Weirdest driving experience ever
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11/28/23 07:50 PM
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At least for me - got a rental 2024 Volvo S60, as Enterprise says that's the only vehicle they have at the moment. The thing feels like an extraterrestrial is actually driving it. Numb controls, non-linear accelerator & brake, no sense of its dimensions, and one sits essentially on the floor. Lots of controls only accessed by a distracting menu, and I wouldn't call anything so far being intuitive to my Boomer brain I guess I belong in an older time.
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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11/28/23 09:38 PM
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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11/29/23 06:42 AM
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i agree with the crazy tech in new cars. i was working on a 2024 VW ID-4 electric car yesterday. i couldn't roll the window down unless i was sitting in the car.
perception is 90% of reality
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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I know what you mean. I'm a shuttle driver for one of the larger car rental companies and I have the same feeling in a lot of the cars I move. Especially the European brands. One of the worst cars to figure out how the radio's work are Audi's. So many of the radio controls are completely on a touch screen and you have to push so many choices to get what you want it's unsafe to do while driving. That's why I like getting into the Mopars because for the most part they still have a dial for on-off for volume and another for setting stations, of if not then it's an easy touch screen to use. The last rentals I had were several years ago, a Hyundai that had horrible traction control that I feared fir my life driving and even the basic heater controls were in menus and a Dodge Journey which was great to drive and had controls on the dash.
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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11/29/23 01:25 PM
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Car & Driver said:
"We were impressed with the over-the-road prowess of the S60, but ultimately felt it lacked the driver-to-car-to-road connection and steering feel of the best sports sedans. During a comparison test against four-cylinder rivals, the Volvo finished last due to its more subdued driving nature versus sportier alternatives such as the Alfa Romeo Giulia and BMW 3-series. No, the S60 leans more towards luxury than sport."
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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11/29/23 04:59 PM
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At least for me - got a rental 2024 Volvo S60, as Enterprise says that's the only vehicle they have at the moment. The thing feels like an extraterrestrial is actually driving it. Numb controls, non-linear accelerator & brake, no sense of its dimensions, and one sits essentially on the floor. Lots of controls only accessed by a distracting menu, and I wouldn't call anything so far being intuitive to my Boomer brain I guess I belong in an older time. Me too
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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11/29/23 05:01 PM
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More surreal than weird-
Driving across the blackness of rural Utah at night in the little bubble of light thrown out by my 'Cuda's headlights and taillights.
Most of Nevada and a lot of Arizona are the same way, a whole light of nothing out there
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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11/29/23 08:44 PM
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All perfect examples of man outsmarting himself.
I DO like the feature of my 300 not locking the doors if I leave the fob in it though! It does not shut-off at a red light, it does not try to take over the steering or braking while I'm driving. Those are STUPID features that no car should have - they will cause more harm than good. Systems like that remind me of some of the "automatic" features new airliners have - like the 737 take-off mode. Airbus has a bunch of features pilots cannot always override when they need to!
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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12/01/23 10:56 AM
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i went for a ride the other day with my buddy to deliver a set of seats to the local upholstery guy. he has a 2022 chevy pickup. every time it got close to the lane markers, it "dinged and donged", even though he was no way close to going over the lines. it also did the same thing when he got so close to another vehicle in front of him, as well as automatically putting on the brakes. then there was that "infotainment" screen.............. what a joke to work that ! i'll stick to my 1999 caravan ["the bus"] thanks.
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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12/02/23 03:16 AM
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Rented a Mustang last year, I thought something was wrong with the steering, until I realized it was the lane change warning system shaking the wheel whenever I crossed over a lane marker
Thank goodness I could disable it! When I bought mine in 2016, the dealer had enabled the hill-hold. But the thing would come on at ANY incline! So there you are, trying to take off - smoking the clutch while the [censored] thing is holding the brakes on. First thing I disabled and it's never been turned back on. What a USELESS function.
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Re: Weirdest driving experience ever
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12/02/23 01:57 PM
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I mentioned our 2023 vw toas problems before ,it's been checked,fixed whatever before they lie at the dealer anyway.We bought this car for me while I was working in my retirement, not now don't need it or the payment.Things that are wrong,all 4 windows went down on there own,radio turns totally off on its own,heat and ac can be fickle,start stop car gets screwy.Any way this puppy's getting traded in on used something maybe mopar.My wife still commutes to work 100 miles a day so she will need a new vehicle probably hyndai they been good commuter cars for us over the years.
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