Topic: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.

[Sly Bob]

It's 20 years from today and that bracket on the front of the engine is broken but no matter how hard you try you can't find one ANYWHERE! Even Dave at DDM doesn't have one...

You could always make one.

Having worked in a foundry I'm very familiar with this process.

Metal Casting at Home Part 21 Core & Mould Making Casting & Machining

[nomead]

heck in 20 years you'll probably just 3d print the part itself:
Planetary Gears On A Printrbot 3D Printer


or perhaps the whole working engine:
3D Printed Radial Engine Model | Euromold 2012

This is a game-changer - especially given 20 years...

[Sly Bob]

True, but that takes the challenge out of it.   

The 3D printing is still quite expensive to do yet but in 20 years, yeah. It's not rocket science... Wait!

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=154931531

[Treeman]

20 years from now!?!  The meteors will have destroyed the earth.  What me worry?

[Sol Asylum]

Maybe the Meteors will be large deposits of unobtanium and then we will have a source for all those hard to find parts.

[Treeman]

And DDM will be installing flux capacitors by then!

[POS VETT]

I'd be very close to death door by then, unavailability of a car part would be the last thing on my mind.

[Sly Bob]

You're not gonna help your son keep it on the road?   

[POS VETT]

There would be many things else so much cooler, faster, and scarier by then.

Or, he would probably never have any interest in automotive like now.

[Sly Bob]

At the rate we're going we'll just get in and the car will drive itself. Now THAT'S scary.   

[POS VETT]

Indeed.

[nomead]

At the rate we're going we'll just get in and the car will drive itself. Now THAT'S scary.   

sanity slipping,... must - engage - manual - overridel ahhhh
(Just like the cars in "I Robot")

Not that that will ever be a problem with the Sky, presuming I can keep it (& self) around for 20 years, I just won't 'downgrade' it, adding an auto-pilot ;0)

[elff]

I really want a 3d printer.
Id print model versions of my Sky and make myself into an action figure like they did on the Big Bang Theory

[Sol Asylum]

Aren't you already action figure sized?

[elff]

Tis true, i just need a better costume

[Sol Asylum]

Don't let GJ design your costume or you'll end up wearing pink socks and odd stocking caps (toques in Kanadian).

[Sly Bob]

Works great to keep the ears warm.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuque

[elff]

That's a good hat for a bald guy