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

[cady soukup]

Rant:

Almost every new "large" consumer item has Yet Another User Interface
(YAUI) to learn. Even as a tech it is getting old. I try to remind
myself that even pets and old-fashioned animal transport (horses &
buggies) had user interfaces (care & feeding, training &
personalities) to learn. So far it hasn't helped much.

So we have a 25-year-old combination microwave & convention oven, a
30-year-old stove-oven, a 30-year-old refrigerator, a fairly simple
vehicle, none of which have IP addresses or complicated user
interfaces. I do not watch TV, so I have not learned which of the 4
controllers is needed to get it to work (all 4?). I like books,
although I also like my electronic reader (binge reading is my secret
addiction - all 3 books of a trilogy with no need to search in the
many bookcases in several rooms & halls to find them!).

Recently I rode in a Tesla sedan. The monitor screen on it is larger
than the office laptop's screen. The car is lovely - no ideas about
how long it takes to learn to drive it, nor about the maintenance
required to keep it moving - and I did not fit well into the front
seat. Designed for small people. I am not a small person.

End of Rant.

hugs anyway - Cady

On 1/16/19, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> I love my CR-V...2013.  I had driven sedans prior to this car, which I
> believe has made me a better driver because I ride higher in traffic.  Mine
> is not fancy but does have some useful extra features like a back up
> mirror.  I wish for a back up signal like John's Chevy Equinox.  Maybe it's
> my older age, but I find I can manage my speed better on the CR-V.
> Previous Volvo cruise at 40, not good for in town driving.
>
> Ginga
>
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> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 3:04 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>>
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