More new tech bafflemet

[Dogtrousers]

Being an old fuddy duddy with a 12 year old car that has an ignition key, a handbrake, a clutch, a gear stick and a CD player that doesn't work I never fail to be amazed by modern cars.

I was in a friend's car at the weekend as he backed onto his drive in the dark. Suddenly bam! the car stopped. It felt exactly as if he'd missed the dropped area and hit raised kerbstones. He tried again. Bam again.

Turned out there was a broken umbrella on the pavement. It didn't show up in the dark. As he backed up the car detected it, had a moment of panic and slammed the brakes on full. Bam!

I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Cars seem to be becoming like horses, shying at random things. Waaaah! A crisp packet!

 

[yello]

I had a loan car once whilst my car was in for repair. Baffled, I had to ask where the hand brake was. New one of me.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I hired a car in France this year. My driving was not up to its expectations because I straddled lanes going past some roadworks and generally did bad things. It decided I was "tired".( I'm sure it really thought I was drunk). It started beeping and flashing messages at me in French which just made things worse. Then we got to a twisty mountain road and it started fighting with me over control of the steering wheel.

I parked it outside the apartment and refused to get in it again for the rest of the holiday, when I had to return it to the rental company. The return journey was awkward silence . It never spoke to me once.

 

[Chief Broom]

I can imagine getting so annoyed with a modern car full of tech ***te would put a match in the tank and leave it burning by the side of the road.....

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The return journey was awkward silence . It never spoke to me once.

Had you upset your wife?

 

[Fastpedaller]

My Daughter has been driving for 10 years (it seems like yesterday) - she learnt in a Ford Focus that activated the windscreen wipers if a leaf fell on the windscreen! This prompted her to announce she didn't want one with gadgets. She wanted a Ford though, and ended up with a Ka+ (the 5-door one that not many are aware of) the same as my Wife's. A good little car IMHO

 

[Dogtrousers]

Had you upset your wife?

We were getting along fine. But there was distinct frostiness from Madame la Voiture.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I can imagine getting so annoyed with a modern car full of tech ***te would put a match in the tank and leave it burning by the side of the road.....

They don't have tanks, grandad

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I rather like all the new tech' in modern cars, the majority works extremely well.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

They don't have tanks, grandad

Then he‘d put wire across its battery terminals.

 

[Drago]

Being an old fuddy duddy with a 12 year old car that has an ignition key, a handbrake, a clutch, a gear stick and a CD player that doesn't work I never fail to be amazed by modern cars.

I was in a friend's car at the weekend as he backed onto his drive in the dark. Suddenly bam! the car stopped. It felt exactly as if he'd missed the dropped area and hit raised kerbstones. He tried again. Bam again.

Turned out there was a broken umbrella on the pavement. It didn't show up in the dark. As he backed up the car detected it, had a moment of panic and slammed the brakes on full. Bam!

I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Cars seem to be becoming like horses, shying at random things. Waaaah! A crisp packet!

Even my van does this.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Even my van does this.

What? Shy at crisp packets?

 

[Ripple]

Turned out there was a broken umbrella on the pavement. It didn't show up in the dark. As he backed up the car detected it, had a moment of panic and slammed the brakes on full. Bam!

My first car did that to me. But instead of umbrella it was workmate's car. Unlit work car park, no parking bays marked, night time and me with only a few months worth of driving experience. What could go wrong.
Scared the life out of me and at the same time I was over the moon that my car prevented such a stupid accident.

 

[figbat]

I rather like all the new tech' in modern cars, the majority works extremely well.

Me too, within reason. I don’t like the lane keep assist, which feels like someone reaching over and tugging on the steering wheel, although I don’t mind the warning rumble if you stray over a white line. But I am happy enough with automatic lights, wipers, mirrors, main beam etc. One still needs to be aware of what they are doing and take over if required (auto lights in daytime fog for example).

 

[tyred]

Bah! Humbug. Simple cars are better