BMW's Latest Technology- Self Parking Car

[civicsi403]

A lil hard to understand but the people working for BMW are ccccrrraaazzzzzyyyy smart to do this. I wonder what will be next...

http://www.filecabi.net/video/car-that-parks-itself.html

[handsomebassman]

Maybe people should be expected to know how park themselves first. Are we all honestly that lazy that we need a car to park itself?

[JAYMEZ]

I love BMW :thumbsup:

[Tomaz]

For PPL like me who only can parelell park when drifting! :thumbsup:

[C4S]

Did toyota showoff the similiar feature about 1 or 2 yr ago?

we dont need that in Canada .. thx ! :rofl:

[Fez_turbo]

that is AMAZING :eek: ....actually that takes alot of work to acomplish a sysytem like that.

i gotta get one. Give it a couple years and it will come out standard in every car....including kia...(AHHHHH) :thumbsup:

[?????]

Originally posted by C4S
Did toyota showoff the similiar feature about 1 or 2 yr ago?

we dont need that in Canada .. thx ! :rofl:

Yeah they did.

[Fez_turbo]

^^^

toyota is the BEST....

[Darkane]

Thats just Sad

People cant fucking park anymore.

[Fez_turbo]

^^^
its not that they cant park...its that they cant park well.

[handsomebassman]

Originally posted by Fez_turbo
^^^
its not that they cant park...its that they cant park well.

I dunno, i still think that 90% of drivers today cant park, nor drive.

And i think also, a drivers licence should be more of a privaledge than a right. Look at Europe for example, some of the best drivers, and that is because its so hard to get a license over there compared to here. Maybe we should have some government funded/provided driving lessons like they do.

But yea, i think this parallel park thing is really gay. Next big thing to come in our society......probably Mcdonalds Delivery.

[Fez_turbo]

^^^

everything comes out standard first and then they find a way to make it off less work..

examples


5 speed transmission------> automatic transmission
Clutch shifts----------> non clutch shifts (tiptronice and f1 inspired shifting)
manual windows-------------->power windows
manual door locks------------------>power doo locks
keys to open door----------->keyless entry..

and on and on and on and on...

so they just keep finding other ways to make things easier and more accessible.

i think its a good idea for those who dont know how to parrallel park, but for others it seems boring and a waste of time...

thats why we all (most of us car enthusiasts) drive standards.

[AllGoNoShow]

good thing u added most of us :P

I actually love the idea. Yah sure parallel parking isn't overly hard for some of us, and it is for others. I find it not too bad but someitmes it just takes abit to get it right. What would you not like baout the car controlling distances and speed for you so that you don't curb those new rims or smack that car behind you because you were checking another direction or something?

Simplicity.

[chris]

Originally posted by handsomebassman
Maybe people should be expected to know how park themselves first. Are we all honestly that lazy that we need a car to park itself?
yes we are. It's like the doppler cruise control, do we need it, no, do people want it , yes

[crazydriver]

that's kinda cool.. but how realiable/safe is it?? i don't want someone using that and banging up my car

[Fez_turbo]

^^^

well if it did that then it would not be released on the market now would it.

the system is in place so that that specific thing does not happen.

[snowboard]

Originally posted by Fez_turbo
^^^

well if it did that then it would not be released on the market now would it.

the system is in place so that that specific thing does not happen.


damn you have an answer for everything

Is god real?!

[Fez_turbo]

yes God is real.....he is known as the initial mover. Meaning that at one point in time something had to do something in order for everything to start....and he is the "one" who did it.

even the big bang "as they so like to call it" was initiated by something...that something came from a sequence of events that were initially started by a initial movement made by God.

that is just one view...there are many others..

:thumbsup:

[motion]

Originally posted by snowboard



damn you have an answer for everything

Is god real?!
:rofl: :rofl:

[JordanLotoski]

Originally posted by handsomebassman
Maybe people should be expected to know how park themselves first. Are we all honestly that lazy that we need a car to park itself?

awww come on man, we have auto everything now, windshield wipers, lights, seats...why not have a car park for us..hell we pay so much for them.

[Zephyr]

wow thats amazing.. reminded of my difficulty parallel parking today on campus...

no power steering + LSD 100% locking and chattering = really hard to park.:cry:

[GQBalla]

ermmmm i still wouldn't trust this..

ahahhah

[infected]

Machines do malfunction every now and then... :devil:

[djayz]

its all just sensors

but what if...the sensors get covered with something...say snow?
wouldnt that mean trouble?

[snowboard]

Originally posted by djayz
its all just sensors

but what if...the sensors get covered with something...say snow?
wouldnt that mean trouble?

it would just like the sensor picking up a car, it wouldnt be able to find anywhere to park. they would be sensing something to close.

[Rav4Guy]

Toyota has had this for awhile now.... :zzz:

[soupey]

i dont think the problem is that it can park for u, its probably that the driver will need to get themselves out of a tight spot after...lol, if u cant parallel park u obviously dont have much of an idea of how big ur car is, and i dont think u'd have a great chance of gettn out of a tiny spot (without scratching anything) that ur car automatically parked in.

[carguy]

niice

[Goblin]

lets take the dicussion back from how people cant drive to this system.

That is way cool and the screen involvement as well.

Also, the steering mechanism as well...


Back to how lazy people are, look at benzes cruise control with radar forward to stop you and start you again

[jcrules99]

thats so awesome.... :eek:

[shakalaka]

That's absolutely brilliant! SImply amazing if you ask me, so much easier for the people who suck at parallel parking, either way its a damn cool feature to have in a car.

[Bill Cosby]

i wonder if i could get that installed on my civic

:nut: