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Here., they finish off the cat food we leave out for the neighbor cats. Then trash the place. Pull the bowl out drag it down the walk.. flip over the 'shelter'... Had one scream at me and try to attack me and one of my dogs one morning. While i do like all of natures creatures, they are annoying as all hell i agree.
At least when possums come by, they are like the cats, polite.
Sat Sep 16 2023 16:25:52 EDT from LadySerenaKittyIt may smell bad, but the coons are reducing your food waste, which is a good thing.
Lazy asses that use the handicap buttons on a door as they are too freaking lazy to open a door...
Around the office. its amazing ..
It may smell bad, but the coons are reducing your food waste, which
is a good thing.
Reducing waste is good. Increasing the toxicity of the area, not so good.
As the summer went on we ended up dealing with not only bad smells but also maggots all over the place. Fun fun fun!
Cars beeping every time people lock/unlock them when they are too lazy to use the key. AND car companies that *require* you to use it. That really pisses me off. One more reason to never buy a new car.
Last car i had with a remote lock, i took it off and left it at home.
Wife has one like that. Only key it has is one embedded in the 200 dollar fob ( i asked.. how much is a replacement ) so you can unlock the door if the battery is dead. I guess you get to sit in a cold car and wait for the tow truck or something.
Not long ago, it freaked out and refused to acknowledge the fob to start, even tho it unlocked the doors. Car was in effect a brick. I tracked it down to the car's battery, even tho it was 'working' it 'wasn't' and the ECM was freaking out. I was able to jump start it, in effect, and get it to the dealer. To the dealer as if you sneeze on the car they void warranty. "sorry this isn't covered, 500 bucks you owe us" for a freaking battery, and 20 dollar corroded cable. ( which i would have seen if i took it apart but figured the battery was serialized and recorded so didnt even try. Plus you have to take the damned wheel off and pull a panel to get to it.. idiot engineers ... ) "yes, if you did it yourself it would not void warranty since its not covered"
Burnt us again a year later. Same sort of thing " oh, its not covered, you owe us 275 to have looked at it, or 350 if you want us to fix it.. ( a 10 dollar part.. but now you are committed )
"Ok this is twice i have been burnt by this so-called warranty that doesnt cover crap, how do i know next time if something is covered before i come?" "well, you have to bring it in and we evaluate it at 275 dollars and then we decide" wtf.. no. Next time i'm demanding a list upfront. They will not want to deal with me.
Also gave me a lot of excuses "well, example is if the exhaust manifold breaks due to a bad weld its covered, but if a bolt breaks or the gasket fails, its not, so we have to look at it first" really? I tried to talk her out of paying for that "warranty".. "its a con job". now she believes me.
The fob i had on my Eldo was purely convenience. I'm ok with that idea, being optional, and i left it home. But the constant beeping and flashing of headlights around here night and day.. no.
Oh and remote start is also stupid. :) They added it to my jeep before i bought it, aftermarket. I tried it one winter when it was like 10 below zero. It started. Ok, that worked.. I wait about 5 minutes, go out. it wont blow hot ( or AC ) air on remote start, so the thing was still cold. So what the hell is the value?
Wed Nov 29 2023 21:17:56 EST from zelgomerI absolutely loathe this new wireless key fob shit. My last car had a fob and I left it at home, always used the physical key to unlock and crank. My current car is a pushbutton start, there's no physical key except for the one built into this massive brick of a fob that takes up most of my pocket space, and I frequently come into the garage to find doors unlocked or windows rolled down because I had accidentally hit buttons in my pocket. Yeah, that's right, it has a "feature" that some combination of buttons unlocks all of the doors and rolls all of the windows down. I can't imagine why anyone would ever want to do that. It has to be there only to troll me.
idea, being optional, and i left it home. But the constant
beeping and flashing of headlights around here night and day.. no.
That reminds me, I know a guy who thought that pushing the lock button twice so that it honks is what "arms the alarm." Idiot... he probably still thinks that even though I told him that's not what it's for.
My truck has power locks but the keyhole in the door is mechanically linked to the lock in that door. But I don't have auto-start-stop (something else no one asked for). It will open even if the battery is missing. Someday all cars will have this crap and there won't be anything you can do about it. As our old friend Ford II used to say -- "this is called 'progress'."
Unsure if the one for my wife is electrical switch or not. Didn't know they were doing that crap too. Would make it impossible to open the hood if the battery died..
And with the auto stop-start crap. My understanding is that normally it watches a 2nd switch under the hood. ( at least that is the case with the jeeps, as i was reading about it )That way when the hood is open ( like for repairs ), its disabled. I guess more come with a way to disable them officially now.
some poor brainwashed soul will die in the desert (or snow) out of confusion as to why their beloved car refuses to let them inside or drive away.
Unsure if the one for my wife is electrical switch or not.
If you need something with batteries to turn her on, you need to step up your game.
*insert AI bot image here* :P
Tue Dec 05 2023 09:32:57 EST from IGnatius T FoobarUnsure if the one for my wife is electrical switch or not.
If you need something with batteries to turn her on, you need to step up your game.
Auto-Stop-Start is somewhat gimmicky as even having the air conditioner running won't allow it to work. It's supposed to halp gas-only cars use less gas by having the explodatron turn off at a traffic light. Problem is it only works in winter, since as stated previously, having the air conditioner running disables Auto-Stop-Start. I'd rather have my hybrid. It never runs the explodatron at a stop light.
As for the "key" just being a thing that constantly transmits a low-power radio signal with its serial number ... ya, it has a physical key. That key is required by law to mechanically actuate the lock. Tho cars makers these days don't really care what the law says, the park/emergency brake in my Ford Escape is illegal in Texas since it's motor driven instead of direct-cable.
My mom got her car fixed at the stealership. From what she was able to explain to me in layman's terms, the linkage that connects the lock with the actuator came loose. And apparently the physical key lock is on the same side of that linkage as the electric actuator, which is why that didn't work either.
Still seems a bit flimsy that something like that could even happen.
Auto-Stop-Start is somewhat gimmicky as even having the air
conditioner running won't allow it to work. It's supposed to halp
Depends who built your. Mine (built in Munich) is smart enough to still shutdown the engine so long as the cabin temperature is within an acceptable range for heating or cooling. Sit at the stoplight too long and it may kick back on if it needs to reactivate the climate control.
Or have they figured out a way to keep the engine lubricated when the car is in "sleep mode" ?
A concern of mine too the first time i heard about it. But i doubt they care " buy a new car, its past the warranty, have a nice day " After you have gone thru 10 starters and 30 batteries..
And, i dont think the car makers wanted to do it, its from EPA mandates.. if you dont have a 'average mpg' of X in your fleet, you get heavily fined, and/or cant sell cars...
Tue Jan 30 2024 09:25:31 EST from IGnatius T FoobarThat's great, but it still doesn't address the fact that when the engine is not running, all the oil is in the pan, not in the engine block. All those extra starts therefore shorten the life of the entire drive train ... just so they can eke out a couple more MPG on paper.
Or have they figured out a way to keep the engine lubricated when the car is in "sleep mode" ?
2024-01-30 10:44 from Nurb432
A concern of mine too the first time i heard about it. But i doubt
they care " buy a new car, its past the warranty, have a nice day "
After you have gone thru 10 starters and 30 batteries..
The starters are beefier these days. They tend to be combination alternator/generators, borrowed from hybrid tech, even on pure ICE. And a good transmission (like the ZF 8HP) assits with the process by storing some pressurized fluid on shutdown to provide a brief starter boost when you take your foot off the brake, like releasing a spring.
You're not wrong about the shape of quality in the car industry more broadly. The manufacturer of my sedan tends to skimp on scheduled maintenance recommendations because they figure you're not going to keep the thing past 100K miles. So, no recommendations about changing transmission, transfer case, or differential fluids, even though there definitely should be. And the use of a 75W-80, low friction gear oil instead of a traditional 80W-90. This provides lower-friction, lower temperature operation and enables them to build a physically smaller differential, but these oils are designed with a higher priority on gas mileage and a lower priority on strength and protection.
Funny how the guidelines changed when they started providing complimentary scheduled maintenance, and then *didn't change back* when they dropped that perk!