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Old 21-02-2007, 19:12   #1
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Eco-Cars

The days of being able to drive your car as you please are over.
The European Union has announced that all new cars are to be fitted with devices that tell drivers when to change gear, what speeds to drive at and even when to pump up their tyres

- Warning lights will tell drivers when to change gear and when they are not driving at the optimum speed for fuel efficiency
- An alarm will advise when tyre pressure is too low
- Emergency braking systems will deter excessive use of brakes/accelerator
- “Stop-go” technology will switch off an engine at traffic lights or in a stationary queue. Engines will turn on again when accelerator pressed.............LOL

WHAT NEXT?
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Old 21-02-2007, 19:35   #2
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Re: Eco-Cars

while we are on the subject of cars ....found these on web site...
http://www.pipelinecard.org/

http://www.petrol4less.co.uk/

says you can save money on petrol!!
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Old 21-02-2007, 19:37   #3
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Re: Eco-Cars

all these have been available for years.

I very much doubt they will ever get them compulsory in teh EU, the Frech for one won't put up with it and can you imagine teh autobans with 'fuel efficiency' alarms going off every 2 milliseconds
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Old 21-02-2007, 19:49   #4
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Re: Eco-Cars

Great.Get one that drives on auto-pilot and i'm in.
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Old 21-02-2007, 20:17   #5
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You're not going to get out of your driving lessons that easily Maxwell!
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Old 21-02-2007, 21:04   #6
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maxwell,

teh technology is actually here, there was a demo of a merc with a system fitted, they put the route in the sat nav and the car drove them there, slowing down when it came up behind others etc automatically. the guy sat there and said it was surreal. A lot of new mercs have the auto speed limit thing where the car will brake when it hits a certain speed. a guy on our estate has one. I was a bit concerned about it and he said he'd had one near do, sat at lights, boy racer pulls alongside, they both set off at a rate of knots, he forgot he'd set max of 30mph, car goes like a rocket to 30 then brakes hard to keep it at 30!
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