Yeah... I was kinda thinking, it would probably be a good idea to just put your hand on the steering wheel once in a while.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:08 AM Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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