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 <ch...@wbmfg.com> 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: af@af.afmug.com
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: af@af.afmug.com
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
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