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From: Deevo on 15 Mar 2010 10:10 "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4b9619b7$0$27789$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Oh dear! Mr Toyota must be shaking in his boots. > > http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1025243/Toyota-Prius-in-runaway-drama-on-California-freeway This guy still does. (Languuge warning for the terminally sensitive) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4PtafRB9c -- Deevo Geraldton Western Australia
From: Atheist Chaplain on 15 Mar 2010 19:48 "Deevo" <deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message news:Edrnn.13173$pv.5825(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:4b9619b7$0$27789$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> Oh dear! Mr Toyota must be shaking in his boots. >> >> http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1025243/Toyota-Prius-in-runaway-drama-on-California-freeway > > This guy still does. (Languuge warning for the terminally sensitive) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4PtafRB9c > -- > Deevo > Geraldton Western Australia > He talks a lot of common sense :-) maybe this should be a mandatory training video for everyone who considers getting a Prius :-) -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi
From: Neil Fisher on 15 Mar 2010 20:21 On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:42 +1100, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com>, after considering some belly-button fluf, wrote: > >Cost cutting is the only reason I can see it being an advantage. > >To the manufacturer that is. And that's enough - for them. To give you an idea, I once did a 8 in, 8 out video switch box. It was cheaper to use a 4x4 push button keypad, a 4x20 LCD display and a microprocessor to run it than it was to use 8 x 8 way mechanical switches. It also allowed me to put in a serial port for remote control, several "memories" and some other useful "features" - it was just a little more code to write (and code is a non-recurrent cost, so the bean-counters love it). Oh, the other reason is emissions regs - it's much easier to get this done when you have direct control of the throttle position without some peky human stuffing things up and having to design ways around the (l)user. Of course, we can have both at the same time - just put a small planetary gearbox between where the cable attaches and the actual throttle plate and use a small motor to drive an input to it. Works for traction control, cruise, dash-pot etc etc. Do that, and the "lag" disappears while still giving the ECU full override of the drivers input. Pity almost no-one does it. Neil --- Neil Fisher / Bob Young Thundercords personal opinion unless otherwise noted. Looking for spark plug leads? Check out http://www.magnecor.com.au
From: hippo on 15 Mar 2010 23:01 Atheist Chaplain wrote: > > "Deevo" <deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message > news:Edrnn.13173$pv.5825(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:4b9619b7$0$27789$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > >> Oh dear! Mr Toyota must be shaking in his boots. > >> > >> http://fat.ly/xxjua > > > > This guy still does. (Languuge warning for the terminally sensitive) > > > > http://fat.ly/lmqwr > > -- > > Deevo > > Geraldton Western Australia > > > > He talks a lot of common sense :-) > maybe this should be a mandatory training video for everyone who considers > getting a Prius :-) If they can't think, why do think it'd make any difference? :) -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: Atheist Chaplain on 16 Mar 2010 03:02
"hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in message news:hnmsa4$pdo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Atheist Chaplain wrote: >> >> "Deevo" <deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message >> news:Edrnn.13173$pv.5825(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> > "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> > news:4b9619b7$0$27789$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> >> Oh dear! Mr Toyota must be shaking in his boots. >> >> >> >> http://fat.ly/xxjua >> > >> > This guy still does. (Languuge warning for the terminally sensitive) >> > >> > http://fat.ly/lmqwr >> > -- >> > Deevo >> > Geraldton Western Australia >> > >> >> He talks a lot of common sense :-) >> maybe this should be a mandatory training video for everyone who >> considers >> getting a Prius :-) > > If they can't think, why do think it'd make any difference? :) > > -- > Posted at www.usenet.com.au you have to start somewhere :-) -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi |