New Honda owner

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I test drove a Honda CRV 7-14-07 and it had that feature.
Bill

 

Right. Sure. Let's try to stick to the facts, shall we? In the last few
messages here, you've called me an "asshole", a "douche", and now a
condescending nickname. What have I said to you, other than pointing out
that your answer was wrong...?

It's quite clear who the "winner" is. Thanks for playing. Buh-bye.

 

When i was working Tech Support, the group leader suggested the first
question I asked was, "Is it plugged in?". I said, "C'mon!" She said,
you'd be surprised.

Imagine my surprise when the first call I got where the unit was
completely inoperable. No lights, no little start-up dance when the button
was pushed, etc. My gut reaction was, "Did you check the fuse", but I gave
it a millisecond and said, "Is the unit plugged it?"

"Uh...thanks for your time! <CLICK>"

 

On a recent Mythbusters episode, the crew thoroughly tested several
myths about submerged cars, windows, etc. Among other things they
found was that a power window unit continued to work for 45 minutes
after the door was submerged. That surprised me. One other
interesting thing they found was that those emergency hammer gadgets
you sometimes see advertised on cable that are supposed to break
windows actually work exactly as advertised. The hammer head is a
sharpened cone. Even under water, bashing the side window with one of
the things caused the window to disintegrate into little cubes of
glass.

http://www.lifehammer.com/


Elliot Richmond
Itinerant astronomy teacher

 

Those devices have actually been a normal tool for at least as long as I
have been working - back in the '70s when I had to do simple metalwork an
automatic center punch http://tinyurl.com/2ptt5x was indispensible. I don't
have one any more, though - I don't like metalwork!

As long as the battery isn't damaged the power windows (and locks, if the
controller hasn't wigged out) should continue to work for some time when
submerged. Even ocean water isn't a great conductor compared to the
admittance of a window motor.

Mike

 

True confession time! I work in IS field services for a large company, and
one day my desktop wouldn't power up. Huh. I checked the power strip to
ensure the socket was live and followed procedure, calling the support desk
so a ticket would be assigned to me so I could get a power supply... you get
the idea. The first question the support tech asked was if the computer was
plugged in, and I dutifully answered yes. Then he asked if the socket had
power and I said yes. Then he asked if the power switch on the back was in
the "on" position and it dawned on me I had left it off after fiddling with
something the previous day. I swear I could feel the jackass ears growing
just like in the Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Mike

 

OK, my own 'True Confession'...

I was working for a small computer co with a lot of professional
customers. The owner of the company gratiously sold us part and
accessories at 5% over cost.

When the first low-cost 500MB drives hit the market, I bought one. Got it
home, formatted it and was ready for file transfer, but kept getting the
old DOS error that no drive was available. Huh? I formatted it with System
files, it should boot no problem.

Checked the jumpers, checked the cables, checked the IDE card, etc, etc.
Nothing. Called Western Digital Tech Support and described everything I
did.

The very pleasant and helpful sounding woman on the other end then asked,
"Did you set the drive as the Active drive?"

Um...Thank You Very Much!!! <CLICK>

 

Honda did not see fit to offer that feature on the '07 Accord. The '08 will
have it.

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Ah yes, I read somewhere about that problem with the VW Tuareg (which is
identical to the Cayanne). Apparently, if your battery runs down, there
is no way to open the doors from the outside. You cannot pop the hood to
charge the battery either. You have to tow the car to the dealer to get
the doors unlocked.

In some BMWs, you cannot open the doors from the inside if they had been
locked with the remote. It is a feature to make it harder to steal, but a
real problem if you accidentally lock a child in a hot car.

Honda is not quite there yet. The Fit Sport, for example, has only one
keyhole (on the driver's door). If that lock jams and the remote fails,
you're out of luck.

 

Seems like a good idea to me, it was in the news some weeks back that a lady
and her kids drowned in their mini van after it rolled into a pond. Is it
true that the tip of a spark plug (electrode broken off I reckon) will do
the same thing? I've got enough old plugs, maybe I'll tie one to a piece of
wood?

 

Probably but the hammer gadget is cheap, widely available, and also
has a blade for cutting a stuck seat belt (in an emergency), so why
not just get one of them.

Ace Hardware has 'em.


Elliot Richmond
Itinerant astronomy teacher

 

Agreed! I got some nifty ones awhile back from www.surpluscomputers.com
that also have an LED flashlight built in.

 

Yes I wouldn't like that.
My wife's 2001 Chrysler Sebring has auto locking doors to prevent
outside access, but one can always open the doors from the inside,
except the rear doors it the child proof setting is activated.
My mid 90s Chrysler has auto locking, but it needs to be activated by
the dealer.
I hadn't been in favor of the feature until a few years ago when car
jacking started becoming a problem.