bigjayzway Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 [attachmentid=2854]Has anyone seen this new Mercedes, with the joystick controls? Big Jay Life is too short to grow up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 OMG, is nothing sacred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadillac Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 [attachmentid=2854]Has anyone seen this new Mercedes, with the joystick controls? Big Jay Is that for an actual production car? Or is that a prototype/showcar? I have seen that for a few years now. Actually saw a tv show on it once. I am not sure that I would be comfortable using one. Hell, an involuntary twitch could ruin your life. Don "Modern warriors saddle iron horses of chrome." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgr7 Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Not to hijack your thread but have you seen the new Lexus that parallel parks itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acklac7 Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 [attachmentid=2854]Has anyone seen this new Mercedes, with the joystick controls? Big Jay I could very well be wrong, but I SWEAR GM has been working on this sort of thing for sometime now. Saw a clip from some British show on you-tube about the project, if my memory serves me right... A.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazglenn3 Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Yeah, the new Lexus LS with the auto park is pretty cool. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95SevilleSLS Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 QUOTE(bigjayzway @ Oct 22 2006, 07:24 PM) Has anyone seen this new Mercedes, with the joystick controls? Big Jay Is that for an actual production car? Or is that a prototype/showcar? I have seen that for a few years now. Actually saw a tv show on it once. I am not sure that I would be comfortable using one. Hell, an involuntary twitch could ruin your life. Don That is by far the scariest thing I have seen. I would think the same thing about twitching. I just want to drive one, just to see how weird it would be. I don't think I would ever want to own one. It's just too different. We've had steering wheels for over a century and they have worked just fine. I don't find the point of this except for the fact that they can say, "I got it first! HA!!" -Dusty- - 02 Seville STS, white diamond - 93 Sixty Special, Tan with vinyl top - 79 Coupe DeVille, Tan with Tan top - 06 GMC Sierra Z71, Black - 92 Silverado C1500, black and grey - 83 Chevy K10 Silverado, Black and Grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjayzway Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 I have more pics of the car, just this site won't let me post them. Big Jay Life is too short to grow up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Parallel parking should be fun with that joystick. I can't see this being put into production. I can see it getting knocked into easily by passengers and throwing the car out of control. How does one 'feel' the road? I like the speed sensitive steering and road feel I get. Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up2ng Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 One of these days I will go and find my 1969 World Book Encyclopedia, in the "extras" section they had this GM car that could be steered with a joystick and would stay on the road by itself due to wires in the road ! I'll just sit back and wait for the flying car thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Yeah, the new Lexus LS with the auto park is pretty cool. What intresting about that is on the Lexus site the say is still in prototype form, might not make it to production, but I can see fender benders coming from that, people complain about using a nav system, now they have to guide an electronic cube on the screen into parking space....pretty cool though, I just hope the drivers don't panic when they are being rushed into a space with traffic honking behind them...would the state let you use it for a driving test The Green's Machines 1998 Deville - high mileage, keeps on going, custom cat-back exhaust 2003 Seville - stock low mileage goodness! 2004 Grand Prix GTP CompG - Smaller supercharger pulley, Ported Exhaust Manifolds, Dyno tune, etc 1998 Firebird Formula - 408 LQ9 Stroker motor swap and all sorts of go fast stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OynxSTS Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 One of these days I will go and find my 1969 World Book Encyclopedia, in the "extras" section they had this GM car that could be steered with a joystick and would stay on the road by itself due to wires in the road ! I'll just sit back and wait for the flying car thank you On the everything old is new again thread.... I think the 1897 & 1898 Oldsmobiles were steered with a lever and not a wheel... Took the imports only 109 years to come up with a design that Detroit discarded years and years ago Easin' down the highway in a new Cadillac, I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back ZZTOP, I'm Bad I'm Nationwide Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fred Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 We're all going to die and I can prove it http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-ga...an-pivo-concept FF the video about half way there And again http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...deoID=977388786 If I was the bees, I'd run away like hell and lure back some sort of Hornet Eating animal And then the hornets would all be dead and I'd go back to eating honey MerryChristmas Be a Capitalist or work for one. Work for a Capitalist or be one. MerryChristmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epricedright Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 We're all going to die and I can prove it http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-ga...an-pivo-concept FF the video about half way there And again http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...deoID=977388786 If I was the bees, I'd run away like hell and lure back some sort of Hornet Eating animal And then the hornets would all be dead and I'd go back to eating honey Fred, I'm confused! Wtf do these 2 videos have to do with each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobnsue2 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 One of these days I will go and find my 1969 World Book Encyclopedia, in the "extras" section they had this GM car that could be steered with a joystick and would stay on the road by itself due to wires in the road ! I'll just sit back and wait for the flying car thank you Hi, Around 1955 there was a flying car shown in Popular Mechanics. I think it was called Aerocar. You could land and unhook from the wing unit then drive away. Later back under the wings, hook up and fly away. In 1972 I was in Dallas for a class, and on the weekend I visited an old car museum near Fort Worth where the owner had one of the flying cars. (Pape Museum) BTW there was also a boat/car. I saw one drive down the boat launch ramp one day at lunchtime and the reaction of the other people was really funny to see. Bob B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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