juniata guy posted:Perhaps what we’ll see in the not distant future is something akin to Carvana; say a “Trainvana” albeit the delivery system is a drone as opposed to a flatbed truck.
The drone would come complete with a small test track and perhaps a remote or smartphone type device to allow you to test the engine. If you like what you see; you advise the guy sitting somewhere in a nondescript industrial park monitoring things on a screen that you’ll take it. Insert your credit card and once payment is authorized, the remote monitor unlocks the new engine from the test track and back in the house you go with your new purchase.
Sounds kind of George Jetson-ish but; if trucks and cars can drive themselves, why not?
Curt
I was thinking Star Trek and buying my new engine from Mr. Spock!
