# Don't try this stunt in your Q50... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 8, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247 "2014-08-08T06:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/1 "2014-08-08T06:00:25Z")
… Although it’s crazy that there isn’t a seat sensor to override the system! Autonomous Cars are pretty close: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/2 "2014-08-08T06:03:39Z")
> [@Onyx Z32"](#): > > … Although it’s crazy that there isn’t a seat sensor to override the system! There will be now. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/3 "2014-08-08T06:08:25Z")
I am not liking these things… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/4 "2014-08-08T06:43:20Z")
> [@91MR2](#): > > I am not liking these things… why? beats a teenager with a cell phone ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/5 "2014-08-08T06:54:34Z")
I guess Mercedes has a similar system but it detects when your hands are on the wheel. Some guy found a way around that though… [https://youtu.be/Kv9JYqhFV-M](https://youtu.be/Kv9JYqhFV-M) ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/6 "2014-08-08T07:13:23Z")
Nope. No way. Absolutely not. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/7 "2014-08-08T07:24:30Z")
> [@Haenszel](#): > > Nope. No way. Absolutely not. My exact reaction when he was in the passenger seat with no one in the drivers seat, lol. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/8 "2014-08-08T09:12:51Z")
This is funny when you combine it with all the car hacking research that got dropped this week :lol: > **[How Hackable Is Your Car? Consult This Handy Chart](https://www.wired.com/2014/08/car-hacking-chart/)** > > Last year, when hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek showed they could hijack the steering and brakes of a Ford Escape and a Toyota Prius with nothing but laptops connected to the cars, they raised two questions: Could hackers perform the same... ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/9 "2014-08-08T09:24:30Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > This is funny when you combine it with all the car hacking research that got dropped this week :lol: > > [How Hackable Is Your Car? Consult This Handy Chart | WIRED](http://www.wired.com/2014/08/car-hacking-chart/) With your hacking and my development skills I think we should write an app that will move a car one lane to the right and deal with those fast lane blockers once and for all. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/10 "2014-08-08T09:43:55Z")
What could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/11 "2014-08-08T10:10:52Z")
eesh. ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/12 "2014-08-08T10:15:38Z")
Now she has no excuse for giving road head. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/13 "2014-08-08T10:23:12Z")
The future is going to blow. Humans are so dumb. The only species intelligent enough to design themselves out of existence. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/14 "2014-08-08T10:58:28Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > The future is going to blow. Humans are so dumb. The only species intelligent enough to design themselves out of existence. Go away I’m batin’ ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/15 "2014-08-08T14:07:30Z")
^^Such a great reference lol That movie has turned into a very scary accurate representation of our future. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/16 "2014-08-11T19:36:32Z")
Looks like this tech has been around since the 90’s. Go to 2:55 [https://youtu.be/jpkqhjAB6fw](https://youtu.be/jpkqhjAB6fw) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/17 "2014-08-11T19:42:38Z")
^^^ i’ve never seen that before… dude is bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/18 "2014-08-11T19:47:44Z")
> [@bing](#): > > ^^^ i’ve never seen that before… dude is bonkers. Wow you have never watched that Project Mayhem DVD? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-try-this-stunt-in-your-q50/270247/19 "2014-08-11T20:04:17Z")
apparently not. as dumb as it is to do that it also took a bit of planning and more than a few loose screws… i gotta tip my hat a bit for some reason.