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Rocky
Rocky
Neways thanx for the link
Rocky
Odie
Odie's Carspace
I don't know if that was a joke, or you being serious ?
If it's not a joke, then lemme know what a FTO is ? :confuse:
Rocky
Another car not seen in NA...but they'll pop in Canada in a few years
Rocky
Rocky
The top-line FTO with the 2-liter, 200 hp MIVEC V6 is a fun ride. We could have had something close to that if Ford had given the Mercury Cougar the SVT Contour V6 instead of killing it.
Rocky
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=117197
Rocky
Rocky
I had a loaner while my Buick was at the dealer for one of the rare occasions for service. The Chrysler seemed to have all sorts of things on it that were gadgets that my Buick didn't have.
I started the car in the morning and when the audible warning quit the car gave the weather report. "There's a light fog and drizzle in some areas" for example. I wondered how the heck they managed that with all the audibles, like the windshield washer fluid was empty, a brake light was out, the gas cap door is open... there were all kinds of things I was not used to.
It turned out the radio had cut it just at the right time for that clip of the weather report, but it sounded like another audible from the car on startup.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
If you haven't heard of it, give it a try....it's definitely something new, I don't know of any other manufacturer doing anything like this.
http://www.landroverusa.com/us/en/Vehicles/Extraordinary_Perspectives/extraordin- ary_perspectives.htm
click on LR3 and then on the experience
Odie
Odie's Carspace
Rocky
Now this is useful Gadgetology at it's finest. :shades:
Rocky
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061119/BUSINESS01/611190564/10- 14/BUSINESS01
Rocky
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=119227?tid=edmunds.il.ho- - me.photopanel..3.*#15
Rocky
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=119914
Rocky
The Department of Defense is sponsoring development of unmanned vehicles. These vehicles are being tested on an urban test course and battlefield supply missions.
http://gmtv.feedroom.com/
GM, has the technology-grin
Rocky
I know MB has had them optional (wiper blade style) since about 1970, very common since 1986, and has had the pop-out pod like that since the W210 E-class in 1996. I don't trust those pods, to be honest...seems like something that would stop working. I've never tried the one on my car...I'm afraid it will make a mess and then not retract
Rocky
Read on the news today how many kids get backed over every year - by their parents/relatives, due to poor visibility while backing a minivan/SUV.
Usually, a rearview camera system is bundled with other gadgets like navigation and DVD players, not really related to safety. So most people choose not to buy it, until after an accident.
My question: Shouldn't the backup camera be offered as a standard safety equipment? Do we need a few more kids to die on the driveways before making it mandatory like the LATCH and car seat?
Like odie61 said, why mandate cameras that require a screen inside (are you assuming everyone has to have NAVI?).
This is excusing oldfashioned job of making sure you know where all the kids are before you start your car and checking behind your car just before you get in to go back up. That's easy. Many of the accidents are caused because people don't do basic safety checks of location of everyone around and of objects beiind the car. Then when it happens it makes them feel better to say "The government should have mandated cameras or sound or infrared sensors to prevent me from backing over someone I should have checked for before I got in the car."
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
No, I didnt mean to say everyone has to have NAVI. What I want is a back-up camera with a screen (or display on mirror) and nothing else bundled with it.
If you are backing up without being able to see whats behind, no way you can know if a child has walked into the spot after you hop in the car. The camera should be treated as a safety system, not luxury.
"Each year, dozens of children in the US die because of a regrettable, preventable error - being left in a vehicle by a distracted parent or caretaker." The Child Minder® System
-Rocky
"When was the last time you bought a new car or truck? If shoulder pads were fashionable, you're in for a surprise when you walk into a new car showroom. Even if it's been only five years since your new set of wheels, you'd be amazed at the technology missing in your car."
Hands-free text messaging
Rear-seat iPad docking
Wireless induction charger for your electric car
Ambient night lighting
Automatic start-stop (I want that)
Capacitive switching (not sure about that - hard to beat a dial)
Cross-traffic detection (yeah, maybe)
Crosswind stabilization
Customized instrument cluster (sure, and let the background match my desktop)
Front center side airbags
Panoramic sunroofs (be great up here in the UP; not so sure about down in NM)
Push-button transmission
New vehicles come fully loaded with technology (Detroit News)
Odie
Quote courtesy of Mr. Shiftright, in a thread about Ford My Touch over in Answers.
I want my MP3, and stuff like the Garmin navigation system is a big part of my driving experience.
Do you want to just drive your car and don't care about the radio or power windows or power seats, OnStar or autosensing wipers, traction control and all the rest?
Remember digital dashboards, the first iDrive, and in-dash phonographs and 4-wheel steering. Remember electric cars? :P
"We've definitely seen a shift in terms of what breaks," said Jake Fisher, the director of Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center. He picked up his iPhone from a conference room table: "Now, it's this as opposed to transmissions and engines.
Chrysler, which introduced its Uconnect system in 2003, has been relatively quiet in marketing its technology compared with GM and Ford. The automaker has introduced updated versions of its touch screens into new models as they debut rather than blanketing its whole lineup with its latest up-to-date system."
Chrysler dodges touch screen woes by letting Ford blunder (Detroit News)
Odie
"And now, just a few months after the CUE system made its debut, we have two high-volume cars from Ford—the Fusion and the Lincoln MKZ—with consolidated touch-screen/capacitive switch panels. The MKZ panel, in particular, recommends itself as a sweeping banked console that flows between the front seats. The gear selector comprises a vertical row of P-R-N-D-S touch-screen buttons on the left of the central LCD touch screen (shades of the '64 Plymouth Valiant)."
There was a push button Valiant in my family growing up.
Rest of the article is a good summary of where the cockpit is headed in the next couple of years. Goodbye rotary dials.
Dash Away, Lexus! Seriously, Throw the Dash Away (Wall St. Journal)
Autonomous cars and a smart parking system could allocate parking spaces to the nearest vehicles in need of a spot, and vehicles could navigate to those spots directly and quickly, reducing the fuel consumption, emissions, and time associated with searching for a spot.
One giant elephant in the driverless car room is vehicle miles traveled (VMT). It’s tempting to believe that driverless cars will reduce VMTs through various efficiencies, but the opposite could also happen. In a highly autonomous vehicle future, we may do far more with our cars than we currently can."
Will Driverless Cars Decrease Fossil Fuel Consumption? (National Geographic)
I like the idea of your car dropping you off at work and then going to a parking garage six blocks away where there's space available on the 8th floor.
The Detroit automaker said the rollout, which first will be available to consumers in mid-2014 as they buy 2015 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles, signifies the largest implementation of 4G LTE in vehicles to date."
GM, AT&T team to give vehicles high-speed Internet access by '15 (Detroit News)
BMW, Audi and Chrysler have made similar announcements in recent months.
It is unclear whether the site will really lead to car sales, but Toyota will be able to tap into data on consumer behavior, as well as try to revive Japanese people's fading interest in cars, he said."
Toyota, Microsoft beef up Gazoo.com Net service (Anchorage Daily News)