Todays technology and you

Have a word with the dealer they may be able to contect a computer to the car and go into the menu and swicht things off, if not i have a hammer and a bit of wire that may help

 

That is quite a claim!

 

Sounds like a complete nightmare, I really hate cars that think they know better than you.
If you have a crash the bloody thing won't take responsibility, you will have to.
And there will probably be a very annoying voice saying, "I told you so ".
Talk about in built back seat drivers.

 

Had a new lorry with all tec on it, trottle would cut out on a it, then the thing would just stop (ie run for 5 minutes then stop then run again) The trottle they couldn't find a problem, but when it did happern i would turn the key off then back on 3 times and it would run again

The running for 5 minutes then stop the computer couldn't find a problem, they could change anything they wanted to even make the engine run on 5 pots not 6, the lorry had just had a servive so i started to look at things been done in the service, it was down to that the fuel filter was crossed threaded, who found that, ME, not the computer

Edit
Also the doors would lock by them self's and if you are outside and the keys are inside you'm stuffed as i and some other drivers found out

 

Last year my son's father-in-law was 'rear ended' by another driver. The driver got out of the car and said it wasn't my fault the car didn't tell me I was going to crash! Are some people really that stupid? And who would be at fault, the driver or the car's manufacturer?

 

Well I think this is going to be a big problem in the future.
Self driving cars will be on the roads causing chaos, and when it all goes wrong it will be the drivers fault for not watching what the thing was doing, but the driver will be lulled into a false sense of security.

I can imagine it will be great fun cutting them up and watching them slam on the brakes to keep the social distance.

 

We have just downsized to one car that Mrs H can drive. So the Mini convertible has gone to her daughter and the Mitsubishi was swapped for a Mazda CX3 automatic. Love the auto 6 gears, not driven one since the old 3 gear autos which were horrible. This has auto engine stop which saves petrol at lights and junctions, possibly up to 2 pints a decade. It is unnerving turning right at a busy junction thinking the b**gger won't start. There will be a micro switch I can bridge out somewhere to neutralise it, the mighty Youtube will show me how

 

Sorry Harry, I don't like the auto engine stop. I don't and won't own one, I find them distracting and annoying when sitting alongside them at traffic lights etc. It may save petrol but I wonder how long the starter will last?

 

Hi Sheal, I don't like the system as well. I want to disconnect it if I can.
Amazingly they don't use the starter motor. It stops the engine in the optimum position and restarts with fuel injection into a cylinder. Bloomin clever aren't they!

 

Pennies versus pounds

I am an avid car lover and have a few myself of various types.

The saving on fuel with a stop start motor is far out weighed by the cost of replacement starter motors and replacement batteries and the labour charges incurred over a protracted period of time.

It is a gimmick to make the public think they need it to save money, I find it worrying when I stop and the engine cuts out with thoughts of ‘will the engine start again when I need to pull away’.

If you don’t want one fitted to the car its too late, you have already paid for it in the purchase price.

Vehicles are sometimes over engineered in certain ways but are lacking in other areas.

I would swap my stop start for a good covert car maker installed 360* camera so that I have footage of anyone damaging my car, my pet hate as I have had a lot of it.