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Fuckin' lost it at "This"
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Jul 31, 2015 06:18
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To be slightly fair, there used to be only a handful of idiot lights until manufacturers decided to make their own version of cuneiform. "Oh you had ACBA show up on your dash with something resembling a radiation symbol? Yeah that means uh...? Automated City Breaking Assist? I have no clue what the gently caress that means other than you should Google it."
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Jul 31, 2015 09:46
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One thing I really like about my VW is that when there is an actual issue and not just a warning light it says "STOP IMMEDIATELY" on the MDF. When my waterpump poo poo the bed and the car started to overheat the car basically told me to PULL OVER NAOOOOOOOOO.
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Jul 31, 2015 15:08
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veedubfreak posted:One thing I really like about my VW is that when there is an actual issue and not just a warning light it says "STOP IMMEDIATELY" on the MDF. When my waterpump poo poo the bed and the car started to overheat the car basically told me to PULL OVER NAOOOOOOOOO. Yep, my VW is pretty good about that too, except when it freaks out about non-existent oil pressure/level problems. That's only happened to me twice over 4.5 years of owning it, but holy poo poo that scared me.
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Jul 31, 2015 15:32
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smax posted:Yep, my VW is pretty good about that too, except when it freaks out about non-existent oil pressure/level problems. That's only happened to me twice over 4.5 years of owning it, but holy poo poo that scared me. That's fine to some degree. I'd rather have an unneeded two than lunch the motor. However, I do think cars have too many lights that go on so often. Before some cars got gas cap lights, the first light people would see is the cel come on for the engine. If got cleared, and they learned the lights were nothing to worry about. Then the engine oil pressure or temp light comes on and they think "well maybe I have time to go to the dealer next tuesday" and drive on until they kill the motor and talk about how unreliable camrys are.
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Jul 31, 2015 17:39
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smax posted:Yep, my VW is pretty good about that too, except when it freaks out about non-existent oil pressure/level problems. That's only happened to me twice over 4.5 years of owning it, but holy poo poo that scared me. I like the system, but gently caress the person who decided to treat low washer fluid with the same urgency as low fuel. You get a warning every time you turn on your car and a yellow light flashes over the clock every 5 seconds the entire time the car is running. My fluid sensor has been broke for about a year and I just don't notice that warning anymore. Makes me wonder if I'd notice other, more urgent warnings. My check engine light has been on for about six months now and that just has the regular CEL in the corner. Apparently, washer fluid is more important than that!
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Jul 31, 2015 18:23
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You probably killed the fluid sensor with Rain-X or something, which is really weird to me because my wife's old-rear end Nissan has a low washer fluid light that doesn't seem to care if you use Rain-X on it. I actually like the light. I don't have it in my Subaru, and if I forget to check the fluid when I'm checking my oil I usually end up getting on the highway and swearing when I hit the washer button and a weak trickle comes out followed by nothing. It kind of annoys me that cars reuse the "parking brake is on" light for "low brake fluid level," because one of those is very important and the other is self evident.
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Jul 31, 2015 20:21
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You probably killed the fluid sensor with Rain-X or something Yup! I used Rain-X for 6+ years without a problem, then, boom! I like the warning, I just don't need it flashing in my face the entire time I drive, especially since there was generally a good bit of fluid left when the light would come on. When it worked, the light would come on, I'd go to Walmart in the next couple of days, it'd be okay. A message like the one I get when it's time to change my oil is good enough.
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Jul 31, 2015 20:49
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The FMVSS requirements for that are fully retarded and I think they were created in the 70s. You are allowed to use seperate indicators or one for the whole shebang.
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Jul 31, 2015 20:56
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Ahem
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Aug 1, 2015 00:39
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I think that's the panel from a Rabbit Cabrio Sport. Wait, no, it didn't have an auto spoiler. Some diesel Porsche then.
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Aug 1, 2015 04:46
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But... none of those are funny.
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Aug 1, 2015 04:56
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Original beetle had two lights, one for pressure, one for alternator function. If either of them lit solid while driving you better stop right loving now. That's how dashboard indicators should work.. only make a fanfare about things that require stopping the car and repairing. Would probably be hard to document all the billion things that can break on a modern car with two bulbs though. A 60 character display that gave human error messages would be a good option.
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Aug 1, 2015 09:02
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xzzy posted:Original beetle had two lights, one for pressure, one for alternator function. If either of them lit solid while driving you better stop right loving now. That's how dashboard indicators should work.. only make a fanfare about things that require stopping the car and repairing. There's even two distinct levels just like on aircraft (master caution with a yellow light: light bulb broken or wiper fluid low or somesuch. Master warning with a big red light: ABS failure SO STOP RIGHT loving NOW).
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Aug 1, 2015 09:23
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My daughter was about 2 hours away from the house when she heard a bang and the clutch pedal was stuck on the floor. She made it through traffic to a parking spot, and I came out to drive the truck back home. The clutch safety switch could no longer be actuated, of course. Cue the ultimate cowboy fix:  it was replaced by a cut down pencil for the drive home
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Aug 1, 2015 15:36
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My Peugeot has a big red "STOP" light front and centre on the dash, which is nice and unequivocal versus trying to decipher what some of the dash symbols mean. If I one day build a track car I'm going to label oil pressure, water temp and voltage "gently caress", " poo poo" and "drat" respectively.
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Aug 1, 2015 15:45
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"poo poo's on fire yo"
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Aug 1, 2015 15:48
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joat mon posted:My daughter was about 2 hours away from the house when she heard a bang and the clutch pedal was stuck on the floor. "clutch rod went, so I had to put a bullet in her." 
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Aug 1, 2015 16:05
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Terrible Robot posted:Fuckin' lost it at "This" I once had my sister try to describe "this" to me over the phone at two in the morning when her car wouldn't start. Words can't even loving begin.
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Aug 1, 2015 16:19
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Imagine a world where instead of a "check engine" light, your high-resolution flat-panel display printed out the actual messages that the OBD2 codes resolved to and what their urgency was. Crazy I know
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Aug 1, 2015 22:19
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That's like saying 'imagine a world where car manufacturers give a flying gently caress about anything other than cost'.
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Aug 1, 2015 22:27
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Data Graham posted:Imagine a world where instead of a "check engine" light, your high-resolution flat-panel display printed out the actual messages that the OBD2 codes resolved to and what their urgency was. Most drivers aren't competent enough to handle that information. "Stop now" and "get to a mechanic soon" are about as granular as the defaults should be. I'd love to not need extra tools just to read codes, but I know that the average Joe will have issues if too much information is displayed.
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Aug 1, 2015 22:31
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Certainly, but they could at least be categorized/coalesced. There's got to be a happy medium where drivers aren't trained to put electrical tape over the light rather than make the trip to AutoZone to figure out what the hell.
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Aug 1, 2015 22:38
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jammyozzy posted:My Peugeot has a big red "STOP" light front and centre on the dash, which is nice and unequivocal versus trying to decipher what some of the dash symbols mean. Trouble with that system is any given Peugeot is likely to have that lamp lit whether or not there is anything actually wrong.
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Aug 1, 2015 23:48
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Data Graham posted:Imagine a world where instead of a "check engine" light, your high-resolution flat-panel display printed out the actual messages that the OBD2 codes resolved to and what their urgency was. This is the best (possibly the only good) part of OnStar.
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Aug 2, 2015 00:32
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Okay pop quiz. What's do these icons mean? The clues I will give you: Rover 75 Appeared 1 hour after I bought the car from a dealer, when I was performing an emergency stop (wanted to test the brakes). I released the brake pedal, the front rose back up, the icons appeared Stayed lit for the rest of journey home (3miles) Doesn't appear in the users handbook anywhere. Isn't the Top Gear logo next to the Cat in the Hat's hat.
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Aug 2, 2015 00:50
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I can't ever see that working- Toyota deliberately dumbed down the temp gauges in their cars for YEARS because retards would see it fluctuate with engine load and outsid temp and freak out and call the dealer. So we ended up with a gauge that shows normal temp from 60-100 degrees c and only starts to move into the red when the temps already hit 120 and climbing
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Aug 2, 2015 00:50
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Ferremit posted:I can't ever see that working- Toyota deliberately dumbed down the temp gauges in their cars for YEARS because retards would see it fluctuate with engine load and outsid temp and freak out and call the dealer. I feel like in this day and age, all new cars should have gauges that you can get to show the actual values. Sure, for average motorists, have it sit in the middle of the gauge for temp/oil presure/whatever, but enthusiasts can do some kind of song and dance to enable "actual value mode" where the gauges show an actual readout. By song and dance, I mean those crazy key on-off + button pushing things you can do on some cars to disable traction control or whatever. Most people won't give a drat, but those who want to can have gauges that actually gauge things instead of idiot lights that happen to posses a needle for some reason.
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Aug 2, 2015 01:01
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Boat posted:I feel like in this day and age, all new cars should have gauges that you can get to show the actual values. Sure, for average motorists, have it sit in the middle of the gauge for temp/oil presure/whatever, but enthusiasts can do some kind of song and dance to enable "actual value mode" where the gauges show an actual readout. It's not really the same at all, since in experience by the time warning lights come on it's too late (WHY?), but an OBDII adapter and an app like Torque are great for this.
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Aug 2, 2015 01:06
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spog posted:Okay pop quiz. What's do these icons mean? Warning: Impending Doom. Human Sacrifice may be required at your local Nahuatl pyramid.
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Aug 2, 2015 01:11
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The first one looks like it could represent tyre pressure to me. No idea on the second.
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Aug 2, 2015 01:15
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spog posted:Okay pop quiz. What's do these icons mean? Id say you flipped some sort of steering angle/stability control code.
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Aug 2, 2015 01:16
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spog posted:Okay pop quiz. What's do these icons mean? OUR ANTHILL IS TRADEMARKED nitrogen fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Aug 2, 2015 |
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Aug 2, 2015 01:25
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dissss posted:The first one looks like it could represent tyre pressure to me. No idea on the second. It's clearly indicating that it's running low on Devo. TIME TO WHIP IT
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Aug 2, 2015 02:13
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Wonder_Bread posted:It's not really the same at all, since in experience by the time warning lights come on it's too late (WHY?), but an OBDII adapter and an app like Torque are great for this. Never really thought of that for some reason. The ODBII port on my car is ludicrously easy to get at, I just may have to grab one of those bluetooth ODBII dongles and Torque. Thanks! spog posted:Okay pop quiz. What's do these icons mean? I'm going with something to do with the ultrasonic backup sensors/camera for the pyramid looking thing. Just a hunch since the icon reminds me of the display pattern you usually see on the screen indicating object distance or what-have-you.
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Aug 2, 2015 02:14
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Boat posted:Never really thought of that for some reason. The ODBII port on my car is ludicrously easy to get at, I just may have to grab one of those bluetooth ODBII dongles and Torque. Thanks! Only get BT if you're using android. For IOS you want a wifi one.
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Aug 2, 2015 02:45
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Question: does the oval speedometer actually point to speeds properly or does it just rotate linearly with speed like a circular one would? I can imagine Rover just doing the normal linear rotation and the speedo being pretty much worthless for the sake of "style".
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Aug 2, 2015 02:45
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Godholio posted:Only get BT if you're using android. For IOS you want a wifi one. And pray your manufacturer didnt do something stupid like use an OBD-II port with M-OBD running on it. Thanks toyota, Cos I really didnt want to be able to buy a cheap adaptor to read my system and wanted to spend a fortune on an MOBD reader...
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Aug 2, 2015 02:57
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Question: does the oval speedometer actually point to speeds properly or does it just rotate linearly with speed like a circular one would? It looks to me like the numbers have consistent angular spacing, so the needle can turn the same as it would on a circular speedometer.
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