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Don't some passenger's seats make the chime go off if they sense enough weight in the seat? This could be helpful for that, but yeah, I know it's just gonna be used so dudebro doesn't have to hear that annoying chime.
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 Dannywilson posted:Don't some passenger's seats make the chime go off if they sense enough weight in the seat? This could be helpful for that, but yeah, I know it's just gonna be used so dudebro doesn't have to hear that annoying chime. Yes, my parents would use that for when the dog is in the front seat.
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I think our Datsun 510 had that and it never worked correctly.
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Dannywilson posted:Don't some passenger's seats make the chime go off if they sense enough weight in the seat? This could be helpful for that, but yeah, I know it's just gonna be used so dudebro doesn't have to hear that annoying chime. One of my co-workers didn't know this was in our work vehicles and would always put heavy cases on the passenger seat and lose his mind thinking the seatbelt warnings were borked on the drivers side. I waited a week or so to let him know.
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People putting heavy cases/dogs in the passenger seat and not putting the seatbelt over them is the real terrible car stuff.
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Sappo569 posted:Where she comes from that's exactly how it works Vincent Van Goatse posted:She's a Chinese business student living in Vancouver who bought a supercar with a six-figure pricetag. Odds are that she's from some rich and powerful family back in China so she's accustomed to having everything done for her and never having to face responsibility for any of her mistakes until now. I imagine y'all are correct on that front. It's definitely a spoiled child attitude - "it broke! I don't want it any more!" mobby_6kl posted:Just discovered that this is something that actually exists and is now available for sale: Toyota's letting its designers use LSD again. I swear, they design stuff that's like the car equivalent of the multilevel roofs on McMansions. So many angles and creases and fake vents. The Lexus LX posted earlier is awful, too, before the convertible conversion. I hate the Lexus Gaping Maw, to start with, and they gave the LX have a protruding jaw along with the Maw. I guess that all this "styling" is a reaction to the bland beige Toyota of the '90s, but to far, man, too far. Memento posted:
Joke's on you - cops use those, apparently. Personally, I feel like if you really want to go through the windshield in an accident, that should be up to you, and the cars hould just shut the gently caress up about it. Me, I just, you know, wear a seatbelt, but if you want to be an idiot...
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Most/all American cars have a secret feature to permanently disable the seatbelt chime anyway. For instance, in my ZX2:quote:1) Turn the ignition switch to ON, but DO NOT START. 
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Sagebrush posted:Most/all American cars have a secret feature to permanently disable the seatbelt chime anyway. For instance, in my ZX2:
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mobby_6kl posted:Just discovered that this is something that actually exists and is now available for sale: There were some great rendered prototypes that had awesome stuff like the rear lights 'flying' on little stalks away from the body, neat stuff with the rear door lines etc and we ended up with what Toyotas think made the Juke sell well smashed into a Rav4. There is only the GT86 I would even consider buying from Toyota if I could afford a new car.
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I love the C-HR and I'm a literal automotive designer. The undercuts and surface interaction are exciting as hell to me. Maybe it will only appeal to designer types though which is a shame. I thought most people would appreciate how out there it was  A+ would daily drive.
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Bape Culture posted:I love the C-HR and I'm a literal automotive designer. The undercuts and surface interaction are exciting as hell to me. Glad I'm not the only one, and I'm definitely not a designer. Every other Toyota currently in production? Not so much.
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donut posted:That reminded me of the button sequences necessary to open smuggling compartments as described in this terribly interesting article. This article is awesome, thanks
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I don't get it. The C-HR just looks like a standard crossover/SUV to me, other than the weird back doors. (Just looked it up before posting. We lost the Matrix for this? That is terrible.)
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Bape Culture posted:I love the C-HR and I'm a literal automotive designer. The undercuts and surface interaction are exciting as hell to me. Cool, unfortunately it looks like a tinfoil Rav4 crushed into a ball and kinda straightened out again. It might be interesting as a design statement but it makes a crappy looking car. Parking a Juke and a Rav4 chassis in front of your designers and telling them it has to sort of look like all the other toyotas but totally different doesn't work. On a slightly different note what cars out there at the moment do you think make both good design statements and make good looking cars?
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The new alpine thing. The new Lexus coupe. The jag iPace (I worked on it so I am biased haha) I love the Toyota thing from CES too.
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Pretty soon cars won't have windows anymore because the beltline will go all the way to the roof.
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xzzy posted:Pretty soon cars won't have windows anymore because the beltline will go all the way to the roof. I'm ready. Lock me in my self-driving coffin so I can play video games all the way to work.
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Is the CHR coming to the US market or is it Japan only?
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Bape Culture posted:I love the C-HR and I'm a literal automotive designer. The undercuts and surface interaction are exciting as hell to me. Bring back tail fins.
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Rhyno posted:Is the CHR coming to the US market or is it Japan only? They're advertising it in Europe these days, so it's not JDM only. Sadly.
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cephalopods posted:I don't get it. The C-HR just looks like a standard crossover/SUV to me, other than the weird back doors. Matrix got "axed" after the second generation, then replaced by the Scion iM (hatchback based on the Corolla, like the Matrix). They sell the Toyota Corolla iM now. So there you go, they still have a Corolla based hatchback for sale.
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quote:The new alpine thing. rear end looks awkward and the wheels are too big but otherwise I like it. Also wasn't aware of its existence before your post, thanks. quote:The new Lexus coupe. It's new? Meh. quote:The jag iPace (I worked on it so I am biased haha) Apart from filling the interior with as many touchscreens as possible it looks interesting, not sure I'd say it looks great but that's always personal quote:I love the Toyota thing from CES too. That absolutely belongs in this thread.
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iospace posted:Matrix got "axed" after the second generation, then replaced by the Scion iM (hatchback based on the Corolla, like the Matrix). They sell the Toyota Corolla iM now. So there you go, they still have a Corolla based hatchback for sale. That's a relief. The world needs more semi-sporty appliance hatchbacks.
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Bape Culture posted:I love the C-HR and I'm a literal automotive designer. The undercuts and surface interaction are exciting as hell to me. I certainly appreciate how out there it is, but it's just so ridiculous for a lovely crossover. If somebody said it was the new 800-hp Lambo SUV, I'd be like yeah ok that makes sense.
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it would be fine if they made it a coupe with imaginary back seats, but they are holding up some pretense that it's a 4 door family thing so the front seats suck, the back seats suck, the front doors are too small, the back doors barely have windows. It's just piles of compromise packed into an interesting looking package.
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I think it's pretty cool looking and we live in a world where the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is a thing. If you are in the market for a Yaris based crossover then practicality isn't at the top of your agenda anyway. 
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3880087 Dude gets booted by a homeowners assc, moves his car to his garage on dollys. The situation thickens "... I called the cops.........only one.....but she said I can not damage the the boots, however nothing illegal about removing them. You know the case, if you don't pay up evenly you'll get towed,so....... I'm just going to get some f-ing dollies, install them and push the freaking Audi right into the garage you bsaterds. Give them a call to come get their num nut boots..........................and the Audi is undergoing a semi-rebuild....I don't need them off...they won't bother me keeping them on....I don't need to drive it.....a waiting game means nothing..."
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Need a terrible home thread to put that in because gently caress HOA's. Though it sounds like he moved into it of his own will so I don't have too much sympathy.
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People love to poo poo on HOAs but after you experience the neighbors who love to park on the lawn and whose house looks like it survived a war, you're a bit more thankful for them. Granted, the ultra nazi ones are terrible too, but my current one has only given me grief for leaving out my trash can on the curb for 4 days.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:People love to poo poo on HOAs but after you experience the neighbors who love to park on the lawn and whose house looks like it survived a war, you're a bit more thankful for them. Granted, the ultra nazi ones are terrible too, but my current one has only given me grief for leaving out my trash can on the curb for 4 days. None of them thought to just put it back for you?
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:People love to poo poo on HOAs but after you experience the neighbors who love to park on the lawn and whose house looks like it survived a war, you're a bit more thankful for them. Granted, the ultra nazi ones are terrible too, but my current one has only given me grief for leaving out my trash can on the curb for 4 days. Real cities have zoning laws, enforced by the local police force, rather than resorting to quasi-governmental stand-ins.
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Deteriorata posted:Real cities have zoning laws, enforced by the local police force, rather than resorting to quasi-governmental stand-ins. True, but there's always some loophole or, more often, a lack of enforcement. Memento posted:None of them thought to just put it back for you? Kept in the locked garage.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:People love to poo poo on HOAs but after you experience the neighbors who love to park on the lawn and whose house looks like it survived a war, you're a bit more thankful for them. Granted, the ultra nazi ones are terrible too, but my current one has only given me grief for leaving out my trash can on the curb for 4 days. HOAs can go to hell. Its largely a sham for people who loved bossing others around in High School and need a way to poke their noses in people's private lives. Its pseudo-government for people who want to power trip.
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It's actually just a way for real estate companies to control housing developments after they've sold their properties off. It's like a EULA, only worse because they're often de facto governments, despite the fact that they're private corporations
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The weirdest thing about Homeowner's Associations to me is that they are a uniquely American thing, the land of OUR FREEDOMS. Telling someone they need to have their house a certain way, just like the rest of the street, is the kind of conformity that you lot usually despise.
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Jestery posted:http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3880087 That was a great thread but I'd like to point out that it was written in 2008 and, yes, has been posted repeatedly in AI and elsewhere.
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Memento posted:The weirdest thing about Homeowner's Associations to me is that they are a uniquely American thing, the land of OUR FREEDOMS. Telling someone they need to have their house a certain way, just like the rest of the street, is the kind of conformity that you lot usually despise. I think they are an American thing specifically because it's the kind of stuff that local government should take care of and the typical American would meltdown over "Big Government" telling them they can't keep a landfill in their front yard and other common sense things that affect your neighbors. They just end up going overboard though.
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Memento posted:The weirdest thing about Homeowner's Associations to me is that they are a uniquely American thing, the land of OUR FREEDOMS. Telling someone they need to have their house a certain way, just like the rest of the street, is the kind of conformity that you lot usually despise. It's the direct result of OUR FREEDOMS, actually. HOAs are most prevalent in cities with weak and/or decentralized governments and little or no zoning laws. Turns out it really does suck to have a neighbor running a hog manure processing plant in his back yard. Without zoning laws they can do exactly that. HOAs then are formed to put some limits on how residential properties can be used. Not being directly accountable through open, public, democratic processes, they can tend to get a bit autocratic. Turns out strong government is actually a good thing in most cases. That's why everyone wants to live in blue states with high taxes, high services, and high quality of life - resulting in high housing prices. Weak-government red states tend to have lots of OUR FREEDOM and low housing prices because no one actually wants to live there.
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I never thought about it like that. Then once everyone leaves the shithole states, they don't re-allocate Electoral College votes, and you end up with your Californian vote being worth like 1/19th of a Nebraskan vote.
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Memento posted:I never thought about it like that. Then once everyone leaves the shithole states, they don't re-allocate Electoral College votes, and you end up with your Californian vote being worth like 1/19th of a Nebraskan vote. That's not how the electoral college works.
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