On Nov 23, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > The company was called "Ecolimo," featuring "Ecological chauffered > transportation throughout the greater Los Angeles area." My driver was > also the owner, and the car was a Prius. Yes, I can imagine they are > fun. There is so much readout activity on the console that the thought > that popped into my mind was that the car was like a self-mobile > computer game.
I turn the readout off to eliminate distractions when it annoys me. The mileage histogram is not distracting, most of the time. The energy flow diagram is distracting, but occasionally something I watch to understand the battery power management cycles. > But the owner complained that the car does not trigger the > heat-sensitive sensors at intersections, so she gets frustrated > waiting > for the light to change. I suggested she get out and exhale on the > sensor. Utter nonsense. The traffic light sensors on such corners in California are not heat triggered, they're triggered by ferrous metals. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
