foreignconcepts
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Post by foreignconcepts on Mar 19, 2007 21:38:48 GMT -5
Don't ask me where this came from...
I just finished reading a new chapter of one person's story, where Doc was fixing a wire in Sally's headlight, and the question popped into my head - could wires be the equivalent of nerves in a car? (She wasn't too happy when he pulled the wire out.) But really... they carry information from point a to point b in much of the same way that nerves in humans do, electronic impulses of sorts. I know it's totally random, but it just seems to me crazy enough to make sense...
Thoughts?
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Post by pookydoc on Mar 19, 2007 22:12:43 GMT -5
maybe..i would think so  |
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 19, 2007 22:21:45 GMT -5
I think wires are the equivalent of nerves. We have nerves that allow us to feel pain if we get hit with something or our skin gets cut. Nerves sends signals to our brains telling us about the pain and how we should react to it.
Cars would also be able to feel pain... For instance, when Lightning drove into town the first night, he went "Ow, ow, ow, ow..." when he hit the caution cones. Later on, when he tried to perform that "Turn right to go left" trick he accidentally hurtled himself off a cliff and landed on something very hard and went, "Owww..." and then a second time, a very large cactus fell on him, he went, "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...!!!"
He was hit with something and wires inside his body told him that it was causing him pain, so he responded accordingly.
And let's not forget The King's awful wreck right before the end of the tiebreaker race. Don't tell me, he wasn't feeling any pain.
So, I would believe this wires are nerves theory...
Okay, sorry. Biology dork here.
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Post by Amethyst on Mar 20, 2007 14:08:07 GMT -5
Don't ask me where this came from... I just finished reading a new chapter of one person's story, where Doc was fixing a wire in Sally's headlight, and the question popped into my head - could wires be the equivalent of nerves in a car? (She wasn't too happy when he pulled the wire out.) But really... they carry information from point a to point b in much of the same way that nerves in humans do, electronic impulses of sorts. I know it's totally random, but it just seems to me crazy enough to make sense... Thoughts? Fic please ducky and yeah wires are probably nerves |
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Post by Tracker89 on Mar 20, 2007 17:00:31 GMT -5
Actually, I think this is one aspect where the Carsverse cars would be closer to animals/humans than real-life cars. Carsverse cars have much more sensory and motor abilities than any real-life car, so I doubt that a system of wires would be enough to transmit all that information. They probably have nerves integrated right into the body, like animals.
They might still have wires for "mechanical" actions such as braking or acceleration, but I think for the most part they have biological nerves. Either that, or they have thousands of microscopic wires that work in the same way as nerves.
EDIT:
When I say "motor abilities" I'm referring to motion in general, not just the motor of the car.
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Post by taiomega on Mar 20, 2007 18:58:27 GMT -5
I guess the only down fall to this would be the older the car the less nerves they would have....
then again maybe that's why the KING wasn't feeling as much...
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Post by foreignconcepts on Mar 26, 2007 18:39:24 GMT -5
Since cars seem to have a vehcular version of most human characterstics (ie - eyes, mouth, etc.) I agree with the fact that they could have, as Tracker said, thousands of microscopic wires in place of what we'd know as human nerves that serve the same function aside from the wires that serve for mechanical functions like braking, turning, etc. It seems to be the best compromise between both worlds without sounding too preposterous.
Sarah
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