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To: ChicagoConservative27

And these days, the touchscreen does pretty much everything in a luxury car; not just a Tesla.


3 posted on 05/11/2022 9:25:50 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Alexa, get rid of the blank screen! I mean, how hard was that?


5 posted on 05/11/2022 9:27:52 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? šŸ˜•)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Every car has these annoying stupid things.

I say get rid of it. Pretentious and confusing. None of them is the same, either, and we canā€™t figure out either car how to organize the USB memory stick music. BTW, Iā€™ve found ā€œmanualsā€ totally stink for the last decade or so, despite tons of pages.


10 posted on 05/11/2022 9:43:45 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVds)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“the touchscreen does pretty much everything in a luxury car”

Not just luxury cars.

We had a Ford Explorer that melted the battery down (over charged). Why? Well the main computer controlled the voltage regulator. They “did an update on the the computer system” and replaced the battery.

It was fortunate that we were less than a mile from a Ford Dealer when we checked into the motel. I parked, it would not start again, went into sleep mode.

The car could not be started, because everything on the car depends upon the computer.

Nothing wrong with the alternator, only the program settings?

I know about voltage regulators. the sensor should be near the load. But that is NOT the way computers function.

I’m convinced that the regulator and alternator should be independent of the main computer.


18 posted on 05/11/2022 10:51:54 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Yep.

Both of my Infinitis (G37 Q50) have two computers.

Twice the navigation went south. They fixed both quickly. No charge.

5.56mm


27 posted on 05/11/2022 1:03:13 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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