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Technology as an annoyance Almost as a exclamation point on yesterday’s post on added technology as an annoyance in the home and the car, my primary laptop just plain died a few hours later. So, I now find myself re-creating my computer workspace on a new machine, while waiting for an adapter to help with …
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New auto technology Two bits of very interesting news hit here this week prompting this post. It seems that new auto technology, both at home and in the car, is turning people away! First came a post on X from InsideEVs titled “Drivers To New Car Tech: Leave Me The Hell Alone, Please“. This was …
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Audi symbols So today we added six more indicators to the Audi symbols page including a green rear belt indicator, a steering lock indicator and and engine start malfunction indicator. But what we really wanted to talk about is three emergency assist indicators in two colors. Not only that, but the first two symbols are …
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Audi symbols As we bull our way through a Audi symbols page update, we are struck by how many symbols are repeated in multiple colors. In the update thus far we’ve added 14 new indicators, 11 of which are new to our database, posted four new systems, and have at least another 40 symbols to …
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Volkswagen emergency start Updating the combined Audi and Volkswagen emergency start or back-up start page created some crowding and confusion leading to the creation of a new page for Volkswagen alone. This of course leaves the original page to Audi alone. We found two Volkswagen models now using the rear cup holder as a back-up …
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Volkswagen emergency start Audi and Volkswagen share the emergency start and entry or back-up start and entry pages, and as we just updated Audi models, it was reasonable to re-check Volkswagen emergency start processes. An emergency start or back-up start process is made necessary by the fact that the batteries in the key fobs die …
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German study finds a breakdown weak link between ICE vehicles and EVs
Breakdown weak link We’ve done two recent posts related to 12 volt start batteries over the last several months and now comes an item from Germany that puts a finger on the same item being a breakdown weak link that brings together electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Reported by InsideEVs, the …
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