JohnnyRotten1
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Electronic suspension
Feb 7, 2016 6:37 PM
JohnnyRotten1
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Ohmygodimkenny
Neat!
Fenlig
I presume its got some sort of laser sensor in front of each wheel measuring the distance so it can react in time.
DislecixDoge
That's cool, but what happens when you're making a turn?
Tibbs
How about a car with similar ride height rather than comparing lower right height vehicles?
LazyBunnyKiera
Sauce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPYIaks1UY Also shared by OP in a comment.
Blubberpet
Parking stops have met their match.
AlexImguram
It's impressive and all, but it's taken them just the 60 years or to produce a system as good as Citroen's..
Carnot
How many Citroen's have you seen hopping over speed bumps?
racefan132
I saw it as a mercedes product called "chicken head" suspension
Neroku
This is realy old tech that for some reason never took off.
molcandr
like a bose
ProductivityCanSuckIt
Boss Hogg will never be able to catch those Duke boys now.
Khanecz
Six beers for the Reynolds crew!
Maie13
How does it work on pot holes?
SupremeChicago
I wish I could afford this suspension on that porche
CauseThisIsHowYouGetAnts
Great job KITT!
HapilyDamaged
Kit, activate the tiurbo boost
QueenCousland
So you can comfortably keep a normal speed going over speed bumps. Which exist to slow you down. For safety. What could go wrong?
Cynistera
Posted yesterday.
gooberdclue
obstacles.
Spidey209
Lets put our innovative new invention in a Yank Tank with shitty mileage!
RyNinDaCleM
Just what we need... People doing bunny hops on the road. What's next? Grinding? Back flips?
GINGERPOWER4917
Rocketleauge IRL!
Ezekiel117
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdGgcoxMfz0 grind car irl
peachypunch
...I hope so
rubbarz
Bunnyhop deez nuts on your forehead.
ifukyogrl
I laughed too hard at this +1
Spanked84
Strafe jumping cars.
Remoir
Speed Racer!
MyPPHrtz
I would assume they would then evolve to KZ or surf
footfoe
Tony Hawk's extreme Nascar
ManicYEEtPressive
Grinding cars already exist. check out the Dyrdek Mustang if you don't believe me.
HeWhoIsValorousAndPureOfHeartMayFindTheHolyGrailInTheAaarrrgghh
Barrel rolls probably.
pdrsn
ThisPizzaManCanMakeYourWorldTasteGood
Krympehl
"Starfox! Do a barrel roll!" "I'M PUSHING THE BUTTONS DAMNIT!!"
Therackstar
Push Z or R twice!
bustrpoindextr
GOD DAMMIT! I AM, IT'S THE FUCKING CONTROLLER, OKAY!?!
Itdo
"taking notes"
NerdyNekoNinja
Am I the only one who gets slightly aroused by the Bose Suspension?
AussieSwede
Bose. Can't afford it.
ICantThinkOfAU
Bose. It's probably faked.
ICantThinkOfAU
Ah come on, they faked the emission results for VW cars... It's both relevant and true >_>
SpeakingAsTheDevilsAdvocate
Yes they did. And they would've gotten away with it if not for those meddling kids
RandomAbscessMemories
Actually true. They decided it would be too heavy and too expensive to be commercially viable.
Johnsky
Give it to mercedes, they'd probably figure out how to do it with nothing more than a software update.
RandomAbscessMemories
You mean like Magic Body Control or whatever they call it? It's a similar though less effective system.
TheCaffeineAddict
BOSE= Buy Our Shit Elsewhere
FrancoUnAmerican
did they have pursued this technology ? because I've seen this at least 10 years ago.
f2tzoomzoom
For the seats
RandomAbscessMemories
No. They just recently explained that the cost and weight were too great for commercial use.
f2tzoomzoom
It's been incorporated into tractor trailers and large trucks
FrancoUnAmerican
Nice !!
ThisPizzaManCanMakeYourWorldTasteGood
NOICE!!!!
RichardHughes
CHISELED SPAM
RichardHughes
is what you will see in the mirror if you drive a weak car with dumb, fixed suspension
GetRicketyRicketyWreckedSon
But how does it work? Sauce?
erowud
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/KITT_Interior_at_Toronto_Auto_Show_2011.jpg
SirHipster
More likely to due with magnets than "sauce"
matt44p
They actually did this a few years ago. Didn't make it to the market, too heavy and expensive.
MRWIRealiseYouCanChangeUsernames
A system of ropes and pulleys
JohnnyRotten1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPYIaks1UY
7ofWine
Ty
graehall
just electricity and magnets, it reads the surface and adjusts the suspension with electromagnets on each wheel. Tricky to do-simple concept
xDownSetx
lLikeToast
This gif might help https://media.giphy.com/media/juDuRdAjXoH9m/giphy.gif
Matt10AE
Big mis-steak
1metalnation
Extremely informative, thank you
YumYumCumShop
Rum ham
Ayxu22
ever heard of magnets?
FrancoUnAmerican
it works litteraly like a speaker would work (only on a bigger scale with different triggers.) It's still pretty impressive.
cheerflpessimst
Fuckin magnets, man. How do they work?!
sharK11
With magnetism.
TendieLover
ICP. Juggalos unite!!!!!!!
dunecat1337
My ninja.
coldoverhere
Yeah that´s cool and all, but answer the real question here. Can i drive over a person without feeling the bump?
bustrpoindextr
I feel like you can, if after you kill them, you cover them with metals that then turn them into fancy speed bumps.
darkprincess0212
Asking the real questions...
xCessivePressure
Actually one of my greatest fears
GeorgeofJungle
Can I jump over police spike strips?
we3ze
Asking the real questions
RobNeither
What's the point then?
PanickedShrieking
That depends on how many other cars drove over them before you.
Mjpap
Of course you can.
WiennaLee
Read this comment to my engineer bf. His answer - "Yes, if it's a very flat person."
merlinious0
Imagine a spherical cow
WiennaLee
Every.Single.Day. I am living with a robot.
Waitihavesomething4this
I love how they put that shit on an old ass lexus. A glorified Toyota. Ha
RandomAbscessMemories
The original Lexus LS was designed to forcibly insert Lexus into the luxury sedan market. It was hugely overbuilt and underpriced.
RandomAbscessMemories
Also, the original video is old as shit so it was probably new when they started working on it.
Waitihavesomething4this
Well it's at least 15 years old here
RandomAbscessMemories
These CNET videos were taken recently as a sort of "whatever happened to..." segment. The original concept video has been around for a while
HoldingAccount
Knight Industries Two Thousand?
Denvercoder09
My thought exactly!
SolarFluxx
K.I.F.T (Knight Industries Four Thousand) =P
erowud
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/KITT_Interior_at_Toronto_Auto_Show_2011.jpg
OneDayIllBeRelevant
Crime policy analyst here. This could be problematic from a police pursuit perspective.
ThatPlebeian
Not gonna lie, my first thought when I saw this was "I wonder if this could get you over a spike strip".
SuspiciousKermit
I've found my getaway car!
VoPo
Idgi.
OneDayIllBeRelevant
Spike strips don't work well if cars just jump over them.
myusernameisfrankdrebin
Criminal here, that's a good idea man!
MrMcCookieMuffin
wew lad
batlrar
That's probably a good selling point, like how we already sell cars that go way over any speed limit you would encounter.
khora
Some roads have no speed limit.
RickBo
Right, and because some road somewhere exists without a speed limit I need to be able to sell cars that can pull off 150mph.
therealtacobell
Some people like to take there cars to the track or drag strip and others just appreciate good engineering
BecauseIDontHaveAWittyUsernameYoureSittingThereReadingThis
Never know when you'll need to outrun a horde of zombie cheetahs.
Shakezoolathemikerulamaybe
Yeah cause zombies aren't enough they had to be zombie cheetahs... We're so fucked.
allthenamesaregone
Eh, jump over one set and they'll put a bullet into your radiator before you get a mile further.
thefatlonelyjew
"put a bullet in your radiator" do you understand what a radiator does
allthenamesaregone
Yes. A car engine without coolant will run minutes at best.
Protean2648
HAHAHAHAHAHHAA. No. It'll run almost forever, it'll just run like shit. Coolant isn't that important when the engine is already hot.
thefatlonelyjew
Leaks take time, mang
Exoizzy
I dont know man. Ive seen cars run for hundreds of miles without coolant. Run like shit, but run none the less.
thefatlonelyjew
Exactly....
MaverickSawyer
They're STILL working on this? They demonstrated it a decade ago.
ChocksAway
The trick to cars isn't making it work so much as making it work using cheap, easy-to-service, easy-to-replace parts.
insanitypurge
According to the source, it was too heavy/expensive, so never took off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPYIaks1UY
MaverickSawyer
Thank you for that. I'd been wondering for years what came of it.