Uber v Taxis
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Bloke at work said if he won the lottery he'd get a Porsche GT3 for his flash car, then an R8 Commodore for his "everyday" car and a similarly loaded Commodore Ute (Maloo) just because he wanted one. <br><br>
He's got a V6 Commodore and complains about petrol prices. But he's going to get a V8 SS for hours next car because "it's not THAT much more, and at least it's aV8!"<br><br>
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<p>Yeah I think that's everyone's dream. Win lotto, buy your dream car then work as a uber driver....</p>
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<p>Don't be too hard on NTA, his goals are just a little bit different than the rest of us - remembering that his big trip after the lotto win is Matamata.</p> -
<p>my goals aren't so lofty as Hooroos, I'd just go for an RS6.</p>
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<p>If i won big on the lottery, i would buy a Ferrari the next day. i don't give a fuck if they are a penis extension, they are a fucking big penis extension.</p>
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<p>If i won big on the lottery, i would buy a Ferrari the next day. i don't give a fuck if they are a penis extension, they are a fucking big penis extension.</p>
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<p>so Mrs Mariner would find you hotter?</p> -
<p>not possible</p>
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<p>Bit that always amazes me when I come back from NZ is <strong><em>what</em></strong> the status cars are. Old school mate of mine just bought his dream car - Commodore GTR. He was wanking on about it across every social media spectrum he could access. And I mean, cool man, thats nice. But its a fricking Commodore... I walk down my street in London & there are 3 Bentley's, a Ferari, occasionally a fricking McClaren, untold Porches, a Tesla & the resident boofhead has an M5... Its like being excited that you just got a Blackberry Bold. </p>
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<p>Thanks for making my point for me.</p>
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<p>If your old school mate is really stoked with himself and over the moon about having is dream car, who the fuck are you to judge him and look down on him for "it only being a commodore"?</p> -
I went to a commercial vehicle wrecking yard and got to chatting to the guy that works there and asked him how many Utes and 4x4s he'd built out of parts he said " three ........that my mrs knows about , there's about 6 more on my mates farms and workshops" . Legend .
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<p>Dated a girl at Uni whose old man had a brand new hilux with a wooden bed. </p>
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<p>I still think about the one time he let me drive it every now and then. I think I would like one of those. Either that or a model 3 Tesla because I am cheap and thought of filling up for a 5er appeals to me.</p> -
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<p>Dated a girl at Uni whose old man had a brand new hilux with a wooden bed. </p>
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<p><strong>I still think about the one time he let me drive it every now and then.</strong> I think I would like one of those. Either that or a model 3 Tesla because I am cheap and thought of filling up for a 5er appeals to me.</p>
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<p>hate to be that guy, but...... :mocking:</p> -
<p> the new 911 R for week duties, 1964 220SE convertible for weekends...</p>
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<p>I'm looking forward to self driving cars. The ability to replace dickhead drivers is a benefit all of its own. Added to that the ability to get stonkingly drunk and clamber into a car and say "home Jeeves".</p> -
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<p> the new 911 R for week duties, 1964 220SE convertible for weekends...</p>
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<p>I'm looking forward to self driving cars. The ability to replace dickhead drivers is a benefit all of its own. Added to that the ability to get stonkingly drunk and clamber into a car and say "home Jeeves".</p>
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<p>Let's just say Car insurance won't be a lucrative industry to get into either.</p> -
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<p>Let's just say Car insurance won't be a lucrative industry to get into either.</p>
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<p>It'll be fine - the manufacturers will pay it instead.</p> -
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<p>A few years ago I had a client with a new Bentley and half joking asked him if he'd take me for a fang in it. One day he turned up out of the blue told me to hop in and we went for a drive in it, I was thinking " I don't remember this corner ever being this sharp" looked over at the speedo and we were doing 100 , the countryside was rushing by pretty fast so I had another look and it was in mph not kph . That thing was incredibly smooth, it had two turbos and there was no sign of when they kicked in it just got faster and faster.<br><br>
I've never had a nice car, mine get wrecked towing stuff ,carrying tools and other gear and kayaks dripping salt water on the roof.</p>
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<p>Hmm, similar experience with a mate of mine that had a W12 coupe and he took me for a spin. Everything was totally free of any drama, I knew we were going fast but felt totally relaxed. Going down a winding dual carriageway and hitting the worst of the bends that I've previously done at 90 in a 911, we zipped through them with nary a tremor. He looked over at me and said "130. Not bad eh?" I stole a quick glance at the speedo and he was not joking.</p>
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<p>Let's just say Car insurance won't be a lucrative industry to get into either.</p>
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<p>oh there'll still be a need, insurers are actually quite keen on it.</p> -
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<p>oh there'll still be a need, insurers are actually quite keen on it.</p>
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<p>It'll be swings & rounbdabouts, literally every car will be covered so that'll mean more premiums & a much more steady flow of premiums. Inmsurance companies more than anything want steady premiums & easily valued risk, driverless cars give that through the roof. But equally lower premiums as crashes will be far fewer. add to that any crash will have a huge amount of data behind it making blame (ie which insurer gets hit) will be indredibly easy. So insurance companies will be fine, people who have the job of selling insurance, taking a commission on it, and most of all assessing it are fucked. No more "guy drives into tree, only source of how is guy, who has concussion".</p>
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<p>So, each quarter Tesla issue a software update, the data coming off all their cars is fed into the insurance algorithm, that gives an insurance premium automatically paid by anyone using that software. Tesla car crashes into Google car. 2 sets of data fed into algorithm & the fault is apportioned.</p>
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<p>Guy who wrote algorithm 1 & 2 makes money. Insurance companies make money. 50,000 insurance assessors & people on commission.. less so.</p> -
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<p>It'll be swings & rounbdabouts, literally every car will be covered so that'll mean more premiums & a much more steady flow of premiums. Inmsurance companies more than anything want steady premiums & easily valued risk, driverless cars give that through the roof. But equally lower premiums as crashes will be far fewer. add to that any crash will have a huge amount of data behind it making blame (ie which insurer gets hit) will be indredibly easy. So insurance companies will be fine, people who have the job of selling insurance, taking a commission on it, and most of all assessing it are fucked. No more "guy drives into tree, only source of how is guy, who has concussion".</p>
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<p>So, each quarter Tesla issue a software update, the data coming off all their cars is fed into the insurance algorithm, that gives an insurance premium automatically paid by anyone using that software. Tesla car crashes into Google car. 2 sets of data fed into algorithm & the fault is apportioned.</p>
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<p>Guy who wrote algorithm 1 & 2 makes money. Insurance companies make money. 50,000 insurance assessors & people on commission.. less so.</p>
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Universal basic income FTW!</p>
