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
