I want this! 69 Mustang of the FUTURE
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Bring it, there would be a large market for it, but unfortunately, it'd be expensive.
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If it don't fly I don't want it.
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Obviously not available in a "gently used" version, at this point- guess you'll have to wait!
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Mine I payed for already,.. so I'll keep it. It's stupid fast and the halo light has been fixed. Daughter turned 16 and drives it. Bought the Challenger a couple years ago and now momma won't give it up. Seems like every car I have, I don't get to drive! My G2 VTR-S should be here in a couple months and my son will want that. I can't win!
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Well that new stinger is nothing to frown on...
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Well that new stinger is nothing to frown on...
That is moms winter car
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You trying to kill crowds of people?
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This is what I thought was really cool...
It Starts with a Fingerprint
“I am a big proponent of identification, not just authentication,” says El-Khoury. While some modern cars support multiple keys that store settings for each driver, that’s not good enough for him. Manticore requires multiple forms of identification to start, one of which is a fingerprint.
“If someone has Key 1, is it you?” El-Khoury explains. “The identity is with the key. I want the identity to be with me. I want the car to know it’s Hassane in the car. I want my temperature, my radio, my files, and I don’t want anyone else to have access, even if they have the key.” With a focus on actual identification, El-Khoury says, the possibilities expand. He envisions a time when we’ll be able to pull up to a gas pump and not need a credit card, because the car, having already identified its driver, will be able to provide authentication to the station.
Valets Are Going to Hate This Car
El-Khoury has programmed his car with the mother of all valet modes. “This is a 785-horsepower car. [Normally] if someone has the key, they have all 785. I don’t want that. I’m overprotective of my baby, and for a valet, 25 mph is sufficient. I can program all that. As a valet, you only get two engine starts. You need to park it and you need to bring it back. These are use cases that we can’t implement today, but technology opens up those use cases to really customize the user experience in the car. And it’s limitless.”
Too cool!
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Agreed, I'd love to be able to program what my car can and cannot do.
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Agreed, I'd love to be able to program what my car can and cannot do.
And I'd like to be able to set my clock...
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And I'd like to be able to set my clock...
Well, we all have our issues
I don't want to have to set my clock, I want it to sync...
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So, some (many) years ago, when I was still young and thought I could do anything, and I was working as a computer programmer, I always thought about making a fully-electronic car. I mean even get rid of the steering wheel and throttle pedal. Make it run off a joy stick like a jet fighter. Did some basic designs and stuff, but I was making like $3/hr and computers weren't up to snuff yet. (Think mid-80's - still TRS-80s, IBM-XTs, and Commodores). I think we'll eventually get there. But instead of Joysticks, we'll just input the address we are going to in the GPS and the car will drive the entire way.