Dead-end cars ?

SteveBad · 02-20-2018, 06:41 PM

Was reading some of the problems and glitches folks are posting here..........

I can easily comprehend what it takes to restore an older , 1970-ish car in the present day, but I just can't imagine someone in the year 2060 trying to accurately restore a Z. (Or any other car, for that matter) With all the electronics and such, it is surely not going to be possible. I just had a ride in my friend's new Lincoln, and the Z seems positively Neanderthal by comparison, as far as technical features. Guess our cars are designed to be scrapped when they get used up.

madwi · 02-20-2018, 06:56 PM

Or by that time, you just plug it in to your holocontact lenses and download whatever you want to fix the tech and be on your way. Who knows.

alcheng · 02-20-2018, 07:01 PM

Maybe in 2060 drivers will put water or whatever liquid in the gas tank and the combustion engine and burn whatever it is and make 330hp..

who knows? it's 38 years later....

cooltoy · 02-20-2018, 08:08 PM

I'll most likely be dead.

God-Speed · 02-20-2018, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy

I'll most likely be dead.

I'm with cooltoy on this one.

Benibiker · 02-20-2018, 09:06 PM

So enjoy it now while you can, nothing lasts forever.

Fuzzzy · 02-20-2018, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy

I'll most likely be dead.

I'll bet the farm that I will be.

And I'll bet even more that I hope to be.

Rusty · 02-20-2018, 10:46 PM

The internal combustion engine is dying. It is slowly being replaced with electric. By the year 2030, it might gone in most euro counties. The only hope is IF they find something to burn that is clean. I predict when the electric car takes over if not sooner. They will find something to bitcch about it. It may be about the hazards of mining lithium, or the used battery waste and cost of replaced. Maybe then, they might think the old gas motor wasn't so bad.

axmea? · 02-21-2018, 12:23 AM

Keep everything, parts, fenders, bumpers, wheels, skirts, etc. My future grandson will restore it. But will need the future's version of youtube to learn how to drive it since they will all be flying at that point.

Rusty · 02-21-2018, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by axmea?

Keep everything, parts, fenders, bumpers, wheels, skirts, etc. My future grandson will restore it. But will need the future's version of youtube to learn how to drive it since they will all flying at at that point.

They won't know how to drive. Because everything will be self driving.

(They don't know how to drive now.)

Larso1 · 02-21-2018, 01:06 AM

If Elon Musk has his way, we'll all be traveling in the Hyperloop, 700mph baby!

Rusty · 02-21-2018, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Larso1

If Elon Musk has his way, we'll all be traveling in the Hyperloop, 700mph baby!

Go ahead and stick you hand out the window on that.

SouthArk370Z · 02-21-2018, 02:47 AM

It's the same with almost all technologies. I've got a lot of digital storage media from the 1980s and 1990s - even have the drives to read them - but finding a computer with the proper interface AND drivers would be very difficult, if not impossible, in some cases. It will difficult to find OBD/CAN tools (compatible with today's systems) that far in the future - replacement electronics and sensors will probably be more so.

2011 Nismo#91 · 02-21-2018, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

It's the same with almost all technologies. I've got a lot of digital storage media from the 1980s and 1990s - even have the drives to read them - but finding a computer with the proper interface AND drivers would be very difficult, if not impossible, in some cases. It will difficult to find OBD/CAN tools (compatible with today's systems) that far in the future - replacement electronics and sensors will probably be more so.

With today's tech electronics will be hard to come by. But if 3d printers could and it's a reasonable stretch print sensors, boards, and processors it would just take 1 person uploading plans and you can print your parts. Electronics shouldn't be an issue to create cheap for vintage tech.

Spoiler · 02-21-2018, 06:45 AM

Not to worried about high tech here.

My main concern is that if my 8 track player ever goes, I’m screwed...

02-20-2018, 06:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
SteveBad Base Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Lake Martin, Alabama Posts: 138 Drives: 2013 370Z 6 speed Rep Power: 248	Dead-end cars ? Was reading some of the problems and glitches folks are posting here.......... I can easily comprehend what it takes to restore an older , 1970-ish car in the present day, but I just can't imagine someone in the year 2060 trying to accurately restore a Z. (Or any other car, for that matter) With all the electronics and such, it is surely not going to be possible. I just had a ride in my friend's new Lincoln, and the Z seems positively Neanderthal by comparison, as far as technical features. Guess our cars are designed to be scrapped when they get used up. __________________ "Take the cannollis..."

02-20-2018, 06:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
madwi A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Michigan Posts: 31,410 Drives: Granma red Z Rep Power: 2684429	Or by that time, you just plug it in to your holocontact lenses and download whatever you want to fix the tech and be on your way. Who knows. onzedge likes this.

02-20-2018, 08:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
cooltoy Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Calgary Posts: 13,971 Drives: 14 PW 370Z S/T MT Rep Power: 243722	I'll most likely be dead. God-Speed, SouthArk370Z, scope22 and 3 others like this. __________________ Member of kenchan's "photoshopped mods" and "proper offsets" gang.

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Rusty Ronin Samurai - Assassin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 68 Posts: 35,172 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684437	The internal combustion engine is dying. It is slowly being replaced with electric. By the year 2030, it might gone in most euro counties. The only hope is IF they find something to burn that is clean. I predict when the electric car takes over if not sooner. They will find something to bitcch about it. It may be about the hazards of mining lithium, or the used battery waste and cost of replaced. Maybe then, they might think the old gas motor wasn't so bad. bthomas87 likes this. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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alcheng A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 28,894 Drives: 2011 ZR PW w/Clutch Rep Power: 418353	Maybe in 2060 drivers will put water or whatever liquid in the gas tank and the combustion engine and burn whatever it is and make 330hp.. who knows? it's 38 years later....

02-21-2018, 12:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
axmea? A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,235 Drives: WELL ZED PW 6MT Rep Power: 53241	Keep everything, parts, fenders, bumpers, wheels, skirts, etc. My future grandson will restore it. But will need the future's version of youtube to learn how to drive it since they will all be flying at that point. Jap**Vet* likes this. __________________ >MyZ's Album< NISMO Convert/ECUTEK/Takeda CAI/F.I. HFC NR CB Carbon/F.I. 34 Row Oil Cooler/4.08 Final Drive /Powertrix+Swifts/Hotchkis/SPL/Whiteline/TWM/Zoom Engineering/EVO-R/AeroJacket Vented CF Fenders + CF Spoiler/Avant Garde-WORK/NST/Morimoto Halo/STi Clear Lenses/Carbon Signal Automotive/RJM Performance/ZSpeed Clutch Flywheel CSC delete Last edited by axmea?; 02-21-2018 at 01:17 AM.

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Larso1 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Pueblo CO Posts: 98 Drives: 12 Nissan 370Z T M6 Rep Power: 10	If Elon Musk has his way, we'll all be traveling in the Hyperloop, 700mph baby!

02-21-2018, 02:47 AM	#13 (permalink)
SouthArk370Z Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 8,435 Drives: 2014 Challenger Rep Power: 324198	It's the same with almost all technologies. I've got a lot of digital storage media from the 1980s and 1990s - even have the drives to read them - but finding a computer with the proper interface AND drivers would be very difficult, if not impossible, in some cases. It will difficult to find OBD/CAN tools (compatible with today's systems) that far in the future - replacement electronics and sensors will probably be more so. Rusty likes this. __________________ Steering Lock Links - Search The370Z Bookmarklet - FSM @ NICOclub Mankind has progressed past the need for war but we haven't evolved that far. - NachoMahma

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Spoiler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Central Florida Age: 65 Posts: 8,409 Drives: 21 Supra -Blk/Red Rep Power: 2684380	Not to worried about high tech here. My main concern is that if my 8 track player ever goes, I’m screwed... Rusty and Fuzzzy like this.

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