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

Wed Jan 16 21:45:48 UTC 2019

Cady>The monitor screen on it is larger than the office laptop's screen.

I too have a monitor screen, about tablet sized. I finally figured out how 
to totally dim it. It was driving me crazy when I was driving at night.

Still thankful for a nice car, just wish there weren't so many gadgets.
L

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From: "cady soukup" <cadyasoukup at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 3:17 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Car quirks / was Re: Is the Pub closed?

> 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>> 