It's funny that nobody who follows influencers refers to themselves as an "influencee".

Ha ha. Guess what a car going 25 mph does to a bicyclist or a pedestrian?

Fun fact: horseshoe crabs have like nine different types of eyes. Even that tail is one big photoreceptor. Sensor fusion is new technology - it's only been around for 400 million years.

And radar is dirt cheap.

Even by the middle of WWII, radar had been made so cheap that they (the US at least) were putting radar devices into artillery shells. The idea that 80+ years later radar is cost-prohibitive for fucking cars is ludicrous.

While the person honking probably doesn't intend it that way, it gives a warning to others who can't see it yet to be careful, because something unusual is happening.

I didn't see anything about the motionless vehicle almost hitting a pedestrian or a bicyclist.

Data point collection.

What's the reasoning behind CVTs being the only non-manual transmissions you'd consider?

They lack the nice feel of manuals and the reliability of modern automatics. Have you tried an 8HP or 9G-Tronic? Either one will last you a long time and shift so smooth during relaxed driving that you can't tell it's going through gears.

I had a Honda with a CVT and it was pretty bulletproof. Never skipped a beat.

I'm more curious about why you don't see a distinction. Can you show me the usage of "begs" to mean "raise" in any other situation?

Do you raise children? Do you raise concerns? Do you raise animals? Do the Amish raise barns?

Can you say "begs" in any of those situations?

Do you see a street beggar or raiser? Beggars can't be choosers, why can they be raisers?

Impressively life threatening

"Begging the Question" is a logical fallacy that's completely different than a thing raising a question.

Yeah, that reads like someone who hasn't experienced a nice modern automatic. ZF transmissions are magic, smooth when cruising and then shift hard like a DCT when you push them. Some even work with launch modes and they slip the clutches to eek out that extra performance

Nothing beats a great manual though!

It didn’t “run a red light”. In the video, the lights were green when it entered the intersection.

But yeah, it should not have tried to make that turn from that lane.

Bud. Nossan always was known as trash. You just didn’t do enough research before buying it. No offense. As a dude with buddies that have The last sports cars from Nissan. 300z turbos. Nissan has been garbage for decades.

I'll concede that you bring up the point of honking overall, but in the case of this Jonny cab how would honking help?

Because the idea of keeping the engine at the ideal rev range regardless of your speed appeals to me. Gears have powerbands, CVTs are always in the sweet spot. How can you do any better than that?

Gears have powerbands, CVTs are always in the sweet spot.

Isn't that basically true of automatics with 8+ gears, too?

With 8 or 9 speeds, you still never really leave that ideal torque band while driving, no modern engine is so peaky that you're off peak torque after 100 rpm. The rubber banding sounds/feels weird to me too, even though it's not inherently bad.

Turbo cars in particular have very long flat torque curves.

Also, what IS the sweet spot? Just like on an auto, it's software that determines what ratio to use in a CVT. Software is not infallible. Sure they test it, but at the end of the day there's several factors to balance. There is no "ideal".

Seriously. If you're looking for a new car, don't discount them. Research them. They swap the ZF 8HP into monstrous builds now because of its ability to take shit and its ability to put power into the wheels. ZF engineers managed to make it shift better, have more gears, be more fuel efficient… and at the same time, be more reliable AND contain fewer parts than their outgoing 6 speed. The 9G-tronic is just as good if not better, but only available in Mercedes and very few other cars (Nissan 400Z, Astons). I had one and it made my 2 liter 143kW diesel feel faster than my current remapped 3 liter diesel around 200ish kW.

For my next automotive mishap, I'm considering either the ZF or Aisin 8 speed mated to a V8. Haven't tried the newer Aisin box yet, but the 6 speed in my first gen Cayenne S was the most solid part of the car lol. I've got two terrible ideas and one great idea lined up but since the great idea is a Lexus, it means twice the fuel consumption and less comfort than the horrible ideas. The Lexy is also available as a hybrid with
CVT and more power but everyone said its the worse car despite being way more expensive than the 8 speed auto non-hybrid

Did you even watch the video

Did you even read the comment? I said "in front of" (as in perpendicular to) not "into".

That is EXACTLY what this car was trying to do. Take a second to read things properly before you comment maybe.