Advanced Driving Hub

I'd be interested to see a compare/contrast between proper knobs and stupid touchscreens with no tactile feedback. I replaced the head unit in the Saab with a Pioneer AppRadio4 because I wanted to use Apple CarPlay and it has turned out to be one of the worst decisions I have made. This NOT because...

jont- wrote:As for Silk - however big your ego is, you aren't so important you /need/ to make calls while driving. If you were, your company would give you a driver. Now go back and read the research about hands free phone use being just as dangerous as hand held

Hear hear!

Is that real sound or synthesised through the ICE?

Does anyone know what the insurance black boxes monitor, record and to what accuracy? Badly it would seem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37910773 Hopefully this will lead to their demise. Hateful things. Unfortunately, I fear not. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/insurance/car/insurers-to-bid-for-...

That's interesting. If every insurance company adopted the same approach that would be, in effect, a lifetime driving ban. Maybe the market will prove effective where the courts are impotent.

That's not "blipping the throttle" with the clutch down. That sounds like a rev-matched gear change and, while it will have no effect on how easily the gear engages, it will certainly smooth out picking up the drive again. What do you mean by.. Under normal driving like you do with a diese...

Adding 10mph to what speed?

Do you let the clutch in while you blip the throttle? If not, what does it achieve?

Oh, FFS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU

Simply put, if it's safe, who gives a flying $@u€ as to whether it's sociable? The thing that you need to bear in mind there is that the person you have just overtaken is your last witness. If it all goes udders upwards a bit further down the road, even if it's not your fault, then their view of yo...