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PF_Flyer

A pound of butter in each batch. They're almost like a heavy pastry. Flaky layers in them.

Other people are supposed to get some??? LOL

jmonroe

imidazol97 said:

We've had wonderful winter weather. Mild. Nice 3-4 inch snow on Sunday night left a beautiful Christmas card type scene. We went to a drive through park with Christmas lights Monday evening. Beautiful. We go a few times each year, but with snow on the ground it's spectacular for a free (donation request in a drop box) visit.

Can't get these types of scenes in a tropical island...

Now the next few days with temps in 10's are a little chilly.

116 days until the first large car show of the season in April!

I know what you mean about how snow enhances a Christmas scene but I'll still take a "tropical island".

jmonroe

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

imidazol97 said:

In grad school, we baked brownies that turned out inedible and had to soak for days to remove from the pan. After my wife and I got our first microwave, I nuked a bagel to warm it up and it was so hard I couldn't even cut it with a knife. She does most of the cooking other than my nuking chicken potpies from Maria Callender and frying or scrambling eggs.

A tip of the hat to those with the skill.

What was in those brownies?

Apparently not enough of whatever was supposed to make them "rise." No funny stuff. Never.

graphicguy

@jmonroe ...head south leaving right now. You should be here right around 9:30 p.m.

jmonroe

imidazol97 said:

PF_Flyer said:

Those look delicious. I'll bet your friends who get those really appreciate the work in them.

Did I mention my mailing address? LOL

I'm actually dieting, so I can look but not touch. My long time friend has lost about 37 pounds over 9 months. That motivated me to work down on my weight.

Speak for yourself. I'm not on a diet and since he has connections at Edmunds, I'm sure he could find a way to ship some of those cookies to his poster buddies.

What do the rest of you guys say?

jmonroe

stickguy

You guys are making me hungry.

jmonroe

graphicguy said:

@jmonroe ...head south leaving right now. You should be here right around 9:30 p.m.

You're killin me man. I love Italian food even more that a prime filet. I guess I got that from all the Italian friends I had growing up. I even had a girl friend in high school, not Italian, but her sister married an Italian guy who got off the boat about 6 or 7 years before she married him. He taught her how to cook real Italian food. I was invited over there numerous times for dinner. I can still taste that stuff. Too bad that realationship didn't end well for me.

jmonroe

venture

tjc78 said:

Anyone looking to do the dance with XM... they offered $4.99/ month for a year on the Select Package. That’s about as cheap as I’ve ever seen.

Still cancelled as my wife said she never uses it (along with her factory NAV and remote start APP)

Are you sure our wives aren't sisters?

I found out mine hadn't used her cruise control the whole time she had the last Forester; 4 1/2 years. I think she used the nav once, but it was the worst I have ever seen. Thank God they fixed it. She remote started it once because I insisted she see if it worked. Never used her Sirius either.

venture

PF_Flyer said:

imidazol97 said:

I'm enjoying finding out how many here are cooking artists. I was never good at much of it.

In grad school, we baked brownies that turned out inedible and had to soak for days to remove from the pan. After my wife and I got our first microwave, I nuked a bagel to warm it up and it was so hard I couldn't even cut it with a knife. She does most of the cooking other than my nuking chicken potpies from Maria Callender and frying or scrambling eggs.

A tip of the hat to those with the skill.

My wife is a dietitian... thank goodness I like to cook

Most of my Christmas baking done. I make my grandma's butter cookies (definitely health food) some with jelly filling!

I'll take a dozen butter cookies with the raspberry centers. I will be up your way Christmas eve.

stickguy

I would be very surprised to learn my wife ever used cruise. Other than that her car has no actual fancy features to ignore! I know she has not done anything the few times she took my car. Because she has not clue how.

28firefighter

I've been driving now for 16 years. First time I used cruise control was on my way back from Portland with the i3 - just to test out the adaptive feature.

jmonroe

venture said:

tjc78 said:

Anyone looking to do the dance with XM... they offered $4.99/ month for a year on the Select Package. That’s about as cheap as I’ve ever seen.

Still cancelled as my wife said she never uses it (along with her factory NAV and remote start APP)

Are you sure our wives aren't sisters?

I found out mine hadn't used her cruise control the whole time she had the last Forester; 4 1/2 years. I think she used the nav once, but it was the worst I have ever seen. Thank God they fixed it. She remote started it once because I insisted she see if it worked. Never used her Sirius either.

Damn, now I'm beginning to think there are a few posters in here who have wives that were triplets that were separated at birth. I guess that would make them brother-in-laws. Who woulda thunk that.

jmonroe

venture

28firefighter said:

I've been driving now for 16 years. First time I used cruise control was on my way back from Portland with the i3 - just to test out the adaptive feature.

Adaptive cruise is the best thing since sliced beer. When we went to MD a few weeks ago we came up on stopped traffic on the interstate. I told my wife to watch as I left both feet off the pedals and the car came to a nice smooth stop.

stickguy

I very rarely used cruise either. just never liked it or felt comfortable with it. I was more nervous with it on and hovered over the brake pedal anyway. It was actually more relaxing to just keep my foot on the gas.

I do find the adaptive CC on the TLX to be a big improvement. can get annoying, but at least you shouldn't plow into the slow poke ahead of you.

driver100

jmonroe said:

imidazol97 said:

As for differences in prices between more pedantic models and the full-featured models but for a big step up in price, I think the core machine is the same. I would suspect a very basic low price model might have different parts in it to get the low price, but I believe our medium price Whirlpool dishwasher has the same motor, pump, etc., that the highest priced model on the floor had. I'd look at the bottom plate and look at the tubing that carries the water under pressure to the back then the top of the machine to the upper rack. Same.

Decades ago the Maytag refrigerator had a more efficient electric motor for the blower and or the compressor if it was the Maytag Gold model. Sort of like the Kitchenaid models were. But today, after years of efficiency work, I suspect all the dishwashers share the same parts.

I could spend time on repairclinic.com and try to figure out comparisons, but it ain't worth the time.

1066 posts to go to get to @driver100 and his 25000 bar he has set.

That's not a bar, it's a stumbling block and he's had more than a few falls getting there.

jmonroe

One thing I learned in life....you can't please all the people all the time, and I'm not going to try..

driver100

tjc78 said:

The Amazon syndrome: often the prices are higher there than through other sources,

You are 100% correct. It really depends on the item. I've been surprised on a few items lately that didn't make sense to order w/ Amazon

Even if I pay extra, it comes right to my door, I have a huge selection, they track items so I know how to get more, saves me time which at my rate can save me $100s instead of going to 5 stores to compare.

driver100

jmonroe said:

graphicguy said:

@jmonroe ...head south leaving right now. You should be here right around 9:30 p.m.

You're killin me man. I love Italian food even more that a prime filet. I guess I got that from all the Italian friends I had growing up. I even had a girl friend in high school, not Italian, but her sister married an Italian guy who got off the boat about 6 or 7 years before she married him. He taught her how to cook real Italian food. I was invited over there numerous times for dinner. I can still taste that stuff. Too bad that realationship didn't end well for me.

jmonroe

The relationship was going great until this Dean Martin looking guy kept inviting himself over for dinners

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

tjc78 said:

@driver100
The local appliance store needs a salesman. Should I send them your resume?

After losing my 3rd job in 4 years I considered selling appliances. I even sent in my resume to one large independent retailer.....fortunately, they didn't choose me because they went out of business about a year later and it forced me to start my own business.

That was the problem, they went out of business because they didn't have you selling for them.

Actually, after I was fired from numerous jobs they either went under or their business fell off considerably. I should have told them what would happen when they were firing me. I think I have been "let go" about 6 or 7 times in my illustrious career. A few jobs I actually did leave on my own.....I think I wanted to leave before they made me leave.

Same with me. When the mistress of the boss who was made my boss fired me I told her the company was living on borrowed time. Sure enough, 2 years later they were bankrupt and under FBI scrutiny.

driver100

Hard to find an open road where you can actually use cruise control!

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

tjc78 said:

@driver100
The local appliance store needs a salesman. Should I send them your resume?

After losing my 3rd job in 4 years I considered selling appliances. I even sent in my resume to one large independent retailer.....fortunately, they didn't choose me because they went out of business about a year later and it forced me to start my own business.

That was the problem, they went out of business because they didn't have you selling for them.

Actually, after I was fired from numerous jobs they either went under or their business fell off considerably. I should have told them what would happen when they were firing me. I think I have been "let go" about 6 or 7 times in my illustrious career. A few jobs I actually did leave on my own.....I think I wanted to leave before they made me leave.

Same with me. When the mistress of the boss who was made my boss fired me I told her the company was living on borrowed time. Sure enough, 2 years later they were bankrupt and under FBI scrutiny.

I hate it when someone dumber than me is telling me what I should be doing.

oldfarmer50

venture said:

tjc78 said:

Anyone looking to do the dance with XM... they offered $4.99/ month for a year on the Select Package. That’s about as cheap as I’ve ever seen.

Still cancelled as my wife said she never uses it (along with her factory NAV and remote start APP)

Are you sure our wives aren't sisters?

I found out mine hadn't used her cruise control the whole time she had the last Forester; 4 1/2 years. I think she used the nav once, but it was the worst I have ever seen. Thank God they fixed it. She remote started it once because I insisted she see if it worked. Never used her Sirius either.

Maybe they’re just conscientious drivers who don’t want to risk an accident from fooling with the shiny objects.

oldfarmer50

venture said:

28firefighter said:

I've been driving now for 16 years. First time I used cruise control was on my way back from Portland with the i3 - just to test out the adaptive feature.

Adaptive cruise is the best thing since sliced beer. When we went to MD a few weeks ago we came up on stopped traffic on the interstate. I told my wife to watch as I left both feet off the pedals and the car came to a nice smooth stop.

I hate adaptive cruise control. I don’t like the car making decisions.

explorerx4

driver100 left himself open for some real hay makers, but it's the holiday season.

driver100

explorerx4 said:

driver100 left himself open for some real hay makers, but it's the holiday season.

lol...but I had a few bosses who proved Murphy's Law, they got to a higher level in the company where they were able to prove their level of incompetence - which the company should have realized a few steps earlier.

jmonroe

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:

graphicguy said:

@jmonroe ...head south leaving right now. You should be here right around 9:30 p.m.

You're killin me man. I love Italian food even more that a prime filet. I guess I got that from all the Italian friends I had growing up. I even had a girl friend in high school, not Italian, but her sister married an Italian guy who got off the boat about 6 or 7 years before she married him. He taught her how to cook real Italian food. I was invited over there numerous times for dinner. I can still taste that stuff. Too bad that realationship didn't end well for me.

jmonroe

The relationship was going great until this Dean Martin looking guy kept inviting himself over for dinners

C'mon man, the food was great and it was free. What do you expect a young kid to do. Its not like I displayed poor dinner table manners by grabbing a meatball off someone's plate.

jmonroe

cdnpinhead

"Hard to find an open road where you can actually use cruise control."

Not where I live.

That said, I used to drive back and forth between Edmonton and Vancouver a lot, and I preferred to do it in the middle of the night. I had what were called (back in those days) driving lights (200,000 candlepower, as I recall); they were wired up to come on only with the brights. I could run them for hours on end without dimming, since there was so little traffic -- I even had a CN locomotive dim his headlamp between Jasper and Tete Juan Cache about two in the morning once. Good times.

Anyway, while I can use cruise control often, I don't have nearly so much opportunity to use bright lights. I haven't bothered to mount driving lights on my last three cars.

ab348

My first car to have cruise control was my '90 VW GTI. It was a 5-speed manual so I didn't use it much. One day on an expressway I decided to try it out and it worked great, I was impressed. Of course after a while I forgot it was on and when I finally took the exit ramp and removed my foot from the accelerator where it was resting the car didn't slow down. I think it took that curve on 3 wheels, and I needed a change of underwear.

fintail

My first cruise control car was the 1989 S-class I bought back around Y2K. It was a revelation for me, and I used it all the time. I still do. I like adaptive cruise too, in light traffic, but in my E anyway, it panics a lot as volumes increase, and requires too much following distance - you become an obstacle with it, as it forces way too much of a gap in front, which even timid Puget Sound area drivers will take advantage of, causing the car to drop back further. Works well once volumes decrease or off local interstates though. I like the curve assist as well, gently steering the car, kind of fun to watch.

I've had automatic high beams/adaptive lighting on my last 4 cars - on the latest car, the high beams come on more than I would manually select, so I sometimes switch them off.

venture

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

tjc78 said:

Anyone looking to do the dance with XM... they offered $4.99/ month for a year on the Select Package. That’s about as cheap as I’ve ever seen.

Still cancelled as my wife said she never uses it (along with her factory NAV and remote start APP)

Are you sure our wives aren't sisters?

I found out mine hadn't used her cruise control the whole time she had the last Forester; 4 1/2 years. I think she used the nav once, but it was the worst I have ever seen. Thank God they fixed it. She remote started it once because I insisted she see if it worked. Never used her Sirius either.

Maybe they’re just conscientious drivers who don’t want to risk an accident from fooling with the shiny objects.

I'm sure that's it.

venture

fintail said:

My first cruise control car was the 1989 S-class I bought back around Y2K. It was a revelation for me, and I used it all the time. I still do. I like adaptive cruise too, in light traffic, but in my E anyway, it panics a lot as volumes increase, and requires too much following distance - you become an obstacle with it, as it forces way too much of a gap in front, which even timid Puget Sound area drivers will take advantage of, causing the car to drop back further. Works well once volumes decrease or off local interstates though. I like the curve assist as well, gently steering the car, kind of fun to watch.

I've had automatic high beams/adaptive lighting on my last 4 cars - on the latest car, the high beams come on more than I would manually select, so I sometimes switch them off.

Good point about cars getting between you and the car in front when using adaptive cruise. I also, usually, turn it off when traffic gets that heavy. Even though the following distance can be adjusted, someone will squeeze in that space.

The Lane Keep Assist in my Legacy will adjust a few times then it displays a message about keeping your hands on the steering wheel. It made me laugh the first time it did that. I normally have that turned off.

My wife uses the automatic high beam thingy all the time on her Ascent. I rarely use that because, as you said, it causes the high beams to be on more than I normally would use them. The adaptive LED headlights are great. I like, if you are parked with a wall, garage door, or something in front of you, how the headlights are sort of cross-eyed when they start up then adjust to straight ahead. Your E may be different.

qbrozen

I use cruise A LOT. Helps to keep my speed down.

venture

qbrozen said:

I use cruise A LOT. Helps to keep my speed down.

I agree with that statement completely.

nyccarguy

qbrozen said:

I use cruise A LOT. Helps to keep my speed down.

+1

dino001

ab348 said:

My first car to have cruise control was my '90 VW GTI. It was a 5-speed manual so I didn't use it much. One day on an expressway I decided to try it out and it worked great, I was impressed. Of course after a while I forgot it was on and when I finally took the exit ramp and removed my foot from the accelerator where it was resting the car didn't slow down. I think it took that curve on 3 wheels, and I needed a change of underwear.

Brakes cancel it, but I can see how it can be a bit surprising when you expect to be aided by engine slowdown.

graphicguy

stickguy said:

I very rarely used cruise either. just never liked it or felt comfortable with it. I was more nervous with it on and hovered over the brake pedal anyway. It was actually more relaxing to just keep my foot on the gas.

I do find the adaptive CC on the TLX to be a big improvement. can get annoying, but at least you shouldn't plow into the slow poke ahead of you.

I use my adaptive cruise all the time....mostly running to and from going to the airport traveling for work. But, I ordinarily have a very early flight, or a very late flight. That allows me more open road as not many people are driving when I leave or return to/from the airport.

TLX adaptive/radar cruise works well. That said, if I’ve set it to a higher MPH (say 80 MPH or above) and it comes upon a vehicle in front of me that’s doing the speed limit (65 MPH) it’s always a bit of a jolt when the car hits the distance it feels I should be maintaining and throw out the boat anchor. Seems to work more smoothly when there’s light outside, though.

It saved my derrière more than once.

graphicguy

Might be heresy with this group, but test drove a couple of cars last night for giggles.

First up, a Chevy Bolt (actually went into the Chevy store to see if they had any new Corvette sales brochures....they didn’t).

You know, I can see the appeal of the car. If you don’t do a lot of interstate commuting, it was a nice little car. The torque off the line with the electric motor is very impressive. It’s small enough that it handles pretty well. It had all the features anyone could ask for (radar cruise, decent sounds system, Apple CarPlay, positive feeling steering and brakes). You can tell GM put a lot of engineering into it. While the materials aren’t anywhere near what I have in my Acura, they aren’t bad, either.

Dealer said GM is throwing a ton of money at it. Sticker was $39K. Out the door, taxes, fees...the whole shooting match was right around $33K. Plus, it still qualifies for the $7,500 tax credit (Have to purchase in 2019, though). That makes it a screaming deal I think.....just under $26K. For that car, all loaded up, with that amount of technology, assuming the simplicity of the motor and trans, which should make it relatively trouble and maintenance free, it’s a great deal.

Also drove an S60 Inscription. I understand why people like them. They are quite nice and quite good looking. I drove an Inscription, which was quick and handled well. They were up front with pricing. $54K Sticker. $48K buy it now price. At that, I’ll probably wait for the new TLX. Still, impressive car.

28firefighter

Bolt does not qualify for the $7500 anymore, I don't think - I believe the federal rebate on that dropped to $3750 earlier this year.

snakeweasel

qbrozen said:

I use cruise A LOT. Helps to keep my speed down.

Agree, there are segments of road around here that are pretty long for the burbs (usally going through or along side forest preserves) with no stops and low speeds. Easy to pick up speed on these spots so cruise helps keep officer friendly away.

Michaell

I'll use the adaptive cruise on the Outback when I traverse the highways here in Denver. I'll set it for 5MPH faster than the speed limit, generally, and just go with the flow of traffic for the most part.

jmonroe

venture said:

fintail said:

My first cruise control car was the 1989 S-class I bought back around Y2K. It was a revelation for me, and I used it all the time. I still do. I like adaptive cruise too, in light traffic, but in my E anyway, it panics a lot as volumes increase, and requires too much following distance - you become an obstacle with it, as it forces way too much of a gap in front, which even timid Puget Sound area drivers will take advantage of, causing the car to drop back further. Works well once volumes decrease or off local interstates though. I like the curve assist as well, gently steering the car, kind of fun to watch.

I've had automatic high beams/adaptive lighting on my last 4 cars - on the latest car, the high beams come on more than I would manually select, so I sometimes switch them off.

Good point about cars getting between you and the car in front when using adaptive cruise. I also, usually, turn it off when traffic gets that heavy. Even though the following distance can be adjusted, someone will squeeze in that space.

The Lane Keep Assist in my Legacy will adjust a few times then it displays a message about keeping your hands on the steering wheel. It made me laugh the first time it did that. I normally have that turned off.

My wife uses the automatic high beam thingy all the time on her Ascent. I rarely use that because, as you said, it causes the high beams to be on more than I normally would use them. The adaptive LED headlights are great. I like, if you are parked with a wall, garage door, or something in front of you, how the headlights are sort of cross-eyed when they start up then adjust to straight ahead. Your E may be different.

About the high beam thingy:

I have that on my '15 Genny and Mrs. j has it on her '18 Legacy. The sensitivity is totally different on those car. On my Genny it is pretty conservative. Comes on slower than I would turn it on and it goes off before I would turn it off and it is sensitive to street lights. Goes off when it sees them and it's sensitive to lights that are at the edge of driveways. Turns the system off when it sees them too. Pretty damn annoying as far as I'm concerned. Now, Mrs. j's Legacy is pretty liberal, just the opposite of my Genny (comes on early and goes off late). Because of this I've had a few cars flash there lights at me. Only a few but this never happens with the Genny. Another thing about this system on both cars, with the Genny, you have to activate it every time you want to use it, whereas on the Subie, once you activate it, it stays activated untill you turn it off. No big deal, but it took me a few restarts to adjust to that even though there is an icon that is always displayed, on the small screen between the tach and the speedometer, when the lights are on.

FWIW, when I was a kid in the early '50's, the upscale Detroit cars (Cadillac, Lincoln, Chrysler and Packard) had a high beam sensor system. In the left corner of the dash aimed at the windshield, there was a pod that was the sensor for the system. My Dad had a cousin who owned a Cadillac that had the high beam system and I remember going for a ride in that car one night when my Dads cousin loaned him his car. I thought that was the cats meow. It's easy to impress a young kid with stuff like that.

jmonroe

pensfan83

The ACC in the car is fine but I don't like the Taco6mas, not as smooth IMO so I've taken to disabling it and going old school.

snakeweasel

graphicguy said:

Might be heresy with this group, but test drove a couple of cars last night for giggles.

First up, a Chevy Bolt (actually went into the Chevy store to see if they had any new Corvette sales brochures....they didn’t).

You know, I can see the appeal of the car. If you don’t do a lot of interstate commuting, it was a nice little car. The torque off the line with the electric motor is very impressive. It’s small enough that it handles pretty well. It had all the features anyone could ask for (radar cruise, decent sounds system, Apple CarPlay, positive feeling steering and brakes). You can tell GM put a lot of engineering into it. While the materials aren’t anywhere near what I have in my Acura, they aren’t bad, either.

Dealer said GM is throwing a ton of money at it. Sticker was $39K. Out the door, taxes, fees...the whole shooting match was right around $33K. Plus, it still qualifies for the $7,500 tax credit (Have to purchase in 2019, though). That makes it a screaming deal I think.....just under $26K. For that car, all loaded up, with that amount of technology, assuming the simplicity of the motor and trans, which should make it relatively trouble and maintenance free, it’s a great deal.

Also drove an S60 Inscription. I understand why people like them. They are quite nice and quite good looking. I drove an Inscription, which was quick and handled well. They were up front with pricing. $54K Sticker. $48K buy it now price. At that, I’ll probably wait for the new TLX. Still, impressive car.

Remember that tax credit is non refundable and does not carry over. So if you do your taxes before applying the credit and line 16 of form 1040 (total tax) is less than $7,500 then you dont get the full credit, you only get the amount on line 16. Basically a married couple making a combined income of under $90K with no other credits would get less than the $7,500 credit.

graphicguy

28firefighter said:

Bolt does not qualify for the $7500 anymore, I don't think - I believe the federal rebate on that dropped to $3750 earlier this year.

Well...that’s sad to hear. The Bolt is a good car that deserves more widespread adoption.

graphicguy

snakeweasel said:

graphicguy said:

Might be heresy with this group, but test drove a couple of cars last night for giggles.

First up, a Chevy Bolt (actually went into the Chevy store to see if they had any new Corvette sales brochures....they didn’t).

You know, I can see the appeal of the car. If you don’t do a lot of interstate commuting, it was a nice little car. The torque off the line with the electric motor is very impressive. It’s small enough that it handles pretty well. It had all the features anyone could ask for (radar cruise, decent sounds system, Apple CarPlay, positive feeling steering and brakes). You can tell GM put a lot of engineering into it. While the materials aren’t anywhere near what I have in my Acura, they aren’t bad, either.

Dealer said GM is throwing a ton of money at it. Sticker was $39K. Out the door, taxes, fees...the whole shooting match was right around $33K. Plus, it still qualifies for the $7,500 tax credit (Have to purchase in 2019, though). That makes it a screaming deal I think.....just under $26K. For that car, all loaded up, with that amount of technology, assuming the simplicity of the motor and trans, which should make it relatively trouble and maintenance free, it’s a great deal.

Also drove an S60 Inscription. I understand why people like them. They are quite nice and quite good looking. I drove an Inscription, which was quick and handled well. They were up front with pricing. $54K Sticker. $48K buy it now price. At that, I’ll probably wait for the new TLX. Still, impressive car.

Remember that tax credit is non refundable and does not carry over. So if you do your taxes before applying the credit and line 16 of form 1040 (total tax) is less than $7,500 then you dont get the full credit, you only get the amount on line 16. Basically a married couple making a combined income of under $90K with no other credits would get less than the $7,500 credit.

So much for me getting a tax credit if I ever bought one. Thanks (I think)! 😊

fintail

I set the following distance as close as possible, still too far. Maybe I'm a tailgater? But even at that distance, it is enough for the usually timid drivers here to squeeze in. No doubt there is some legal caution at work here. As another person mentioned, it also brakes too hard if someone invades the following distance buffer, this annoys me. I try to be a smooth driver, braking as little as possible.

In what I think is a very Germanic function, the hands on steering wheel warning will appear with a chime, if you don't reach, it switches the system off. I think it will do this in mid-turn! Pretty harsh.

My car has full LED lighting, and the lights do a little dance when I start the car, still kind of amusing to watch. The lights are fantastic aside from the overly aggressive high beam function, and this is easy to switch off.

venture said:

Good point about cars getting between you and the car in front when using adaptive cruise. I also, usually, turn it off when traffic gets that heavy. Even though the following distance can be adjusted, someone will squeeze in that space.

The Lane Keep Assist in my Legacy will adjust a few times then it displays a message about keeping your hands on the steering wheel. It made me laugh the first time it did that. I normally have that turned off.

My wife uses the automatic high beam thingy all the time on her Ascent. I rarely use that because, as you said, it causes the high beams to be on more than I normally would use them. The adaptive LED headlights are great. I like, if you are parked with a wall, garage door, or something in front of you, how the headlights are sort of cross-eyed when they start up then adjust to straight ahead. Your E may be different.

28firefighter

graphicguy said:

28firefighter said:

Bolt does not qualify for the $7500 anymore, I don't think - I believe the federal rebate on that dropped to $3750 earlier this year.

Well...that’s sad to hear. The Bolt is a good car that deserves more widespread adoption.

I like the idea of leasing EVs - at least for now.

I looked at Bolt before I committed to the i3. It is much quicker than the i3 and has much better range. But it was also more expensive to lease by about $125/month comparably equipped (despite an MSRP $14,000 less) and I liked the looks of the i3 better anyway - I'm crazy, I know.

fintail

"Autronic Eye", on Cadillac from 1952-53 I think, also available on Buick and Olds I am pretty sure, and as you say, similar systems use by others within a few years. Pretty cool tech for the day. I think it was some kind of vacuum tube system.

jmonroe said:

FWIW, when I was a kid in the early '50's, the upscale Detroit cars (Cadillac, Lincoln, Chrysler and Packard) had a high beam sensor system. In the left corner of the dash aimed at the windshield, there was a pod that was the sensor for the system. My Dad had a cousin who owned a Cadillac that had the high beam system and I remember going for a ride in that car one night when my Dads cousin loaned him his car. I thought that was the cats meow. It's easy to impress a young kid with stuff like that.

jmonroe

nyccarguy

pensfan83 said:

The ACC in the car is fine but I don't like the Taco6mas, not as smooth IMO so I've taken to disabling it and going old school.

Funny - I feel the exact opposite. I love the way the ACC works in the Tacoma. Very smooth and the braking is almost unnoticeable. In the Pilot, you can feel the brakes being applied when the ACC is in use.

pensfan83

nyccarguy said:

pensfan83 said:

The ACC in the car is fine but I don't like the Taco6mas, not as smooth IMO so I've taken to disabling it and going old school.

Funny - I feel the exact opposite. I love the way the ACC works in the Tacoma. Very smooth and the braking is almost unnoticeable. In the Pilot, you can feel the brakes being applied when the ACC is in use.

I literally used the Tacoma's ACC once and haven't used it again so maybe I need to try adjusting the distance. That resolved the issues I had with the car's ACC when I first got it.

tifighter

My wife never used cruise on any of our previous cars, but she always uses autopilot when there's freeway time, now. I think it has made those drives to Portland or Vancouver more relaxing for her.