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Germstore posted:How can 02 civic have 60k miles? buy asian cars from old people dude you can bet they did every bit of routine mantinence asked for by the manufacturer which for everything other than like mitsubishi pretty much guarantees that the car is in fine working order plus they probably never drove the thibng
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Johnny Aztec posted:Both vehicles I've owned, something was jacked up somewhere, so the Headlight control knob did nothing. Lights would come on at dark, but no way to turn them off. Well, sometimes when it gets really cold, I can actually control them for a little while. This is actually more common than you think. I dont know why, although I can guess, but they aren't functional by design. I would guess because its region dependent how functional light switches are or not but rather than change the parts they can just change the programming. On the other hand, there is usually a way to turn off lights but it can be some convoluted process involving like your brake pedal and poo poo it will be in the manual.
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Nov 12, 2015 18:30
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1gnoirents posted:I have a $34,000 2013 car that doesn't have automatic lights. Also it doesn't have cruise control. This got me thinking. Why the hell do headlights not automatically turn off when you take the key out of the ignition and close the doors? At least make "auto turn off" an option. I'm trying to think of a scenario where I'd need the headlights on but I also need my keys out of the car.
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Nov 12, 2015 18:47
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On my car they stay lit until I lock the doors, presumably so that I can see where I'm going at night if wherever I parked isn't already lit up, and also to serve as a reminder to lock up. I think they eventually turn off after a minute or so if I just walk off but I can't remember exactly.
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Nov 12, 2015 18:59
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Melmac posted:This got me thinking. Why the hell do headlights not automatically turn off when you take the key out of the ignition and close the doors? At least make "auto turn off" an option. When those first came out, the commercials would show that it was so you child get to your front door before they shut off, so your car could light the way.
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Nov 12, 2015 19:04
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Melmac posted:I'm trying to think of a scenario where I'd need the headlights on but I also need my keys out of the car. I've always wondered this. A short timer to turn them off makes sense but why would I ever want them to stay on until the battery dies??
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Nov 12, 2015 19:42
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Melmac posted:This got me thinking. Why the hell do headlights not automatically turn off when you take the key out of the ignition and close the doors? At least make "auto turn off" an option. its for when you park at night in a dark place, this is actually something they added in recent times. But there is an auto turn off for (well at least, most) modern cars, even ones with manual headlights. For instance although I have manual lights only, if I walk away it will turn off shortly because of the chip in the key, which also affects how locks function.
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Nov 12, 2015 19:57
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1gnoirents posted:its for when you park at night in a dark place, this is actually something they added in recent times. But there is an auto turn off for (well at least, most) modern cars, even ones with manual headlights. For instance although I have manual lights only, if I walk away it will turn off shortly because of the chip in the key, which also affects how locks function. I have lights turn on when I approach my car as well, like on the sides
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Nov 12, 2015 20:00
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While I admit I've never had a fancy car, I've had new cars and every one of them would kill the battery if you left the headlights on by accident.
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Nov 12, 2015 20:03
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Melmac posted:While I admit I've never had a fancy car, I've had new cars and every one of them would kill the battery if you left the headlights on by accident. I can confirm as my 2015 Honda Fit has a motorcycle battery and it will die very quickly if I mess up once.
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Nov 12, 2015 20:25
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Melmac posted:While I admit I've never had a fancy car, I've had new cars and every one of them would kill the battery if you left the headlights on by accident. just another way inequality is perpetuated 
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Nov 12, 2015 20:34
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Picnic Princess posted:You've never been in a car with my dad. Spedometer broke but it was okay, he could determine his speed by how fast the lines on the road were going by. Yeah but he noticed it broke, right? The point is that when permanently illuminated dashboards became popular, it necessitated automatic lights because it broke the old rather elegant system where you couldn't see the instruments in the dark unless your headlights were on (because they didn't light up unless the headlights were on
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My friend lived in an older apartment where they had redone the bathroom at some point, but someone didn't measure anything first because the toilet was in the way of the door. So they just cut a big notch out of the door to fix it.
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Grats on the gold thread op
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Darth123123 posted:Grats on the gold thread op Thanks. I ascribe it to good thread design. It's going on my résumé.
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Nov 13, 2015 00:01
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I miss my 1994 Jeep Wrangler with automatic nothing and no back seat
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RideTheSpiral posted:well brace yourself for this it breaks under normal use since they covered its buttons with plastic 
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Jenny Agutter posted:could be worse http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/11/texas-man-dog-die-trapped-corvette/71053474/ Holy poo poo can't believe this is real. He was in front of a loving waffle house, why didn't he just yell and hit the windows until someone noticed? I get not being strong enough to break the windows but surely it wouldn't have been hard to get someone's attention.
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Nov 13, 2015 01:31
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That story makes me sad.
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Butyraceous posted:Holy poo poo can't believe this is real. hahahaha did you know in texas castle doctrine extends to your occupied vehicle?
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Jenny Agutter posted:hahahaha did you know in texas castle doctrine extends to your occupied vehicle? And watercraft, bud
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Jenny Agutter posted:hahahaha did you know in texas castle doctrine extends to your occupied vehicle? If some guy tries to carjack me i should be allowed to cap his rear end instead of legally being required to run away from my own car like a bitch
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Mange Mite posted:If some guy tries to carjack me i should be allowed to defend my life or property
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Mange Mite posted:If some guy tries to carjack me i should be allowed to cap his rear end instead of legally being required to run away from my own car like a bitch Okay but be prepared to die a painful death locked in your own car like the retarded gun owner you are.
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Nov 13, 2015 07:05
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quote:If someone threatens to kill me I can kill him, this is mad controversial apparently
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Jenny Agutter posted:hahahaha did you know in texas castle doctrine extends to your occupied vehicle? did u know castle doctrine doesn't count if you invite them? so he's like pls help stuck help, and you're good, just let him out.
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Nov 13, 2015 08:59
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i think people are missing the point, you need a deathwish to try to break into the corvette of an old white texan man if he's inside, trapped or not
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Nov 13, 2015 09:01
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lets all just agree that not having door handles inside a car is a bad design
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lots of examples of bad design in that article, including the design of the brain of the guy who had a 2007 corvette as his dream car
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Lmao you guys with your car stories. I just bought a 2013 Ford focus and its been amazing. I get actual buttons and knobs for everything along with the option to use voice commands for anything connected by Bluetooth or USB. It even has a full number pad and a directional pad for both screens. Maybe it's because I only bought the ST pleb version so I don't get "awesome" extras like touch screens lol
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I've been moved to a new flat and it has a number of things that belong in this thread For example wtf is this? It is a tv? In the extraction fan?  
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A Moose posted:Lmao you guys with your car stories. I just bought a 2013 Ford focus and its been amazing. I get actual buttons and knobs for everything along with the option to use voice commands for anything connected by Bluetooth or USB. It even has a full number pad and a directional pad for both screens. Maybe it's because I only bought the ST pleb version so I don't get "awesome" extras like touch screens lol newish fords are unironically not poo poo albeit boring af
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Table breaking makes me furious
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Hobelhouse posted:Table breaking makes me furious Phone posting. better?
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RideTheSpiral posted:Phone posting. better? It's all good, this one wasn't breaking more than a 5 or 6 on the Fury Scale tbh
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Whatheck, that's a tv above your stove. So you can cook in real time with you tube tutorials? 
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Quoted so people don't have to resize their browser/screen to see it. Possibly a fan and someone just put some lg sticks on it to gently caress with you? That or your apparentments from the future and thats some sort of Narnia'esk portal machine. Try climbing in to confirm. Bring a gun in case of witches or annoying talking animals.
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why do 95% of american cars use the brake lights as indicators? you cant tell if people are braking or about to merge in front of you if you can only see one of the tail lights
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strap on revenge posted:why do 95% of american cars use the brake lights as indicators? you cant tell if people are braking or about to merge in front of you if you can only see one of the tail lights those are just rear end in a top hat drivers, we have yellow indicators.
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Darth123123 posted:those are just rear end in a top hat drivers, we have yellow indicators. some of the european and asian made cars do but they are mostly red
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