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- Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:09 am
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Self-driving cars
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8212
Re: Self-driving cars
More candidates for Darwin Awards
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:41 am
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Best features to look for when buying a new car.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 60702
Re: Best fetures to look for when buying a new car.
Of those, the ones I find most useful are heated steering wheel, power tailgate (especially if a well aimed kick activates it) and head up display. I've only activated the anti-collision once, when someone had parked opposite a side road and I did a slalom around it. The ensuing bells and red warnin...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:50 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Gaming the system
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4022
Re: Gaming the system
They're obviously not using it in the UK judging by the behaviour of their drivers that I've witnessed
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Back-up & Restore - but what to where?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4854
Re: Back-up & Restore - but what to where?
You can get something - Laplink? - which physically connects old & new computers to copy stuff across
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:27 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Corner lines - thoughts?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19079
Re: Corner lines - thoughts?
Watching the video, it tries to impart a lot of information - too much perhaps, but the worst bit to me was the suggestion that large oncoming vehicles may give an indication of the severity of a bend - no mention of limit points (or how to measure without a large oncoming vehicle) WRT to the still ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:56 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: What gear is best?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 36347
Re: What gear is best?
I've had a couple of cars with this "feature". The Focus I have now only wants you to change up, suggesting 4th from 25mph and 6th from 45, whereas my old scenic would suggest down shifts. Strangely, if you were doing 33 in 3rd it would want 4th, but 31 in 4th it would want 3rd
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:40 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Driving in the dark
- Replies: 48
- Views: 60244
Re: Driving in the dark
Have you seen the even newer headlights that, apparently, map the road ahead and create a darker spot around oncoming traffic (so they aren't dazzled) and open up the view ahead and to the sides away from the oncoming? Forgotten what they are called but I believe it's available on some Audi's. I wo...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM RoadSmart AGM 2020
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12282
Re: IAM RoadSmart AGM 2020
martine wrote:Membership renewal rate remains at over 90% - which is really good for any organisation.
Which is surprising. Assume most are on auto renew and forget to cancel
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Intelligent Speed Assistance
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13591
Re: Intelligent Speed Assistance
Rather than how feedback or control is achieved, I'm more interested in how this magical system knows what the correct speed is. I first encountered sign recognition a few years ago in a hire car (also a Jag XE) and found it easily fooled by limit changes on side roads and countdown signs. I now ha...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Motorcycle airbag jackets
- Replies: 46
- Views: 48993
Re: Motorcycle airbag jackets
Horse wrote:I think it would take more force than that The non-tethered systems activate more quickly.
Easy (but expensive) with the horse ones. The genuine gas cylinders were about £40 each tho' I did manage to find an alternate supply at about half that