Automobiles Bells And Whistles - do they make better drivers?

[Dftodd]

Your smart key should have a mechanical key inside of it.

I just had to check the remote for our new car, and then showed the key to my wife so she knew about it. Now to find the bloody key hole on the door.

 

[Dftodd]

Battery died in my hyundai and just before it drew it's last breath it locked itself, had stuff in the car I needed and it is keyless entry, had to wait for roadside assist who put in a new battery.

Had one of my friends call me up in a panic. Her Tiburon died in the middle of a 4 way intersection on a 4 lane highway and she couldn't get out of the car.

I was kinda flabbergasted at first till I managed to ask her if she could pull the knob up.

On my 09 sierra, the doors unlock when it loses power to the battery. I found that out when I was going into town with my wife. The fuse block for the main power distribution started developing a bad connection. Every time I let off the gas the door locks started locking and unlocking rapidly like the truck was possessed by a ghost Scared the dickins out of us.

Pulled over and traced the battery cables up to a 40amp slow blow fuse. Wiggle the wires at that block, and the truck would start but then start acting like it was possessed again.

Swung into the auto parts store, got a new fuse block and replaced it when I got home.

 

[Jstpssng]

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You raise a good point. On my GM products the power locks automatically unlock when you put it in park. There are times when that might not be a good thing. I was once stopped at a red light when some guy walked over and opened my passenger side door. He saw my company decal and thought that gave him the right to do so, because he wanted to make a smart ***** comment about how clean my truck was.

 

[Dftodd]

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You raise a good point. On my GM products the power locks automatically unlock when you put it in park. There are times when that might not be a good thing. I was once stopped at a red light when some guy walked over and opened my passenger side door. He saw my company decal and thought that gave him the right to do so, because he wanted to make a smart ***** comment about how clean my truck was.

You should be able to change that in the settings so it only unlocks the drivers door. But it's been a while since I've scrolled through the personal settings, so I could be wrong.

Ford has started doing the same thing. But you can set it in the settings on whether it unlocks just the drivers door or both doors. I set it for both doors since I'm usually stopping, walking around to the passenger side. Then realizing the passenger door is still locked. Then having to walk around, open the drivers door and hit the unlock button. Then go back to the passenger side and grabbing what I needed. Usually my cordless impact bag off the passenger side floor board.

 

[MossRoad]

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You raise a good point. On my GM products the power locks automatically unlock when you put it in park. There are times when that might not be a good thing. I was once stopped at a red light when some guy walked over and opened my passenger side door. He saw my company decal and thought that gave him the right to do so, because he wanted to make a smart ***** comment about how clean my truck was.

You can change that so none of the doors unlock when you put it in park.

 

[Frankenkubota]

That kind of suggests to me that the workers were not very focused on their work. Understandable but problematic. I am bored to tears when driving a couple of hours.

Stand at a punch press, 8 hours a day, 12 minute break in the morning and afternoon and 18 minutes for lunch. Hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.

Unless you have done it, you can't imagine. Just from reading the posts, I doubt that many on this forum would want to do that kinda work and i don't blame you, i had no choice.. I went to back to school.

Point being, some jobs make you part of the machine and, for me, it was impossible not to let your mind wander. And that's how you lose a finger.

An economist (can't remember his name) from the 30s made the comment that, capitalism commoditizes work and when you make work a commodity, it loses any spiritual value. Not sure about that but..........

I was in manufacturing. Seems to me there is one group that is particularly well versed for that kinda work.

 

[Frankenkubota]

I did some conyeyor control for a pharma customer of mine twenty years ago (still in operation) and worried about the liability. Sheity, when you want to make some honest money but worry that you could loose everything.

Just asa favor, helped a industrial engineer buddy install bar code readers at Revlon to help control conveyors etc.

Amazing to see that kind of volume. Reminded me of a cigarette factory or brewery.

 

[Oaktree]

I'm a bit perplexed right now because a mouse decided to set up housekeeping in my new-to-me Colorado, and now all sorts of funky things are happening. When the parking brake is set it states the power steering isn't working... that's a pretty stupid thing to have tied into the electronics. Two things that I want to work at all times; brakes and steering.

Does GM use soy-based insulation on vehicle wiring? I know several of the Japanese automakers do. I wonder who thought that was a good idea.

 

[Jstpssng]

Does GM use soy-based insulation on vehicle wiring? I know several of the Japanese automakers do. I wonder who thought that was a good idea.

It turns out that my mouse and electrical problems were completely unrelated. My E-brake pedal was rubbing on the wiring harness, causing it to chafe, then short out. It took them 5 minutes to figure that out... half of that was spent going after a mirror to get a better view up under the dash.

 

[bigtiller]

Stand at a punch press, 8 hours a day, 12 minute break in the morning and afternoon and 18 minutes for lunch. Hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.

Unless you have done it, you can't imagine. Just from reading the posts, I doubt that many on this forum would want to do that kinda work and i don't blame you, i had no choice.. I went to back to school.

Point being, some jobs make you part of the machine and, for me, it was impossible not to let your mind wander. And that's how you lose a finger.

An economist (can't remember his name) from the 30s made the comment that, capitalism commoditizes work and when you make work a commodity, it loses any spiritual value. Not sure about that but..........

I was in manufacturing. Seems to me there is one group that is particularly well versed for that kinda work.

Ah, production work, yep, the mind wanders. I assembled the same part every 73 seconds, all day, 5 days a week for about 4 years.