New Honda owner

Hey, look, you're just as much of an asshole here as you are in the Ubuntu
group... If you'd have bothered to look, I followed up directly to that
post, and was the only one here who tried to actually address your
question.

What a douche...

 

You're doing a fine job of coming off as a class "A" fool, yourself.

 

I got the same reply when I asked about 2007 Accord Navi beeping every 12
seconds."Did you read the manual that came with your toy"?
Of course I did.That is the reason I am asking this newsgroup.Maybe I missed
something and am looking for additional info.
That poster never did reply back after I replied,so I guess he was busy
eating crow.

 

When asking for free advice, always assume you will get what you paid for...

 

It was an honest question; a lot of people don't check the manual. Answering
questions about how to turn on the headlights can be a big drag on an auto
forum. After determining you had read the manual we can try to provide the
additional info and even learn about it ourselves.

Personally, I avoid getting involved in questions from people who are short
with others who try to help - I ditched the "kick me" sign long ago.

Mike

 

I love it... an owner with an attitude !! Dare anyone say something
he doesn't like.

 

I couldn't have said it better Brian and I tried earlier. Thanks.

 

Yeah, I even have a daughter that sometimes will ask me a question and
I give my best answer and then she argues with my answer. I finally
told her I hate people that do this.... sorta to me like she or
whoever is looking for an arguement to start. I get to the point
where I don't want to bother to answer.

 

I'm curious - what do you find useful about it?

As near as I can tell, all it does is force the emergency response team to
have to break into the car to get you out after the crash.

 

snip

No, these haven't been smart-ass replies.

"The auto lock feature is just about as useful as that expensive
warranty you bought that you'll never need. What a waste of money!"

That's more like it.

Don't let these guys fool you, auto locks are found on European cars,
too. I watched my mechanic break into a Porsche Cayanne the other day
because of the auto locks timed out and locked the keys in the car.

 

No problem, I am happy to help. {;^)

 

Having your door locked can help to ensure that your door does not open
when you did not intend it to.

This can be very useful in the event of a crash.

It can also be useful in a situation where others may open your door
when you did not intend to have it opened, such as when you are in heavy
traffic in NYC.

As a result of these simple facts, I lock my door every time I get in
it, with the same automatic repetitiveness as buckling my seatbelt. If
it were automatically done, it would save me having to do it. I fail to
see why or how it can be a problem, or why it should even be a question.


RFT!!!
Dave Kelsen

 

That advice is a generation or two out of date. Before the '60s there were
no significant standards for either door latches or door locks and door
locks could possibly improve door integrity in an accident. Since the
implementation of US NHTSA standards c. 1963 door locks were not relevant to
latch integrity. If you look at a lock in any car since the late 60s you
will see it only affects how the release levers actuate the latch and does
not affect the holding mechanism. In the NHTSA's study of Rollover
Mitigation http://tinyurl.com/2q9xc9 the report acknowledges the role of
door latches but not door locks in preventing partial ejection.

That is useful. You should always lock your doors when people present more
of a threat than traffic and terrain do. Otherwise, my take is that we are
somewhat safer with the doors unlocked. As a first-aider, I dread the
thought of coming across a car fire with entrapment and finding the doors
locked or jammed. I can deal with other problems better if I don't lose time
trying to establish an exit route. And it is important to remember that
central locking and unlocking depends on electricity. If anything has
happened in the accident to kill power (like the battery was destroyed on
impact) rear doors are going to stay closed until somebody can get to the
locks manually... and much longer than that if child locks are active.

You are entitled to your opinion. I'm just glad none of my cars have the
"feature." Doing it manually when you feel it is valuable makes sense,
having the car do it stupidly does not.

Mike

 

Early Volvo 850s were Volvo's first attempt at totally computerizing a car.
One of the common complaints was that the door locks would become
demonically possessed, rapidly cycling, locking or unlocking at random, and
with a propensity to lock the doors when people got out to put gas in the
car! Buwahaahaahaa!

Mike

 

Yep, I saw your second reply later, after I saw/replied to the first one.
As for "addressing my question", you were completely wrong with your
answer, so it doesn't count for much.

Yeah. Namecalling. Who's the asshole, again?

 

As some others have already explained some of the reasons, I'll just add
one more. I said in my original post that it was my daughter's car, she's
a college student, and it makes me feel safer knowing her doors are
locked, even if she doesn't always think to lock them (manually).

I suppose that could happen, but thinking like that, you had better not
even go out the front door of the house. You might get hit by a bus.

As for breaking into the car, it's not very difficult to break a window,
especially for well-equipped emergency personnel.

 

Whatever. It's notable that you snipped the entire post, and don't bother
actually addressing anything. Was there something inaccurate or wrong
about my points?

Didn't think so.

 

Why do you think that? Seriously.

Do you think his smart-ass answer to me was entirely OK?

 

I am one of those pathetically prepared people who are always mindful of
such things. I am aware that I rarely carry anything that can break a car
window, although if I have no alternative I have a small pocketknife that
would have an outside chance if I hit hard enough near an edge. Tempered
glass is amazingly tough.

It is really only an issue in fires and potential fires, since the other
crisis - submersion - requires a window to be opened before a door can be
opened anyway. For other accidents it is almost always better to leave
everybody where they are and protect the scene until the pros get there.
Moving accident victims gives me the shivers.

Mike

 

Past experience is clear on this, you are a clear winner here, Danny Boy...