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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #15 on: 02 February 2008, 20:44:00 »
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Audi's ProCon Ten. A very simple idea that tensioned seat belts & pulled steering columns away from the driver with out fancy electrickery. But because every one else had air bags & Audis therefore appeared to be short on the safety features they dropped the idea & kow towed to the rest.  :-?
Yeah, that was a wild system. Is it Renault that has the peel-away seatbelt anchors used as force limiters? Mad trickery!
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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #16 on: 02 February 2008, 20:47:05 »
does adaptive cruise control count as in the one that clarkson showed mercs was it
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« Reply #17 on: 02 February 2008, 20:47:50 »
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Audi pioneered this idea in the early nineties ......

I think you'll find that Jensen beat Audi by about 30 years

Jensen nor exactly mass-production car but fair comment...
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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #18 on: 02 February 2008, 20:48:58 »
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does adaptive cruise control count as in the one that clarkson showed mercs was it
That's available on may higher-end cars for a price. It needs to get cheaper, but when people like Audi think climate control is worth 1,100 quid when aircon is standard it ain't gonna happen soon!  >:(
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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #19 on: 02 February 2008, 20:50:47 »
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...Flat head engines...


..as in VW Beetle / Porche 911 / Alfasud & 33 / Subaru / Totoya Previa?



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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #20 on: 02 February 2008, 20:52:57 »
#4 Volvo SIPS (or whatever it was called)

Crash zone in the middle of the car... nice, but why didn't anyone else do that?

I remember the Volvo TV advert where the cassette pops out of the tape right into the driver's hand in a side crash...

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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #21 on: 02 February 2008, 20:54:51 »
Tri-rotor Wankel.  :y
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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #22 on: 02 February 2008, 20:59:34 »
DAF variomatic drive....

'Forwards for forwards, back for back.  Its as simple as that' as per original TV advert....
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« Reply #23 on: 02 February 2008, 21:01:38 »
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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #24 on: 02 February 2008, 21:02:45 »
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DAF variomatic drive....

'Forwards for forwards, back for back.  Its as simple as that' as per original TV advert....
Never heard of that. Some version of CVT?

Reminded me of push-button transmissions. Push a large button on the dash to select a gear. I wonder why it didn't catch on?  ::)
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« Reply #25 on: 02 February 2008, 21:03:58 »
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DAF variomatic drive....

'Forwards for forwards, back for back.  Its as simple as that' as per original TV advert....

Was that the one that relied on rubber bands for transmission?
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« Reply #26 on: 02 February 2008, 21:06:57 »
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DAF variomatic drive....

'Forwards for forwards, back for back.  Its as simple as that' as per original TV advert....

Was that the one that relied on rubber bands for transmission?

Yup .. :)

http://www.classic-daf.nl/indexb.html
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« Reply #27 on: 02 February 2008, 21:07:55 »
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DAF variomatic drive....

'Forwards for forwards, back for back.  Its as simple as that' as per original TV advert....

Was that the one that relied on rubber bands for transmission?
sure i saw a similar thing on American hot rod
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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #28 on: 02 February 2008, 21:08:53 »
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#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......
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Re: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' thread...
« Reply #29 on: 02 February 2008, 21:10:01 »
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DAF variomatic drive....

'Forwards for forwards, back for back.  Its as simple as that' as per original TV advert....

Was that the one that relied on rubber bands for transmission?
Yes. The idea that Ford improved beyond repair when they changed the rubber bands for a metal reinforced(?) band. My Mum had a CVT Fiesta for about a fortnight (couldn't manage manual choke). What a wierd sensation that was to drive! :o
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