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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:09 PM
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No Supras or MR-2s ... but we may get this?

Why have a Supra when you can have a car that can smile and wink?

Thanks a lot Toyota...

Toyota plans cars with feelings
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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you can buy a new mr2



I'm still half temped to get one since I can kinda fit in it lol
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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Yeah we can, but only this year. If it wasn't for my folks, I would probably be looking at something as a daily driver though to supplement the Evo, rather than an MR drivetrained car which would be "interesting" to drive in the snow, even with good winter tires.

I just don't like stupid smiling cars when they could be not nixing the MR2 and could give us back a decent performance car!
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MisterSpoot
Why have a Supra when you can have a car that can smile and wink?

Thanks a lot Toyota...

Toyota plans cars with feelings
That car screams gay...

I can see it now, there will be a modification that adds the emotion of horny. The antenna grows bigger and the car bounces up and down as if it had bags
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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adjusts the car's attitude accordingly, by selecting the interior lighting and music.
That may be the stupidest **** I've heard in a long time. Who thought this would be a good idea for the mainstream market???
Such capabilities would make driving more entertaining, the researchers believe.
We need to stop killing each other on the highways before we start getting more distractions out there
They envisage cars with antennas that wag
This is like a stupid cartoon. Honestly, if this is appropriate for any age group besides 16-year-old girls, please enlighten me.

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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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it looks like a toaster
i wish i could drive a kitchen appliance lol
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:50 PM
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I hate to say it, but the cellphone paradigm is going to be applied to cars sooner or later.

Get ready to be able to switch all sorts of stupid trim items to match your outfit (or, like, lip gloss!), needless features which further distract the driver, GAP-style ads, etc. I think I read about this last month (was on Slashdot or something), and I believe it could even pump in different scents and junk. Optical lighting to vary dash color and well as other indiciators.

Toyota will grab the youth market with this stuff. At least, like, the Valley girl portion of it. I'd rather have a Supra though.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:52 PM
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And now presenting the furby car....
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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Queer........ VERY QUEER !
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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Toyota is turing emo.
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 07:46 PM
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Toyota is responding to Japanese culture, IMO. This vehicle would go over huge in Japan, just like so many of the current wave of gadgets have, but fail pretty miserably here.

The two-way communication idea will fail miserably because the vast majority of Americans don't pay any attention as is. The guy that drives the speed limit in the left lane for 32 miles without ever looking in his mirror isn't going to respond to your car having a frown on the front fascia.
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