New Volkswagen Jetta commercial says the car deploys the air bags, puts on the hazard lights, and "UNLOCKS the doors in an auto accident? Does anyone think this is a bad idea? Especially in a roll over situation?
which is how Da Peach's got stolen......Hell, you only have to bump the door on the old mazda 3 to get inside.
No, it got stolen the old fashioned way. I then got it back. It was subsequently VANDALIZED and broken into because of the door thing.which is how Da Peach's got stolen......
Oh that's right...No, it got stolen the old fashioned way. I then got it back. It was subsequently VANDALIZED and broken into because of the door thing.
itd would still be easier and faster to use a slim jimI imagine somebody will find a way to trip the sensors and get inside the car in not too long of a time.
all depends on how you use it. The shutoff/unlock system I think is very good...if it's built right or intelligent enough to know when it's an accident and not a light tap on the front bumper. It's made by VW, so give it 5 years (or whenever the warranty runs out) and it'll start going off automatically.why would a safety feature be a bad thing? its a feature like the car shutting off and cutting the fuel supply to the engine in a accident.
im guessing you think Nissan's brake override is a bad thing too?
Wow. Guess I won't tailgate you...I think the auto-brake/radar cruise is a very neat feature, if it works. There have been several times I've been driving with the intelligent cruise on and the sensor gets covered in goop. The car thinks there's another car ahead of me, and it jams on the brakes....in the middle of the highway. Fortunately nobody was following me when I was driving, but that's potentially dangerous. So, if the brake works the same way, then uh-oh. Normally the system is very smart and it's wonderful on a dry highway.
Okay, if that's the case then I get it. They way the commercial sounds it's like the car unlocks the door in the middle of a rollover thus I would think leaving the possibility of the door flying open.I'd expect that they'd only unlock (and it's unlock not open) once the sensors that detect G forces have calmed down post crash.
I can see the negative feedback coming for this joke but you opened the door for it...if the internet existed a few decades ago, we would have heard bighitr complaining about crumple zones.
"They're designing car frames to bend and buckle on impact?! what kind of drugs are they on?!?!"
they wouldn't have gotten the message. just last year they upgraded from stone tablets to carrier pigeon.I can see the negative feedback coming for this joke but you opened the door for it...
If the internet existed a few decades ago, I would have sent an email to your Mom and Dad, "Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie, I heard about this on the news tonight! PLANNED PARENTHOOD! GOOGLE THEIR WEBSITE! IT'S THE WAY TO GO!!!"
I kid I kid.
OMG! Jon, believe it or not I believe you and I would click well! I'm sitting here laughing my ass off at this one! I really mean it. Now THAT'S FUNNY! You're a real wise guy. That's pretty cool! I like that. Rep coming your way for this one...they wouldn't have gotten the message. just last year they upgraded from stone tablets to carrier pigeon.
I would've emailed your mom and asked her if she really thought it was cool to be hittin' the sauce while she had a bun in the oven.
wow. so very gayOMG! Jon, believe it or not I believe you and I would click well! ..
Someone wants to share a .......Orange Mocha Frappuccino, and take a nice long drive in a Jetta.OMG! Jon, believe it or not I believe you and I would click well! I'm sitting here laughing my ass off at this one! I really mean it. Now THAT'S FUNNY! You're a real wise guy. That's pretty cool! I like that. Rep coming your way for this one...
Followed up with a freak gas fight accident.Someone wants to share a .......Orange Mocha Frappuccino, and take a nice long drive in a Jetta.
jonkrank=jonprankthey wouldn't have gotten the message. just last year they upgraded from stone tablets to carrier pigeon.
I would've emailed your mom and asked her if she really thought it was cool to be hittin' the sauce while she had a bun in the oven.
It's an Infiniti FX35...and it's not like it JAMMED on the brakes like I was gonna die, but the radar cruise will actually brake if somebody in front of me slows down or pulls out in front. It normally does a VERY good job of it, to the point that this car has so many nannies that I'm afraid I'll carried away and install a playstation in it. It did, however, activate the brakes spontaneously and I lost 5-10mph when it did that. All I had to do was click cancel or hit the gas, but it was annoying and it seems to me that there should be some prevention to it (ie wiper or detector for occlusion). To be honest, I don't know whether it activated the brakes or just killed the cruise setting, but it was one of those "be careful in inclement weather" reminders.Sandwhich, out of interest what kinda car is the adaptive cruise on?
the fuel shutoff takes a lot more than a slight bump to the bumperAnd turning off the car could also suck...
Imagine this. You are driving in traffic on the freeway. You slightly bump the guy in front of you and the car turns off. More vehicles are bearing down on you from behind... you step on the gas to get over.. Car is "off" though.
Ah, I've no idea about that system, er actually that's the first time I've ever heard of said car!It's an Infiniti FX35...
haha no, I had an S6 and it was like throwing money down a hole. Bye money!Ah, I've no idea about that system, er actually that's the first time I've ever heard of said car!
Was just curious incase it was a VAG car.