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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .

« on: 01 February 2024, 13:03:39 »

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Just wait until you get a 24MY car which badgers you every time there is a speed limit change or you go 1mph over the speed limit.....you quickly learn the to knock that one off at every ignition cycle 

hope it's set up better than than the camera in my ML that reads road speed signs ..... every now & then it comes up with the NSL sign when on a 30/40 road. I've yet to discover what it thinks it's 'seen' 

Some system are a hybrid of map data and forward vision systems, it might be that a section of road once was a national and the map is overriding the vision..........plus the vision systems are far from perfect!

I believe it just uses the camera .... it doesn't always do it on the same bit of road, but I remember one time it showed NSL on the dash was on a bit of road that I know has only ever been a 30 

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .

« on: 01 February 2024, 13:01:39 »

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Coded the stupid start stop malarky off mine, Only kicks in if I have it in Eco Plus mode..... Which I never do!

My ML's stop/start has stopped working all by itself  I suspect the main battery is a little low, though it never hesitates to start up.

Keep an eye on it, the stop start systems do not look at the cranking ability, only the state of charge, if its stopped working then the battery is probably not recovering to more than 85% SoC which is plenty to crank but, shows the battery is deteriorating and they have a habit of dropping off a cliff after this point. 

Cheers!
I did get a quote from MB for the two batteries ..... a mere snip at £320-odd for the pair! I disconnected them from each other last summer, the rear showed 12.7V but the main was only around 12.5V

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .

« on: 01 February 2024, 10:10:52 »

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Coded the stupid start stop malarky off mine, Only kicks in if I have it in Eco Plus mode..... Which I never do!

My ML's stop/start has stopped working all by itself  I suspect the main battery is a little low, though it never hesitates to start up.

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .

« on: 01 February 2024, 09:46:56 »

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Just wait until you get a 24MY car which badgers you every time there is a speed limit change or you go 1mph over the speed limit.....you quickly learn the to knock that one off at every ignition cycle 

hope it's set up better than than the camera in my ML that reads road speed signs ..... every now & then it comes up with the NSL sign when on a 30/40 road. I've yet to discover what it thinks it's 'seen' 

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .

« on: 30 January 2024, 08:25:03 »

My E Class had it, but I never used it…………..

Don’t know what your E Class was like for parallel self parking but the BMW reverses in with one hell of a tight rake. It goes in at a steep angle and swings the front bumper in far closer to the vehicle in front than I’m happy with.    That’s probably why I never use it, but in fairness it can park itself in a fairly tight space. 

My ML needs a gap of the car plus 1.3 metres ..... but as you say, it always seems very close at the front of the car 

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .

« on: 29 January 2024, 16:26:12 »

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 and after 50 years of using wing / door mirrors, altering my line of vision to look at the door panel to see what was behind wasn't as easy as it sounds. ....

I've had my ML for over 4 & a half years. It has a reverse camera but I still default to using the mirrors first .... I maybe use it for the final bit of parking etc
My daughter though uses her reverse camera by default 

Got to admit, in these days of larger vehicles with smaller windows, I am grateful for front and rear parking sensors. I've never driven a car with a reverse view camera, and I don't think I'd find any use for it.
As for the ones that actually park themselves, no way.

My ML will parallel park itself ..... it's pretty clever when it does it, though I rarely use it cos by the time I've remembered  what buttons to press on the steering wheel, I could have parked it myself. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .

« on: 29 January 2024, 11:10:21 »

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 and after 50 years of using wing / door mirrors, altering my line of vision to look at the door panel to see what was behind wasn't as easy as it sounds. ....

I've had my ML for over 4 & a half years. It has a reverse camera but I still default to using the mirrors first .... I maybe use it for the final bit of parking etc
My daughter though uses her reverse camera by default 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 28 January 2024, 08:51:29 »

how long have we got?
I could go on & on re the incompetent and arrogant management & Anti-personnel at work  .... but I'd better not! 

Incompetent? You've only got to cook some beans and put them in a can 

They're cooked in the can 

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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?

« on: 27 January 2024, 20:51:23 »

I had an 827 Vitesse with the Honda V6 in it, cracking car which I miss a lot.

I was once lent one as a courtesy car ..... my undying memory of it was its turning circle. The Amoco Cadiz could have made a smaller U turn! And also its massive understeer!

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 27 January 2024, 20:48:39 »

how long have we got?
I could go on & on re the incompetent and arrogant management & Anti-personnel at work  .... but I'd better not! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 12 January 2024, 17:57:47 »

When I left school, 30 was an imaginary number. In two years it will be 30 years since I left school.

Although from recent events it would seem that 52 is a reasonable time to go

Sprog! 

It'll be 45 years this coming summer since I left school & joined up! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Back to school today!

« on: 09 January 2024, 20:27:38 »

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She probably doesn't need to if she rarely goes out and has to wear a blanket on the rare occasions she does venture over the threshold.     

You're not far from the truth .... 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Paula Vennels

« on: 09 January 2024, 18:25:15 »

I find it astonishing that it went on for so long, 15 years or so I think, and apparently no one at the Post Office thought it strange that there were so many Post Masters with their hand in the till. 

more like 20

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General Discussion Area / Re: Back to school today!

« on: 09 January 2024, 17:15:27 »

Surprises me how many People never bother to learn the lingo of the country they're in.   

Mrs Maqmood (aka Mrs Mack) down the road has lived here for 50 ? years & doesn't speak English! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Paula Vennels

« on: 09 January 2024, 15:38:03 »

but why has it taken 20 years & a 4 part mini series on telly for anyone in gov to do anything about it? There was a Panorama episode about some years ago detailing most of Mr Allan Bates vs The PO