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Kraftwerk posted:For those of you who have things like radar sensors in the bumper, 360 degree camera functions, and LKA/LDW etc does the car completely freak out when its winter time and half of it is covered in ice,snow, salt and dirt? I live in Massachusetts, and if the radar is obscured, the digital dash flashes an alert that says the radar is obscured and the radar is disabled. Doesn’t make annoying sounds or anything like that, and you can dismiss it. I’ve only had it happen when it’s iced over or obscured by snow. The ADAS camera gets cleaned by the wipers, but the radar has no defroster element or something to clean it. Honestly, if it’s bad enough to obscure the radar, I shouldn’t be using cruise anyway.
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Fellow masshole. Our Golf just has forward emergency braking and when it gets obscured enough (snow/ice on the front logo), it'll throw a really loud annoying chime and a huge warning icon in the gauge cluster for a minute, and then just keep a little warning triangle illuminated indicating that the system is inop.
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Mar 15, 2023 22:10
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I discovered during the recent flooding here that my dinky 2006 era parking sensors also double as wading depth sensors too. Take that, Range Rover!
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While on the topic of snow covering sensors.. I imagine a bad storm could completely cover LED headlights while driving. The slightest bit of snow on the road probably immediately covers the turn signals of Hyundais where they are mounted just above the bumper. Idk who thought it was a good idea to start putting turning indicators so low.
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I’d assume it’s all the same as an obscured camera, but what about when the road surface itself is snow covered? For a lot of months you generally don’t see road surface in some places.
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Mar 15, 2023 22:39
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The only other issue I've had with my golf is if a parking sensor is covered with sufficient ice, I'll get a proximity parking warning to stuff when I come to a halt.Dr. Lunchables posted:I’d assume it’s all the same as an obscured camera, but what about when the road surface itself is snow covered? For a lot of months you generally don’t see road surface in some places. There is a visual indicator in the gauge cluster of my Golf when it can and can't see the lane markers. No alerts or warning or anything because that can pop up on and off throughout routine driving. That's why it's not something you rely on, it's an extra safety net. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Mar 15, 2023 |
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Audi is adjusting its naming scheme. Going forward, all even numbered vehicles will be electric only (A2, A4, A6, A8, Q2, Q4, Q6, and Q8). ICE and hybrid vehicles will be odd numbered (A1, A3, A5, A7, Q1, Q3, Q5, and Q7). I remember when the A6 etron EV concept was revealed, Audi said it would available as a sedan, sportback, and wagon (avant) so this explains why they didn't have an A7 etron EV concept. Google translated article links: Exclusive: Audi confirms drastic change Audi on the offensive: new electric entry-level model, new names and new combustion engines From the interview link: quote:AB: There is a rumor that the nomenclature, the naming at Audi, will change.
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Mar 17, 2023 15:50
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they have like 3 completely different vehicles all called "e-tron" 
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Throatwarbler posted:they have like 3 completely different vehicles all called "e-tron"
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Mr. Apollo posted:They're changing that. The etron is now the Q8 etron and they also have the Q4 etron. I suspect the etron car will be renamed with the facelift. The etron car is already called the etron GT, so it has a name.
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YOLOsubmarine posted:The etron car is already called the etron GT, so it has a name.
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Mr. Apollo posted:I mean aligning it with the new scheme of giving it an even numbered name. They’ve already got the Etron A6 coming which is roughly similar in size. Wouldn’t be surprised if the GT stayed distinct like the TT did.
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Mar 17, 2023 16:33
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what about the coupe etron that's like the rebadged ID4 but a “coupe”， the q4 etron sportback？
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Throatwarbler posted:what about the coupe etron that's like the rebadged ID4 but a “coupe”， the q4 etron sportback？
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oh but there's also the etron sportback, is that becoming the q8 etron sportback?
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Throatwarbler posted:oh but there's also the etron sportback, is that becoming the q8 etron sportback?
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Mar 17, 2023 18:18
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Lexus's solution to the steering yoke problem is to make the steering by wire and the ratio infinitely variable baased on conditions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_SHZLBhw68
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Throatwarbler posted:Lexus's solution to the steering yoke problem is to make the steering by wire and the ratio infinitely variable baased on conditions I got an idea, how about we just use a steering wheel like normal? Yokes should be illegal.
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Mar 17, 2023 19:17
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Kraftwerk posted:Yokes should be illegal. Comedians just can't catch a break these days.
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Throatwarbler posted:Lexus's solution to the steering yoke problem is to make the steering by wire and the ratio infinitely variable baased on conditions I badly want to see the average 76 year old Lexus driver operate this
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Mar 17, 2023 20:58
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Audi should do like BMW and stick to this new odds and evens naming scheme for like one year then come out with special editions of electric cars that get odd numbers and vice versa.
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I saw a preview picture of some youtube vid that said something like "Lexus is doing the Tesla yoke RIGHT" and all I could think was "no, doing it right would mean using a regular steering wheel".
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Just desperate to do something, anything that makes your product stand out now that we've come to the end of the road for jamming more Screens in cars A dipshit yoke that might make driving dangerous sure who cares
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Mar 18, 2023 18:39
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Cars have jumped the shark, let’s pivot to public transit and well-designed cities instead.
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Mr. Apollo posted:Yeah, there’s the Q4 etron and Q4 etron sportback. Audi qanon.
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I've been daydreaming for years about a small, probably 2 person EV, city car, K car, "sMaRt" car, whatever. I could buy it a 240V charger or stick with 120V. I live in a city and the vast majority of what I need to drive to is within 5 miles, let alone 10, 50, 100 miles. The climate zone of my city is as such that walking or bicycling is pleasant for probably a minority of the months of the year. I do both and enjoy it! I am fortunate to have splurged on a deeded, covered, heated lol garage spot. I've thought about Tesla before Elon self grenaded or the Bolt EUV. But yeah, it would be great to spend what like, $5k ish on some cheap EV smart car thing, a super golf cart, with 50 or 100 miles of range. When will this be a thing or will it be only a dream forever? Top speed is an issue in this idea, I would be fine with 35-55MPH limit, and poor crashworthiness. But I do not think regulations would allow it in USA perhaps. I might try out a motorcycle at some point but I've never tried it, will take some lessons and take a stab at it but I don't want to die immediately. Inner Light fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Mar 18, 2023 |
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It won't have 100 (or probably even 50) miles of range but an older Leaf is still a great city car. A bit on the large size but still compact compared to a Model 3
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There are some small towns that have large numbers of people who literally drive fancy golf carts around. My mom used to live in a place in AZ, her husband at the time bought some like $20k golf cart and mostly drove that around. Strip malls have golf cart parking spots.
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It doesn’t solve everyone’s problems, but when I lived in the heart of the city, my daily was a 400cc Kawasaki. I did pretty much everything in that for cases where walking/using the bus wouldn’t work. Parking was a trivial, gas like $8 to fill up for 120 miles, saddle bags could actually carry groceries, lane splitting was easier to traffic was just never a real problem. If I lived there now, I would probably get a Zero electric motorbike because it does all of that in an even smoother and efficient way. You just have to be really, really defensive when riding but I actually liked it, it made even doing silly things like get a haircut an adventure because the ground is right there and that person in that Porsche is clearly texting, good luck
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phosdex posted:There are some small towns that have large numbers of people who literally drive fancy golf carts around. My mom used to live in a place in AZ, her husband at the time bought some like $20k golf cart and mostly drove that around. Strip malls have golf cart parking spots. Yeah, I might be trying to say too many words for an already solved problem to which the answer is "golf cart." But I was looking for something like a cross between a long-distance golf cart and maybe a much cheaper Polaris ATV. That can somehow achieve a price point of around $5k maybe $10k. And be road legal! If I'm spending $20k I'm just gonna buy a real used car probably. dissss posted:It won't have 100 (or probably even 50) miles of range but an older Leaf is still a great city car. A bit on the large size but still compact compared to a Model 3 For sure this is on the list. Leaf has not sold too many units, a respectable amount though almost 200k I guess over the model's lifetime, I could see what's out there on the used market around here. Inner Light fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Mar 18, 2023 |
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phosdex posted:There are some small towns that have large numbers of people who literally drive fancy golf carts around. My mom used to live in a place in AZ, her husband at the time bought some like $20k golf cart and mostly drove that around. Strip malls have golf cart parking spots. I always thought those were the retirement villages.
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Inner Light posted:I've been daydreaming for years about a small, probably 2 person EV, city car, K car, "sMaRt" car, whatever. I could buy it a 240V charger or stick with 120V. I live in a city and the vast majority of what I need to drive to is within 5 miles, let alone 10, 50, 100 miles. https://youtu.be/yJoMKVI0ODA
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Inner Light posted:I've been daydreaming for years about a small, probably 2 person EV, city car, K car, "sMaRt" car, whatever. I could buy it a 240V charger or stick with 120V. I live in a city and the vast majority of what I need to drive to is within 5 miles, let alone 10, 50, 100 miles. Stellantis could rebrand the Ami on one of FCA US brands and sell it there. I wonder if the us has a legal equivalent to the heavy quadricycle.
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Inner Light posted:I've been daydreaming for years about a small, probably 2 person EV, city car, K car, "sMaRt" car, whatever. I could buy it a 240V charger or stick with 120V. I live in a city and the vast majority of what I need to drive to is within 5 miles, let alone 10, 50, 100 miles. Everything aside from a $5k price sounds a lot like a MINI Cooper SE
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Inner Light posted:I've been daydreaming for years about a small, probably 2 person EV, city car, K car, "sMaRt" car, whatever. I could buy it a 240V charger or stick with 120V. I live in a city and the vast majority of what I need to drive to is within 5 miles, let alone 10, 50, 100 miles. Used leaf, pre-pandemic there was an infinite supply of used leafs under $7k. Of course, those same cars cost $15k now I'm sure.
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Twerk from Home posted:Used leaf, pre-pandemic there was an infinite supply of used leafs under $7k. Of course, those same cars cost $15k now I'm sure. My buddy just bought a good condition used gen 1 Leaf as an around town commuter for like 6 grand and change. Even in this wacky used car market they haven’t held value especially well since EVs keep improving so much every generation. But it’s a super cheap way to cover all your <50 miles drives.
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Guinness posted:But it’s a super cheap way to cover all your <50 miles drives. So long as you go in with realistic expectations. I still see posts from new owners of old Leafs complaining about range and it usually turns out they're expecting to do 50 mile commute on a 75mph highway in the dead of winter.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Cars have jumped the shark, let’s pivot to public transit and well-designed cities instead. 
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I'm all for making everyone else ride the bus
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