OT. Google Joins Ford

Why do cars need entertainment? In my day, we made our own entertainment. I spy, with my little eye, ... </codger>

AM/FM radio was leading edge tech in vehicles when I was growing up. My brand new shiny Toyota pickup has one of those screens in it. It shows a warning every time I start the pickup. The warning says not to pay attention to the screen. One feature that is nice is the cruise control. It uses radar to keep me from rear ending a slower driver if I catch up to them.

In the near future, when cars become driverless, passengers will need something to keep them awake.

I've got the Subaru EyeSight in my Crosstrek that does this. It's always beeping when there are big breaks in road lines and even helps with steering. Says it prevents 85% of front end collisions but I don't want to test it.

All this electronic crap can cause your vehicle to be declared totaled in an accident because of extra repair cost. I drive a vehicle to get from one place to another, not to get entertained.

You're married, but when I'm driving alone, I like to have a movie to watch.

I have one of those warnings. It's the major reason for wanting a new raido.

It makes me agree that the map might be wrong, EVERY time I start the car. I want to tell it once and be done. Are some radios like that?

That's smart cruise. I have dumb cruise.

I listened to Click and Clack last night, and they said when there are two jets to spray wash water on the windshield, one is ment to be pointed up, so that it goes over your car and lands on the windshield of a tailgater. I hadn't thought of that, but it sounds good. When the snow melts off my car, I'll look.

I'm on a forum for my make of car. It has a lot of nifty features and the people on the forum have many questions. Many are related to the infotainment system and how to use Android Auto with Spotify or what wires to splice into so I can add a bigger sub-woofer to my 21 speaker system already in the car. Seems like more people care about the music that if the wheels are falling off.

Anyone can tighten the lug nuts, but it takes a real man to have a booming radio.

Last spring when I was reading car reviews a lot of them glossed over the car itself and got right down to the entertainment center.

I'm not sure if what I have qualifies a an entertainment center. There's a radio, I can plug a thumb drive full of MP3's into the USB port, and the phone will pair up if I want to listen to Jango.

It does display the backup camera. I suppose it would be entertaining to see how many little old ladies I could run over in reverse without using the mirrors.

Nice thought but hatchbacks tend to suck up road dirt and deposit it on the hatch, including the camera lens. The window has a washer/wiper, the camera doesn't.

I've been using mirrors since they shot Kennedy. No big Loss. </codger>

I don't have cruise control but it does have a collision alert. It doesn't go well with my driving style. If some moron pulls out in front of me and leisurely accelerates to 25 mph I do my best to give them the impression they're going to be the next thing to be launched to the space station.

I've got the feeling that with the camera and radar mounted on the windshield, a windshield replacement ain't gonna come cheap.

Full glass coverage is pretty cheap.

I've heard numbers on my being about $1800 and a $135 camera adjustment.

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 13:19:34 -0500, Frank posted for all of us to digest...

Air bag deployment is what adds up to the cost. Also the body shop should take the readings from the brain box and upload them when finished. Otherwise they will have to reinitialize every sensor.

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 20:06:50 -0700, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...

IDK but it will also have to be recalibrate to car so the cameras work properly.

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 20:05:02 -0700, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...

I used to be like that but somehow my wife's nagging has gotten to me to just ignore things like that. If one really looks at time of aggressive vs defensive driving it is only seconds in a day. My only thought is if the SOB in front would not have pulled out or had sped up I could a made the light. That's another topic: red lights and stop signs.

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 15:18:19 +0000, Bod posted for all of us to digest...

The Kars for Kids ad...

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 13:51:13 -0500, Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us to digest...

And when they take it to the shop because their battery goes dead overnite.

I'm not trying to save time, just screwing with idiots. You put a few hundred thousand miles in on 18 wheels and you realize you get there when you get there.

I do love the people who slow down when approaching a green stop light, just in case. We have a lot of 4-way stops and they work pretty well with people taking turns. Then there are the hesitant types that sit there wondering if they should go. I give them about 750 milliseconds to show intent.

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:38:04 -0700, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...

The term is "Take command of the intersection" you got.