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Post by hughnique on Jan 18, 2024 12:15:05 GMT 1
Couple of things, firstly these cars, vans etc. that are not fitted with a handbrake these days, necessitating the driver to sit with his foot on the brake at traffic lights, junctions etc., thereby blinding whoever is sitting behind.
Even worse are the serial honkers, we have 2 close French neighbours, who occasionally have friends around, nothing wrong with that, until they decide to leave, and we are treated to a plethora of honking as they drive away, they have only just said goodbye and they can't resist getting on the hooter,
Same with these strikes we are seeing on the UK news, cars going past honking every 2 minutes so as you can't hear what the reporter is saying, do they not realise it is illegal. What a missed opportunity for the police just sit up the road and give all the honkers a fixed penalty notice, right little earner.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jan 18, 2024 12:50:56 GMT 1
Annoyingly my car, which is automatic, has an Autohold feature that applies the parking brake automatically when the car stops and then releases when the accelerator pedal is pressed so I don't have to keep my foot on the brake pedal - BUT the stop lights remain on when the car is stopped on Autohold.
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Post by lurcher on Jan 18, 2024 13:24:00 GMT 1
Thanks for that explanation. I have been thinking that the driver was simply sitting with a foot on the brake because they couldn’t be bothered to pull up the hand brake. Modern cars have a lot of new effects, most being useful but some quite annoying. The best advance that I have experienced is a reversing camera which, after only two weeks, I used to reverse park with great ease. I know there are self parking systems available and I look forward to buying such a car in about ten years time at a price I can afford.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jan 18, 2024 15:30:18 GMT 1
Reversing camera is great unless you forget to wipe it clean - at least in my car on wet roads it quickly gets covered in filth.
Because my car is a hybrid it regenerates as you brake and also regens when coasting and I can feel the braking effect. When it does this the brake lights come on. My previous car did the same but the brake lights did not come on until the brake pedal was pressed - I don't think that's safe as the driver behind wouldn't know that the car was slowing.
Adaptive cruise control is another clever feature but takes some getting used to.
My son's car has a traffic mode where it will accelerate and brake in traffic itself up to 30 mph. This feature can be switched off. It's very disconcerting at first but great in town driving or traffic jams once you get used to it.
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Post by Aardvark on Jan 18, 2024 16:31:52 GMT 1
I have never ridden in a car newer that a 2002 so can't really comment on these new features, but I do think pet peeves deserve a thread topic of their own. I recall seeing one a while ago. It might even have been on this forum but it did stimulate a lot of posts initially. There are quite a lot of things that annoy us. Behind the wheel, in politics, in shops, delivery companys, etc. Go for it. Get it off your chests. You might even get a troll coming along to defend the indefensible.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jan 18, 2024 16:44:33 GMT 1
I You might even get a troll coming along to defend the indefensible. Might? |
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jan 18, 2024 16:48:59 GMT 1
I have never ridden in a car newer that a 2002 so can't really comment on these new features... I think it's fair to say that many new features really do improve the driving experience but I'm now going to enter a big however. However, many actions require the use of a touch screen or steering wheel mounted buttons. The buttons aren't an issue because you can feel for those but the touchscreen obviously requires taking your eyes of the road. That's not an issue if you set things up as the default settings but my son, for example, seems to spend half his journey punching the screen. That's just not safe in my view. |
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Post by Nifty on Jan 18, 2024 17:16:26 GMT 1
Some features on new cars are brilliant, rear view cameras when reversing for instance, others such as lane control
or whatever it is called are potentially the cause of accidents.
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Post by Aardvark on Jan 18, 2024 20:13:27 GMT 1
The negative comments from both of you above are the hot topics on dozens of comments about things people dislike on the new gadget packed cars. On one of the videos I posted a link for shows a serious accident involving many cars when a car changed lanes unexpectedly without prompting from the driver.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jan 18, 2024 21:09:37 GMT 1
I drive 2 cars routinely. My father's Skoda Kamiq, 1 year old, has the lane keeping assist thing which defaults to being on when the ignition is switched on but can then be switched off by 2 clicks on a steering wheel button.
My car, a 6 month old BMW also has lane keeping assist but the extent of steering interference can be selected from a menu and is then set at that level until the user changes it. It does not default to the factory setting each time I start the car. Mine is set at the lightest possible level - a warning light but no steering wheel vibration or interference - but cannot be totally switched off.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jan 18, 2024 21:19:40 GMT 1
The negative comments from both of you above are the hot topics on dozens of comments about things people dislike on the new gadget packed cars. I can understand why. When I picked up my new car last July it took 2 hours to set everything up as I wanted it including authorising my mobile as a digital key (it came with 2 electronic key fobs, too). Then I spent quite a long time going through the user manual to find out what might or might not be relevant to my needs. The manual is 440 pages! Now, if I was unfamiliar with or, worse, scared of tech I would not be able to safely use the car. Worse, if you want a new car from BMW (in fact, from most makes) you have to learn to use the tech. Fine for those that have grown up with tech but a challenge for others. To be fair, though, my father is 92, conducts his life online on his mobile and gets on well with his Skoda. But he's never been afraid of new things and is still with it enough to learn new stuff. |
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Post by exile on Jan 18, 2024 23:15:00 GMT 1
Since Aardvark raised the issue of delivery companies, some recent experiences: Driver for one company seems to have a fear of heights and instead of delivering here, leaves the packages at the point relais down the hill. Just a 22km round trip to recover them. Another company happily says we weren't in so will deliver tomorrow - lying toad. Yet another company did not deliver because of the climatic conditions. We did have some snow so on the face of it, it seems not unreasonable. But that ignores the fact that this was one of 2 packages in the order and the other was delivered by the same company on the day they could not deliver the other package. . |
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