Discussions on topics of interest to drivers concerning things they may not understand about their vehicles as well as articles on the future of the auto industry.
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Drivers in the Dark, Part 1 Over the last several months we have been contacted by two drivers of U.S. cars sold and likely built overseas who could not find a back-up spot to drop the key fob in the event of the fob’s battery dying. Well, a good deal of sleuthing and a hunch …
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Floor Mat Safety Reality TV star Savannah Chrisley of Chrisley Knows Best was seriously injured in a car accident in 2017. She has since recovered. The connection here is that she reported that the accident occurred when her floor mat got stuck behind the pedals of her car and she looked down to move them. …
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Salespeople Just Sell An article appeared recently in Automotive News that essentially asked if salespeople know the technology in the cars they are selling. As someone who was at one time employed at an auto dealer, I can say that the short answer is all too often no. We’ll go with the long answer here. …
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Tesla Steps Up Innovation continues to at a breakneck pace in the automotive world, and nowhere is innovation more front and center than at Tesla. In case over the air updates weren’t innovative enough, the latest solves a problem that has stumped the best minds at every auto manufacturer: a car is shut down and …
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Autopilot Risks A recent accident involving a Tesla Model S with its Autopilot function engaged cost the life of the car’s driver. Since then, there have been calls to disable the function or as least rename it. We have cautioned many times in these posts about the advance of technology in automobiles. The advances are …
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Ready for a Self-driving? Evidently, according to reports, only a very few drivers are ready for a self driving car. In a recent newscast from Automotive News, Bloomberg was cited as a source saying that one half to three quarters of all drivers do not want a self-driving car. Parts supplier Robert Bosch stated that …
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Too Many Warning Lights Can Only Lead to Driver Overload
Driver Overload We had the opportunity recently to browse through the owner’s manual of a high-end European SUV. As is our duty, we scanned the segment listing the various warning lights and indicators that may reside on the car’s instrument panel. We were frankly floored. For many years an Asian model SUV held the record …
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