RE: Meet the 'MicroStang'
Discussion
Custom my ride and pimp my ride are favourates of my son. They've done the old body/new car thing a few times with some success. Some TV star has an old Chevelle (I think) body running on a modern Corvette. They also did him a classic Dodge Charger body on a new Charger SRT which is one of the only cars I've actually liked from the series. They do tend to stick heavy hi-fi gubbins, TV screens and tacky bits all over their cars but the Charger did look nice.
I'm stateside now and bought a 2012 for Explorer and is FULLY running on Microsoft, With 3 LCD screens, you control EVERYTHING on this.
Some users have reported errors and couldn't turn on the aircon or turn down the radio volume.
I has been ok so far, just pisses me off the ocasional SYSTEM UPDATE!!!, hehe
Some users have reported errors and couldn't turn on the aircon or turn down the radio volume.
I has been ok so far, just pisses me off the ocasional SYSTEM UPDATE!!!, hehe
DanB7290 said:
Does this mean it'll crash unexpectedly for no real reason from time to time?
The display will doubtless say "your car has performed an illegal operation" and "do you want to send fault report". The more I think about it the less attractive the idea of Microsoft's involvement in the automotive business becomes. Utterly tasteless Max Power look but Love the '67 stang shape though.
(loose the neon’s though!)
Good idea in theory with the new running gear on an old body shell, however the lights and oversized wheels are horrible and the interior shouldn't have that much tech in it in my opinion, reminds me of the old "pimp my rides" when they would just put screens in places to fill gaps, think they have put them on mudflaps before, completely useless and they have torn apart two decent cars in the process
Edited by JamesYates on Tuesday 27th March 18:22
JamesYates said:
Good idea in theory with the new running gear on an old body shell, however the lights and oversized wheels are horrible and the interior shouldn't have that much tech in it in my opinion, reminds me of the old "pimp my rides" when they would just put screens in places to fill gaps, think they have put them on mudflaps before, completely useless and they have torn apart two decent cars in the process
I can't wait till under sized wheels are the new over sized wheels. Edited by JamesYates on Tuesday 27th March 18:22
Massive wheels are s
t. 
I like the idea of dials displayed on screen and it's pretty inevitable this is the direction things are heading in.
As for the rest of it... I would certainly try to find a better use for a Mustang body... (goes off to daydream about sticking it on a suitable chassis + engine and designing a nice Linux powered carputer)
As for the rest of it... I would certainly try to find a better use for a Mustang body... (goes off to daydream about sticking it on a suitable chassis + engine and designing a nice Linux powered carputer)
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