Elif and if statement not working in and out of function-CodePudding

The code:

class Car:
y = 0
x = 0
x_miles = y / 5280
y_miles = x / 5280
direction = 0
speed = 100
fps = speed * 1.467
Cords = {x}, {y}
Cords_miles = x_miles, y_miles

def driving(self):
    drv = 'start'
    while drv != 'stop':
        if Car.direction == -270:
            Car.direction = 90
        elif Car.direction == 270:
            Car.direction = -90
        elif Car.direction == -180:
            Car.direction = 180
        drv = input('Say W(Forward), S(Stop), A(TurnLeft), D(TurnRight), C(GetCords): ').lower
        if drv == 's':
        print('this never gets executed, as well as the elifs statements after')
        else:
            print('this always gets executed')

the problem is that when I call the function and then enter an input, for example, if I give it the letter s, it skips to the else statement immediately. Here's the output if I enter s:

Say W(Forward), S(Stop), A(TurnLeft), D(TurnRight), C(GetCords): s
this always gets executed

I cannot seem to fix it, so it would be great if someone could help!

CodePudding user response：

You are missing brackets after you .lower. As you can read here, without the brackets you are just setting a reference to the lower method but do not actually call it.