I do not maintain my bicycle. I bought it in the 90s. I replace things that have worn out. The chain once, the brakes twice., the brake and gear cables once.
Things should be designed properly.
Many thousands of miles.
They still had warning lights. I have never maintained a car. You spend more on servicing than repairs.
The oil pressure light is there to tell you when you have *no* oil pressure. The system cannot differentiate between normal oil flow and aerated oil flow. An alert *driver* can tell the difference because of the noise made by an aerated or cavitating hydraulic system. That means of assessment is difficult within the confines of an engine due to extraneous noises also generated but it does work in, say, hydraulic power steering.
That is at odds with what the *car buyer* is willing to pay for.
The bean counters would not agree with you. We wouldn't have seat belts, stability control and the like were it not for government mandate. The only car companies that willingly add on the extra gizmos are those in the upmarket luxury arena. What's more, the manufacturers of such gizmos do their testing and evaluation in these markets where price point isn't as critical.
How odd that we did with electric windows, central locking, auto opening hatch back doors, cruise controls, heated seats, air con, heating, dash cams, auto tilting wing mirrors, seats that automatically adjust to what particular drivers want, sat nav, radios, fancy suspensions etc etc etc.
That's bullshit too.
But have most of that stuff even on their low end cars.
I was surprised that my late-1990s Peugeot 306 had an oil level gauge. OK it was the Meridian model which was possibly top of the range special edition (it had half-leather seats and maybe some other things that wouldn't be found on a standard model), but even so it was unexpected.
Obviously it only gives a sensible reading *before* the engine is running, and the needle returned to zero as soon as the engine was started. I got into the habit of adding it to the normal "cockpit drill" - checking fuel level, that ignition and oil pressure lights come on and then go out once the engine is started, that gear lever is in neutral (or else clutch is pressed) before starting - that you do automatically whenever you are about to set off.
Yeah, its not that unusual in frog cars for some reason.
Interesting, didn't think of that downside so not that useful if you develop a major oil leak with the engine running. Presumably that's part of the reason they arent common in non frog cars.
I don't do any of that myself. I do check the tyres with a quick walk around but even that is a bit hard to justify.
Agreed, but why put a 7 point lock on them? To protect the frame?
The other thing i don't like about them, they all seem to have a very wide frame, making the hole you can get through even smaller than usual. So now impossible to get a sofa into the house.
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