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Rachel
I'd like to know how our lives are expected to change over the next 10 years. What type of medical advancements are on the horizon? Will there be a cure for cancer/aids? What types of new technologies will replace the current ones? I've Googled this question and found a lot of blogs but not much in the way of news articles.
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We currently have the ability to automate vehicles so we won't need to drive. This ofcourse will require that all cars have an automatic transmission and able to communicate with eachother and road signalling etc. May be something to look forward to...possibly add the destination on the GPS and let it drive, ofcourse this is limiting to car enthusiasts, and no more accidents, no deaths on the road, may shut down some powerful insurance companies so not likely to happen. Makes you think, what else hasn't been invented because of a consequential shift in power.
Also very possible advances in weapons systems, with further computerisation, better tracking ability and detection, automation, target acquisition. What else?...I know NASA launched a new space rocket design recently, I'm sure everyone's seen it.
We currently have the ability to automate vehicles so we won't need to drive. This ofcourse will require that all cars have an automatic transmission and able to communicate with eachother and road signalling etc. May be something to look forward to...possibly add the destination on the GPS and let it drive, ofcourse this is limiting to car enthusiasts, and no more accidents, no deaths on the road, may shut down some powerful insurance companies so not likely to happen. Makes you think, what else hasn't been invented because of a consequential shift in power.
Also very possible advances in weapons systems, with further computerisation, better tracking ability and detection, automation, target acquisition. What else?...I know NASA launched a new space rocket design recently, I'm sure everyone's seen it.
Why do people think the Mustang V6 is bad, when a lot of performance cars including the Nissan GT-R have a V6?
Adam
The Cadillac XTS has a V6, the Nissan GT-R has a V6 and a lot of other sports cars have a V6. But a lot of people look down on the Mustang V6. The Mustangs V6 is a 3.7 305 HP engine, which is better than most other V6 engines, so why the hate?
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You can't beat the power of a V8? Sad to say BUT YOU ACTUALLY CAN! Especially if it's been detuned to a ridiculous level. I mean w/ mustangs in general while the big V8 muscle/pony cars were famous for power, somewhere between 1971 and maybe 2010 the base V8's in mustangs went to absolute hell. So while still being V8's they were weaker than the V6's in the last few gens of mustangs.
And I can personally vouch for that currently owning a V8 mustang that back in 1972 that even though it had a 351C in it (one of the famous ford V8's) that particular V8 only put out only about 180HP stock (less than a 94-04 V6)
And in a car that weighed a hair under 4000 lbs. SO as you can imagine, it did not make things much better.So it really goes without saying that it would be very easy to beat that back then.
And I'm sorry but to dump a bit more on the guy who said that. That comment is exactly what we're talking about and really is also case in point w/ this issue....the problem is your typical "V8 only idiot" just thinks a V8 equals more power than anything else...end of story. And usually doesn't understand that all engines are NOT created equal and that some engines can have more or less HP whether they have the same number of cylinders or not
And as said with a lot of these people they really are absolutely clueless when it comes to stuff like that to the point they are basically just pretending to be car enthusiasts, and really don't understand a word of what they're talking about.......other than the term "V8". But they will just dump on anything w/ anything less than a 8 cylinders any chance they get regardless of the facts.
And like I said it's common knowledge the I6/V6 is of course always the weakest option (except for the years w/ a 4-cyl) because not everyone who wanted to buy a mustang needs personal short coming compensating power and lousy gas mileage,lol
And while I can't really prove it. I personally suspect some of them had bad experiences w/ V6's or something when they were starting to drive and it must have made such a bad impression that they've just never been able to get over it.
....I know we get a ton of questions on here from clueless and poor 16yr olds asking over and over how to make the gutless/worthless 94-04 3.8L V6's faster. (which I will fully admit is a waste of time cause you can't do it for cheap) So w/ all those I can't help but think that it may be the case with at least a few of them out there.
But either way while the past few gens of V6's have agreeably been junk in terms of performance (given that they were not designed for it in the first place)
The good news with the current generation of V6, it's definitely a bit of a different story. The 2011+ V6's are the first V6's that have what most would call decent if not proper horsepower AND decent MPG....whereas before you always had to choose one or the other.
And actually if you look at the numbers in the specs. They end up having MORE HP than most base V8's had from about 71-04 (including the famous 5.0 form the 80's that had 225-235 max)
And actually have about the same as the 05-10 GT's had (between 300-315HP)
PLUS if you look at sales numbers on mustangs Ford has ALWAYS sold more V6's (and I6 pre-74) than any/all V8 versions they have ever offered so basically the 6's that these V8 only morons like to dump on so much are actually what keep their precious V8's in production (if not the entire brand itself)
So really they hate because as w/ any mindless bigot, they are just stuck in their cycle of irrational hate and just will not come out of it no matter what the facts may be.
You can't beat the power of a V8? Sad to say BUT YOU ACTUALLY CAN! Especially if it's been detuned to a ridiculous level. I mean w/ mustangs in general while the big V8 muscle/pony cars were famous for power, somewhere between 1971 and maybe 2010 the base V8's in mustangs went to absolute hell. So while still being V8's they were weaker than the V6's in the last few gens of mustangs.
And I can personally vouch for that currently owning a V8 mustang that back in 1972 that even though it had a 351C in it (one of the famous ford V8's) that particular V8 only put out only about 180HP stock (less than a 94-04 V6)
And in a car that weighed a hair under 4000 lbs. SO as you can imagine, it did not make things much better.So it really goes without saying that it would be very easy to beat that back then.
And I'm sorry but to dump a bit more on the guy who said that. That comment is exactly what we're talking about and really is also case in point w/ this issue....the problem is your typical "V8 only idiot" just thinks a V8 equals more power than anything else...end of story. And usually doesn't understand that all engines are NOT created equal and that some engines can have more or less HP whether they have the same number of cylinders or not
And as said with a lot of these people they really are absolutely clueless when it comes to stuff like that to the point they are basically just pretending to be car enthusiasts, and really don't understand a word of what they're talking about.......other than the term "V8". But they will just dump on anything w/ anything less than a 8 cylinders any chance they get regardless of the facts.
And like I said it's common knowledge the I6/V6 is of course always the weakest option (except for the years w/ a 4-cyl) because not everyone who wanted to buy a mustang needs personal short coming compensating power and lousy gas mileage,lol
And while I can't really prove it. I personally suspect some of them had bad experiences w/ V6's or something when they were starting to drive and it must have made such a bad impression that they've just never been able to get over it.
....I know we get a ton of questions on here from clueless and poor 16yr olds asking over and over how to make the gutless/worthless 94-04 3.8L V6's faster. (which I will fully admit is a waste of time cause you can't do it for cheap) So w/ all those I can't help but think that it may be the case with at least a few of them out there.
But either way while the past few gens of V6's have agreeably been junk in terms of performance (given that they were not designed for it in the first place)
The good news with the current generation of V6, it's definitely a bit of a different story. The 2011+ V6's are the first V6's that have what most would call decent if not proper horsepower AND decent MPG....whereas before you always had to choose one or the other.
And actually if you look at the numbers in the specs. They end up having MORE HP than most base V8's had from about 71-04 (including the famous 5.0 form the 80's that had 225-235 max)
And actually have about the same as the 05-10 GT's had (between 300-315HP)
PLUS if you look at sales numbers on mustangs Ford has ALWAYS sold more V6's (and I6 pre-74) than any/all V8 versions they have ever offered so basically the 6's that these V8 only morons like to dump on so much are actually what keep their precious V8's in production (if not the entire brand itself)
So really they hate because as w/ any mindless bigot, they are just stuck in their cycle of irrational hate and just will not come out of it no matter what the facts may be.
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