by "Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
Published 06/09/2017 at 00:00
by "Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
Published 06/09/2017 at 00:00
Tags: Thoughts
STARS: 2
I’m kind of amazed that Rolls Royce hasn’t given off any signs of going autonomous. It seems completely logical to me that vehicles of this size, price point, low volume, purpose, and character would be all over self-driving technology. When your model names are as epic and slightly ironic as Ghost and Phantom then wouldn’t it be the most badass thing in the world to have a chauffeured vehicle without a chauffeur?
I just love the idea of sitting in the back of a Ghost without a driver, just watching the steering wheel go, drinking my apple juice out of a flute. Do I mean the glass or the woodwind? Haha, the answer is obvious since I said juice, not cider.
By the way, I absolutely believe “British” cars are the best cars on the planet. Oh, I got the XF back this morning! Split hose like I said. Did a shakedown this evening and we are no longer barfing coolant. Best cars on the planet!
"djmt1" (djmt1)
06/09/2017 at 00:09, STARS: 1
Rolls Royce is all about displaying wealth and an autonomous car is less about future innovation and more inability to afford a chauffeur in those social circles.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/09/2017 at 00:12, STARS: 3
If I had an autonomous Rolls, I’d name it Jeeves and order it around with a casual wave of my hand. And I’d make sure to look smug and condescending at the dropped jaws from the neighbors in their Bentleys.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
06/09/2017 at 00:16, STARS: 0
No, I want a well dressed
peasant
chauffeur to drive me around in my Rolls. Unless it’s a Wraith, in which case I’m tearing up track days in it.
"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
06/09/2017 at 00:21, STARS: 1
Lol, I would call mine Bentley, Grace (which is Mercedes), or Mercy (like Lex Luther’s assistant Mercedes Graves). That would be fun.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/09/2017 at 00:22, STARS: 1
Or Jarvis. Too obvious?
"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
06/09/2017 at 00:25, STARS: 1
How could I forget?! Man, naming your autonomous car is the most fun part of owning a self-driving vehicle apparently.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/09/2017 at 00:41, STARS: 1
If we’re gonna finally bow to our machine overlords, we should at least do it with a sense of humor.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
06/09/2017 at 01:00, STARS: 0
A) The people who can afford rolls can afford a drive.
B) Yeah, but then I have this steering wheel in the way! What if it knocks a cigar out of my hand!?
"Nisman" (nisman)
06/09/2017 at 11:37, STARS: 0
I love how the Phantom dwarfs an S class in the top photo.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/09/2017 at 14:21, STARS: 0
No! That would obviously be too plebian. If you don’t have a chauffeur, then what really is the point?
"xc90v8/I4 :(" (xc90v8)
06/09/2017 at 19:08, STARS: 1
You still need a chauffeur even with a self driving car. Think the car is gonna hold the umbrella?
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/09/2017 at 19:12, STARS: 0
Better make him drive then too!
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
06/09/2017 at 23:52, STARS: 0
uh... flutes arent woodwinds
"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
06/10/2017 at 00:05, STARS: 0
Flutes are woodwinds. In fact any woodwind instrument that doesn’t use a reed is a flute. The actual instrument family we call flutes today are indeed woodwind instruments due to heritage, not construction. Unless something changed like Pluto not being a planet and I missed that completely.
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
06/10/2017 at 20:18, STARS: 0
Well I’ll be.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
06/11/2017 at 01:49, STARS: 0
I guess pioneering it is too expensive for a low volume company like Rolls