This has got to be one of the most frightening discussions on this list in recent memory. Which isn't trivial since we often discuss towers. I probably don't have enough exposure to the self driving tech yet I guess.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:02 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe get a big rubber band and wrap it around parts of the steering wheel? > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 4/23/2019 7:02 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Cell phone charger cord did not work the way I tried, however sticking > > the toe of a cowboy boot through the spokes in the steering wheel > > works great. If you orient the boot so the shaft is sticking down > > toward the outside of a thigh, if the car gets unhappy you just twitch > > your leg a bit, but for the most part, the boot had enough force and > > random movement to make it think there was a hand on the wheel. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Radabaugh > > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 8:37 PM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT another new toy > > > > Just wrap your cell phone charger cord around the rim. Just don’t try > > to really go around corners with the steering wheel tied to the > > charger :-) > > > > Mark > > > >> On Apr 22, 2019, at 10:06 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Yes, almost any touch will reset the alarm. I am thinking of a > >> little motor powered shaker that I could clip to the steering wheel > >> to fake it out. I have heard of strapping a water bottle to a Tesla > >> steering wheel for the same reason. On a long trip on an interstate > >> it might be handy, but really, resting one finger on the wheel is > >> zero effort and it is odd how it seems much more relaxing to drive > >> when it is keeping itself in the center of the lane. > >> > >> It even speeds up if you go to pass someone all by itself. You do > >> have to manually steer the lane change but it knows if you come up > >> behind someone and put on the left turn signal, you are passing and > >> it accelerates up to your cruise control set point unless it finds > >> someone in the left lane. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Robert > >> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 7:41 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT another new toy > >> > >> Is resting your hand on the bottom of the wheel good enough? > >> > >> On 4/22/19 5:53 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >>> I went ahead and leased it. This is my fourth leaf. I had the very > >>> first one in Utah. They have come a long way. Love the auto pilot > >>> and the torque. Has a 225 hp set of motors. Range that you can > >>> actually count on is about 180 miles. The auto pilot gets > >>> increasingly obnoxious if you don't put your hands on the wheel. It > >>> finally briefly jams on the brakes a couple of times to wake you > >>> up. Then it finally shuts off and slows way down. > >>> > >>> I love the 360 degree overhead view that comes with the back up > >>> camera view. They stitch 4 cameras together to make it. > >>> > >>> Under 6 seconds 0-60 I have not had a good chance to get really > >>> good timing on it yet. Will burn a bit of rubber any time you punch > >>> it, even if you are already going 30 mph. Love to shoot into small > >>> gaps in traffic with this thing. The old leafs were good at that > >>> but this one is great. > >>> > >>> Could have had a used Tesla model S for the same amount of money. > >>> Not sure how it could have been much better. Perhaps a bit more > >>> room, a bit more torque, a bit more range - maybe. Many more miles > >>> and more wear on the battery. > >>> > >>> Nissan says it has an EPA range of 226 miles, but they have always > >>> published higher figures that you get in real life freeway commuter > >>> use. The original leaf published 84 miles but could only be counted > >>> on to do 65 miles in the summer and about 55 in the winter. > >>> > >>> 3.4 miles per kwh seems to be a figure you can hang your hat on > >>> with a leaf. 62 kwh battery, but you can't get all of the 62 kwhs > >>> out of it. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown > >>> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 2:23 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: OT another new toy > >>> > >>> Drove the 2019 leaf. Holy crap, it will unstick the tires very > >>> easily. 60kwh batt. Adaptive cruise and lane works extremely well. > >>> Love everything about it. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Lewis Bergman 325-439-0533 Cell
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