of life's great mysteries, perhaps. Selfless and brave, putting your wiener in jeopardy like that. My hat is off to you.
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Feb 15, 2022 22:38
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bird with big dick posted:Do people with small dongs buy corvettes, or does buying a corvette turn your dong small? One of life's great mysteries, perhaps. You want a Corvette and a forum name change? There is no limit to some peoples' greed.
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Feb 15, 2022 23:36
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I guess this thread is the appropriate one to post this in? US approves new headlights that won’t blind oncoming drivers quote:Anyone who has ever been temporarily blinded by high-beam headlights from an oncoming car will be happy to hear this.
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Feb 16, 2022 01:14
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Deteriorata posted:I guess this thread is the appropriate one to post this in? My F-150 has these but you have to reprogram the computer to make it think you are Canadian to get them working. Hopefully this means they can activate them for everyone via a software update.
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Feb 16, 2022 01:28
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The cynic in me feels like people will tune them on purpose to go back to blinding people
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Feb 16, 2022 01:44
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Yeah those headlights can see oncoming cars but seem to ignore tail lights so you get laser eye correction in the rear view still. The ones on some new cars are insanely bright.
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Feb 16, 2022 01:47
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Yeah those headlights can see oncoming cars but seem to ignore tail lights so you get laser eye correction in the rear view still. The ones on some new cars are insanely bright. My understanding is most of them do avoid tail lights.
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Feb 16, 2022 02:11
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Most new cars have at least automatic highbeams that work when cars are in front of you, so I don't know why the fancier version of that wouldn't.
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Feb 16, 2022 02:17
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Saukkis posted:My understanding is most of them do avoid tail lights. Them shits are still blinding then.
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Feb 16, 2022 02:19
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1. Is this the same as 'laser' headlights allowed elsewhere than the USA? 2. I think very few cars on the road today have true adaptive LED beam lights, I have only seen it on expensive trim levels of expensive cars. From videos I see online the true adaptive tech does respond to tail lights and head lights. Non-adaptive LEDs can be very bright so this would be a welcome change. But I bet will still be only on expensive trims.
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Feb 16, 2022 02:25
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Inner Light posted:1. Is this the same as 'laser' headlights allowed elsewhere than the USA? You can do this tech with LED projection lights too. Also, laser headlights are absolutely allowed in the USA - I have them on my BMW. You just can't get the adaptive part because up until now, the federal government required headlights to project a certain shape. That's what is changing here. For a lot of cars, it will just be a software update to enable them. Inner Light posted:2. I think very few cars on the road today have true adaptive LED beam lights, I have only seen it on expensive trim levels of expensive cars. From videos I see online the true adaptive tech does respond to tail lights and head lights. Non-adaptive LEDs can be very bright so this would be a welcome change. But I bet will still be only on expensive trims. I was saying that most cars have automatic highbeams, not adaptive headlights. Although even my Focus has the most basic form of adaptive headlights (that just pivot side to side as you turn) - there are lots of variations on what "adaptive" means. Of course this particular kind will still be a premium option, but it's good that you can actually get it now. Edit for people who haven't seen what they can do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJi240E_ZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtAckb56Mts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxYiiagTI_4 KillHour fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Feb 16, 2022 |
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Yeah, you don't need anything too fancy or complex, you just need high beams that can pivot a bit from center (to create a gap) and operate independently (to dim or dip the driver's side for oncoming traffic.) I'm pretty sure my golf R can do it, it just needs to be coded for it.
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Feb 16, 2022 02:59
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bull3964 posted:Yeah, you don't need anything too fancy or complex, you just need high beams that can pivot a bit from center (to create a gap) and operate independently (to dim or dip the driver's side for oncoming traffic.) The specific thing the law refers to though is the patterns. You can have a headlight legally pivot and auto level in the US. It just couldn't selectively change the light pattern.
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Yeah, I meant from a hardware perspective you don't need anything too fancy so it shouldn't just be just on huge trims with laser headlights and such.
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I don't see how this will fix anything. Jackasses in their lifted trucks won't be installing these new lights.
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Inner Light posted:2. I think very few cars on the road today have true adaptive LED beam lights, I have only seen it on expensive trim levels of expensive cars. From videos I see online the true adaptive tech does respond to tail lights and head lights. Non-adaptive LEDs can be very bright so this would be a welcome change. But I bet will still be only on expensive trims. Upper trim levels of the Mazda 3 have them in other markets so not particularly expensive
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Feb 16, 2022 03:59
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GlassEye-Boy posted:I don't see how this will fix anything. Jackasses in their lifted trucks won't be installing these new lights. Wrong they will have them from the factory but they won't be calibrated to the new ride height so it will blind you worse somehow.
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dissss posted:Upper trim levels of the Mazda 3 have them in other markets so not particularly expensive I think Opel Astra also had them available since the 2016 model year.
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KillHour posted:Wrong they will have them from the factory but they won't be calibrated to the new ride height so it will blind you worse somehow. Smoke tunes will just automatically come with headlight reflashes that: Endymion FRS MK1 posted:The cynic in me feels like people will tune them on purpose to go back to blinding people Because we've created a society of cartoonish Captain Planet villains
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Feb 16, 2022 15:54
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I'm all for reducing oncoming glare, but won't this make every headlight housing be non-user-fixable and $1000+? Something that would disproportionately affect lower income folks in the event of a failure, particularly out of warranty.
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Feb 16, 2022 16:25
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These aren't requirements. This is fixing the standards so they are allowed finally. It's not likely to dramatically change the hardware costs of vehicles sold in the US as a lot of them already HAVE the hardware due to them being legal in Europe for like a decade.
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BloodBag posted:I'm all for reducing oncoming glare, but won't this make every headlight housing be non-user-fixable and $1000+? Something that would disproportionately affect lower income folks in the event of a failure, particularly out of warranty. I'm sure it'll be a while until you see this kinda thing in Corollas and Civics and the like.
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IOwnCalculus posted:C8s in general also make a huge portion of stereotypical Corvette Buyers very mad because the engine is in back, so I love them anyway. The CTS-V wagon was never intended to sell at any great volume. And it wasn't much of a "moon-shot" because it was just the same -V mechanicals that they were putting in the coupes and sedans (and also some Camaros iirc). It also wasn't the last manual -V car. The ATS-V could be had with a stick. The just released CT5-V and CT4-V Blackwings can be ordered with sticks. GM's stated reason for no manual C8 is that cutting the hole for it would compromise the center "spine" of its frame. I think the real reason is probably a little bit of that and a lot of having already spent the entire development budget on designing a mid-engine near-super car that they could sell for 60K.
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Perhaps shifter feel is part of it? I know it was an ancient car, but my 914 was like a stick in a bag of marbles, AND a dogleg first. Fun times there.
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Do these adaptive headlights have moving elements or do they just turn certain LEDs on or off (and/or adjust PWM duty cycles) depending on conditions? Moving elements inside of expensive headlights seem like another good way for manufacturers to make sure that 15-year-old cars need $3000 worth of headlight repairs and therefore end up in junkyards.
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PBCrunch posted:Do these adaptive headlights have moving elements or do they just turn certain LEDs on or off (and/or adjust PWM duty cycles) depending on conditions? The S Class I got to play in had a shitload of individual LEDs firing into a reflector, in conjunction with a windscreen mounted sensor just switched off whichever LEDs would be firing at a car ahead. It was basically a grid of LEDs which would selectively turn off as and when. The lights were insanely bright so if the controlling module went tits up and they were just on, the poor bastards coming the other way would have no chance. These images showing which of the LEDs in the array is lit to produce the pattern of headlights.  
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BloodBag posted:I'm all for reducing oncoming glare, but won't this make every headlight housing be non-user-fixable and $1000+? Something that would disproportionately affect lower income folks in the event of a failure, particularly out of warranty. That's already true of most new cars. Sab669 posted:I'm sure it'll be a while until you see this kinda thing in Corollas and Civics and the like. I'd expect it'll happen quite quickly - if you consider it a safety feature (like radar cruise) then it makes sense to add it to every model.
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dissss posted:I'd expect it'll happen quite quickly - if you consider it a safety feature (like radar cruise) then it makes sense to add it to every model. TIL a base Corolla comes standard with adaptive cruise
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Olympic Mathlete posted:The S Class I got to play in had a shitload of individual LEDs firing into a reflector, in conjunction with a windscreen mounted sensor just switched off whichever LEDs would be firing at a car ahead. It was basically a grid of LEDs which would selectively turn off as and when. The lights were insanely bright so if the controlling module went tits up and they were just on, the poor bastards coming the other way would have no chance. I've driven an XC40 Recharge that had some sort of adaptive headlights that I didn't figure out how they worked. But I just saw Bjorn has a pretty good example of the system working in the BMW iX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_XEQ8n-R5M This is something I'd really want retrofitted into the miata (obviously not happening). Last week we had nice weather finally so I was hauling rear end on some backroads when it got dark. With high beams on I could still do some decent speed but whenever I switchd them off for oncoming traffic, I really couldn't see poo poo anymore and had to brake just to avoid outdriving the visibility. It sucked.
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Sab669 posted:TIL a base Corolla comes standard with adaptive cruise The Honda Fit did in its last few years, still under $20k. I think the only reason the Yaris didn't is because it's a Mazda. Edit: But you can easily configure a Suburban north of $70k that won't have adaptive cruise, it's still on the tech packages for big body-on-frame SUVs.
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mobby_6kl posted:This is something I'd really want retrofitted into the miata (obviously not happening). Last week we had nice weather finally so I was hauling rear end on some backroads when it got dark. With high beams on I could still do some decent speed but whenever I switchd them off for oncoming traffic, I really couldn't see poo poo anymore and had to brake just to avoid outdriving the visibility. It sucked. Have you tried swapping out for a fresh pair of bulbs? I got some Osram clones (they stopped making them) and they work so much better than the long life bulbs the car came with, without any blue coating or gimmicks like that. I don't really know how bulbs in the EU market are though, besides the fact I ordered the Osram clones  Also bulbs get dimmer as they age of course.
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Are the new Corollas nice cars to have with the 2.0 NA engine? Also is Mazda bringing back the Mazda 6 with RWD or is that cancelled?
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Twerk from Home posted:The Honda Fit did in its last few years, still under $20k. No more Honda Fit in the USA 
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Kraftwerk posted:Also is Mazda bringing back the Mazda 6 with RWD or is that cancelled? I'm skeptical
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PBCrunch posted:Do these adaptive headlights have moving elements or do they just turn certain LEDs on or off (and/or adjust PWM duty cycles) depending on conditions? On no, another moving part in a vehicle that has literally thousands. Good news, once widespread electrification happens, the reduction in maintenance and other moving parts will still allow it to be a net gain. Besides, many cars already DO have moving elements in their headlights and have for years from leveling systems. Even my sub $30k BRZ has a knob to change the level of the HIDs from inside the car. The driver side headlamp for a 2021 Corolla without any adaptive headlights is a MSRP of $1200. These things are already expensive, adding some tiny motors or more LEDs isn't going to change things dramatically. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Feb 16, 2022 |
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