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How is Tupac relevant?
Artists being blamed for causing preexistent negative phenomena that served as the inspiration for their art. Tupac's lyrics were blamed for being a cause of violence while in reality they were a reflection of the violence that was already there.
I get the criticism, want, and need...but comparing a $120K+ Porsche to a $20K average car isn't exactly a fair comparison, even when it comes to headlights. The replacement cost on that headlight is probably astronomical, where I can replace a bulb for $40. I don't even know if the Boxster which is around ~$60K comes with these headlights. A quick lookup and those Porsche headlights cost ~$2K EACH.
> A quick lookup and those Porsche headlights cost ~$2K EACH. That sounds low. My Toyota's headlights are $1,200 each.
Also the quote I looked at was used, someone else here posted it might cost more like $5K each, new.
Lack of matrix headlights is a glaring omission on Teslas sold in Europe, too. Pretty much any other high-end car in Europe has them, at least as an option.
Adding localized and very complex feature is likely very low on their to do list, especially as their RD spending is ridiculously low, and trending downward for last few years.
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The Fast and Furious franchise is, not unlike the late 2pac, a reflection of the community. A percentage of America has always been modding their cars and an even larger percentage enjoys dreaming about modding cars - the films draw from that, not the other way around.
That's the reason the Fast franchise is some 8+ films in and still doing $500M+ box offices. It's also a good reason documentaries, classical and jazz music, and non-fiction books in all but self-help and cookbooks sell poor. I'd love to see a huge textbook covering pre-Calc through intros to harder topics like Real Analysis and Stochastics top the bestsellers for 22 weeks. But instead, people are buying the 5,431st…
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Don't forget the folks in the 40's taking those old trucks and turning them into hot-rods. The car modification scene is only slightly younger than the car.
My uncle told me stories about living in rural Michigan, and how the first thing that people did when a road got paved in the area was set up a quarter mile marker.
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> A quick lookup and those Porsche headlights cost ~$2K EACH. That sounds low. My Toyota's headlights are $1,200 each.
But you can replace your bulbs for less than $100, it would appear due to the housing mechanics, etc you'd have to replace the entire headlight unit if one went out for this particular setup. Also the quote I looked at was used, someone else here posted it might cost more like $5K each, new.
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You will see them far more often on large trucks in the USA these days. Especially true for midwest drives across long stretches at night where the brightness is much more annoying than in the middle of a city. If the truck is lifted, the brightest points of the light can hit you from further away, worsening the problem. It is also bad when someone is behind you with this setup, especially lifted trucks. Some cars ha…
> Some cars have a rear mirror that can dim them to tolerable levels, but not the side mirrors The US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration actually has a suggestion for eliminating the glare and reducing blindspots [1] https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/blindzonegla...