Because automotive news doesn’t have to be boringTumblr (3.0; @cruzerblog)http://cruzerblog.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc9nhbul9f1rq53aho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At Professional Business College, you can be Tobey Maguire in 8 short months #majorinspiderman</p>http://cruzerblog.tumblr.com/post/34062139560http://cruzerblog.tumblr.com/post/34062139560Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:19:59 -0400majorinspiderman<p>Although Nevada has <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/12/nevada-passes-law-governing-the-use-of-autonomous-vehicles/" title="Nevada approves autonomous vehicles" target="_blank">approved the use of autonomous vehicles on their roads</a>, the GPS and laser-guided Google cars don&#8217;t quite resemble the vehicles television and movies made us think we were going to have. So is that necessarily a bad thing? Let&#8217;s take a look&#8230;</p> <p><span><strong>Tour Explorer from <em>Jurassic Park</em> (1993)</strong></span></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://images.wikia.com/jurassicpark/images/9/92/Safaricar.jpg" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>PROS — Lots of fun gadgets, a cool sunroof, and it&#8217;s a green electric</strong></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B-Grj1_QR8E/TU_0MFOA5dI/AAAAAAAAAbU/9jVFSCJuIiQ/s1600/t-rex-jurassic-park.jpg" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>CONS — Could be faster, great when it works</strong></p> <p><span><strong>Johnny Cab from </strong><em><strong>Total Recall </strong></em><strong>(1990)</strong></span></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://netdensity.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/vlcsnap-257961.png" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>PROS — Polite interface, the perfect designated driver</strong></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/total-recall/9.jpg" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>CONS — Very creepy, will try to kill you if you don&#8217;t pay the fare</strong></p> <p><span><strong>Herbie from <em>The Love Bug (1968)</em></strong></span></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://imcdb.org/i003591.jpg" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>PROS — A magic, sentient car that&#8217;s impossibly fast</strong></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1690/vlcsnap2010092503h16m18.png" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>CONS — Jealous &amp; temperamental. Attempts suicide if your seen with another car</strong></p> <p><span><strong>KITT from <em>Knight Rider</em> (1982)</strong></span></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01722/knight-rider_1722291i.jpg" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>PROS — Very fast, incredibly intelligent, nearly indestructible</strong></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3569/3280708482_2a63e84692_o.jpg" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>CONS — Doesn&#8217;t actually need you</strong></p> <p><span><strong>Stephen King&#8217;s<em> Christine</em></strong></span></p> <p><em><img height="336" src="http://www.plymouthcentral.com/files/Christine01.jpg" width="600"/></em></p> <p><strong>PROS — Incredibly loyal, great taste in music, able to repair itself</strong></p> <p><img height="336" src="http://www.freewebs.com/rockandrollisheretostay/christine_10.jpg" width="600"/></p> <p><strong>CONS — Will turn you evil and kill anyone whose less than polite to you</strong></p>http://cruzerblog.tumblr.com/post/17988297287http://cruzerblog.tumblr.com/post/17988297287Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:51:00 -0500AutonomousAutonomous VehiclesNevadacarsmoviesJurassic ParkKnight RiderChristineTotal Recallself-driveautomobiles<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpqyxqssK1rq53aho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>it begins!</p>http://cruzerblog.tumblr.com/post/17972738576http://cruzerblog.tumblr.com/post/17972738576Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:40:08 -0500