Would you give this same critique to someone who was building a go-kart in their backyard for fun?
"Car companies like Honda and Ford have been around for decades, and those vehicles are going to drive considerably better than anything someone working in their backyard could make.
Plus, from my own experience, I've been driving these cars for the past 20 years, and abandoning that experience in how they feel and handle is a no-go.
So good luck, but you've got significant barriers to overcome"
“Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with”. It doesn’t have to be a product, and I can’t see anything in the guidelines that precludes sharing “toy projects”. On the contrary, a “Show HN needn't be complicated or look slick.”
It’s up to the community to use upvotes to determine what’s interesting to the audience, not individual self-censorship of what might offend those “grognards”.
"Car companies like Honda and Ford have been around for decades, and those vehicles are going to drive considerably better than anything someone working in their backyard could make.
Plus, from my own experience, I've been driving these cars for the past 20 years, and abandoning that experience in how they feel and handle is a no-go.
So good luck, but you've got significant barriers to overcome"