View Poll Results: What-is-the-single-most-important advancement in modern cars?
Electronic fuel-injection/ignition/engine management
15
42.86%
Turbocharging/Supercharging
2
5.71%
Automatic/clutchless transmissions
8
22.86%
Front-Wheel Drive / Car-based All-Wheel-Drive
1
2.86%
Disc brakes
4
11.43%
Rack-and-pinion steering
1
2.86%
Driver-adjustable suspension damping
3
8.57%
GPS/Navigation systems
5
14.29%
Clearcoat paint
2
5.71%
Hybrid/electric powertrains
11
31.43%
Contoured driver/passenger front seats
1
2.86%
Other (name)
7
20.00%
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Poll: What is the single most important advancement in the modern car?
01-01-15, 09:07 PM
#16
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Originally Posted by Nextourer
Hybrid/electric powertrain: The ability to make them work with little compromises (yes, t[B
Hybrid/electric powertrain: The ability to make them work with little compromises (yes, t[B
he first generations were a bit jerky[/B] in transition and engine start/stop)
01-02-15, 07:38 AM
#17
Driver School Candidate
Engine management is amazing... like a computerized "nervous system" for your car, with ECMs that can control stuff like injection/ignition timing, checking data tables many times a second, and the ability for open-source tuning like what COBB does.
And fuel injectors are a pretty big advancement in regard to replacing carbs since the venturis would ice up, and it was not as efficient, sending out unburnt fuel. Not only is modern electronic fuel injection more efficient and better for the environment, the advent of Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Catalytic Converters, and since 2000 Cold-start catylists developed originally by NASA, has made new cars insanley environmentally friendly compared to any really old vehicles.
Rust proofing is much better as well, I watch those similar car build shows like Fast and Loud and the like and you can see how much rust work they have to do, given they work pretty much entirely on 70s and prior domestic and european cars.
And fuel injectors are a pretty big advancement in regard to replacing carbs since the venturis would ice up, and it was not as efficient, sending out unburnt fuel. Not only is modern electronic fuel injection more efficient and better for the environment, the advent of Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Catalytic Converters, and since 2000 Cold-start catylists developed originally by NASA, has made new cars insanley environmentally friendly compared to any really old vehicles.
Rust proofing is much better as well, I watch those similar car build shows like Fast and Loud and the like and you can see how much rust work they have to do, given they work pretty much entirely on 70s and prior domestic and european cars.
01-02-15, 10:23 AM
#18
Simple things like oil/filter changes and air-cleaner changes are still manageable for the average non-tech-trained car owner, but, yes, much of the stuff nowadays has to be done by tech-level people.
Yes and no. Much of today's better safety record is due not only to safer vehicles themselves, but things such as safer roads, red-light cameras, more thorough vehicle-recalls, lower allowable BAC limits and more vigorous prosecution of DWIs, better care and treatment of paitients after accidents in hospitals, graduated licensing for new drivers, and a number of other factors.
Yes and no. Much of today's better safety record is due not only to safer vehicles themselves, but things such as safer roads, red-light cameras, more thorough vehicle-recalls, lower allowable BAC limits and more vigorous prosecution of DWIs, better care and treatment of paitients after accidents in hospitals, graduated licensing for new drivers, and a number of other factors.
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