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minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·28 days agoCapped speed isn’t enough. I want it to slam the brakes on the highway and go “Tired of the ads? Get the Volkswagen Battlepass and enjoy an uninterupted drive!”
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·28 days agoOoh, how about it accelerates really slowly at stop lights unless I pay for “turbo mode” to not get honked at?
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minus-square13igTyme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·28 days agoI’m actually fine with that. People don’t need to go 0-60 in an intersection.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·28 days agoBut what about 0-10? 0-5? Surely you’d be better off limited to 2 mph/kph for the first 10s after a stop.
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·27 days agoDrive for yourself not for others.
minus-squareChronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·27 days agoEvery tine you bring the car to a stop it covers half the windows in ads like youtube does when you pause it to try and read something
Capped speed isn’t enough. I want it to slam the brakes on the highway and go “Tired of the ads? Get the Volkswagen Battlepass and enjoy an uninterupted drive!”
Ooh, how about it accelerates really slowly at stop lights unless I pay for “turbo mode” to not get honked at?
Need a panoramic view instead of just a slit? Get the Extend-A-View™ subscription to instantly make the full surface of all your windows transparent!
I’m actually fine with that. People don’t need to go 0-60 in an intersection.
But what about 0-10? 0-5? Surely you’d be better off limited to 2 mph/kph for the first 10s after a stop.
Drive for yourself not for others.
Every tine you bring the car to a stop it covers half the windows in ads like youtube does when you pause it to try and read something