[Magdalen] Car quirks / was Re: Is the Pub closed?

[Jay Weigel]

I have a 2006 Honda C-RV that doesn't yet have !00K miles on it...bought it
when I was contemplating being a travel nurse for far longer than I was.
Now I find myself needing less car and have been discussing getting my
son-in-law to look for a slightly smaller car for me. He wants to make a
trade; he will  purchase the smaller car and then trade it to me for the
CR-V for Boogie. I would consider that once I get some work done on mine,
depending on what he can find.

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 2:27 PM Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have discovered that some newer car innovations are not all they're
> cracked up to be.
>
> Last June my car was totaled and I was fortunate to find, almost
> immediately, a used Honda HR-V for sale, formerly driven by a little old
> lady (probably my age) who had passed away. It is more car than I would
> have
> ever bought with many bells/whistles and new tech but the price was so
> right
> I knew it was a good decision.  It is one of those that uses a push button
> to turn on the car, based on the driver having the 'fob device' that
> interacts with the car's electronics to enable that action.
>
> There have been some very unique occurrences so far relating to this
> set-up,
> not the least of which is the new challenges, in the greater metro Houston
> area  (being less than a day's drive from the Mexican border, where most
> stolen cars head immediately - usually in the dead of night). There are
> devices that can triangulate with your fob, even if it is inside your
> house,
> allowing a criminal to open and drive the car --- this can also happen in
> a
> parking lot. I do have a special Faraday key-keeper that protects the fob
> from receiving false activation, but that kind of undermines the handiness
> of having the fob in pocket or purse and just opening the car without
> having
> to fumble with keys, because if the fob is in the key-keeper the car does
> not respond until the fob is freed from its bondage....  Also recently
> discovered that the fob battery is low (thank goodness a message appeared
> on
> the dash!) because if the fob does not work you can still use a key hidden
> in the fob, to enter the car, but the key can not start the car. Note to
> self... *always* have batteries at the ready : )   So I love the car but
> there's a bit too much of "The Jetsons" about it that I'm still getting
> used
> to.
>
> Lynn
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 1:00 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Is the Pub closed?
>
> > So I said the Chevy Malibu was a POC, right?
> >
> > Today I noticed that it was actually shutting off at stop lights.
> > (it's alot quieter in St. Augustine than in Jacksonville)
> > Then, when the light turned green and I touched the gas,
> > it turned on and surged a bit.
> > Weird, weird, weird.
> > Thought I'd call Hertz later today, but then found this.
> > https://youtu.be/1a2ZeiIigig
> >
> > This car actually has two batteries, one under the hood and one in the
> > trunk.
> > What a great idea!
> > NOT.
> > -M
>
>