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Audi release Augmented Reality app...

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  • #2
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Chris Dolmeth wrote: »
    if you need augmented reality to show you the dipstick, you should stay the hell away from it!

    Why?


  • #3
    Chris Dolmeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭Chris Dolmeth


    In case you hurt yourself with it :rolleyes:


  • #4
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Chris Dolmeth wrote: »
    In case you hurt yourself with it :rolleyes:

    Kinda hard to hurt yourself with a dipstick. I'm just interested to know your reasoning


  • #5
    Chris Dolmeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭Chris Dolmeth


    I was being facetious in response to your pointless comment. But as you're persevering, I'll reply.

    If you can't find a dipstick on an unfamiliar car after a bit of cursury investigation then in all probability you should not be messing about up there anyway.

    Say you succeed and find the dipstick with the Augmented Reality app.
    What then?
    What if it looks low?
    Add oil?
    Where?
    What kind?
    How much?

    But wait.....
    when you checked the level using the dipstick,
    Was the car running? (seriously!)
    If it was stopped, was it left for a few mins?
    Was it on a level surface?

    There's no secret science to checking and topping up the oil in a car, but some basic facts have to be learned before you start.
    If you don't even know where the distick is, then you don't know the other things either. So let somebody else do it and show you how.


  • #6
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Chris Dolmeth wrote: »
    I was being facetious in response to your pointless comment. But as you're persevering, I'll reply.

    If you can't find a dipstick on an unfamiliar car after a bit of cursury investigation then in all probability you should not be messing about up there anyway.

    Say you succeed and find the dipstick with the Augmented Reality app.
    What then?
    What if it looks low?
    Add oil?
    Where?
    What kind?
    How much?

    But wait.....
    when you checked the level using the dipstick,
    Was the car running? (seriously!)
    If it was stopped, was it left for a few mins?
    Was it on a level surface?

    There's no secret science to checking and topping up the oil in a car, but some basic facts have to be learned before you start.
    If you don't even know where the distick is, then you don't know the other things either. So let somebody else do it and show you how.

    Thanks for the detailed reply but I think you kind of answered yourself there, is learning where the dip stick is not step one?

    Also if the oil looks low, say half way it could give the person checking an opportunity to bring it somewhere or ask for help, which would be far better than driving around oblivious to the fact the car is starting to run low on oil. This condescending attitude of 'well if you don't know that then leave it alone' is rubbish


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  • #7
    Chris Dolmeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭Chris Dolmeth


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Thanks for the detailed reply but I think you kind of answered yourself there, is learning where the dip stick is not step one?

    Also if the oil looks low...
    And what if it looked full?
    What if it was checked immediately after the car stopped, or they weren't told to wipe the dipstick and then check? They could be running on almost no oil and think they're fine, continue oblivious and potentially cause damage.
    Gary ITR wrote: »
    This condescending attitude of 'well if you don't know that then leave it alone' is rubbish
    There's no condescention whatsoever in my posts. It's a case of 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing'.


  • #8
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Chris Dolmeth wrote: »
    And what if it looked full?
    What if it was checked immediately after the car stopped, or they weren't told to wipe the dipstick and then check? They could be running on almost no oil and think they're fine, continue oblivious and potentially cause damage.


    There's no condescention whatsoever in my posts. It's a case of 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing'.

    It gives the option of asking somebody a question, it also helps people learn. Everybody started somewhere, there was a time that Adrian Newey didn't know where a dipstick was

    Your posts read as condescending. Is a little learning a dangerous thing?


  • #9
    Chris Dolmeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭Chris Dolmeth


    Learning? Not at all. The more people learn, the better.

    My concern is that you give someone an app saying "this is the dipstick, you use it to check oil levels" and it can lead someone to believe there is no more to it. Especially if it's an official Audi app. They may not ask questions and consider what they see to be the end of it.
    If it is fully detailed then great, but I doubt it will be as it's an app, not a training manual.


  • #10
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    See the thing is, drivers starting to learn basic maintenance leads us away from situations like this one http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057013960


  • #11
    Chris Dolmeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭Chris Dolmeth


    Jebus!!

    My dad went through all the basics with me on his car when I was a nipper and I took an interest so changed oil and filters on my very first car.

    When I was in my 20s I found an excellent mag called RaceTech which was mainly F! related but went through the intricacies of both engine performance but also how a vehicle handles/behaves under different scenarios. It was an absolute mine of information which I have always remembered.

    When my SO started driving I explained as much as possible about oversteer/understeer, cadence braking, engine braking, as well as hw to change a wheel and how to 'feel' that something wasn't right with the car.

    I'm no mechanic but I hope I've heped her be a safe driver.
    I'll do the same for my kid when he grows up.

    I agree with pred racer on that other thread. Drivers Ed starts at home,


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  • #12
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    Chris Dolmeth wrote: »
    Jebus!!

    My dad went through all the basics with me on his car when I was a nipper and I took an interest so changed oil and filters on my very first car.

    When I was in my 20s I found an excellent mag called RaceTech which was mainly F! related but went through the intricacies of both engine performance but also how a vehicle handles/behaves under different scenarios. It was an absolute mine of information which I have always remembered.

    When my SO started driving I explained as much as possible about oversteer/understeer, cadence braking, engine braking, as well as hw to change a wheel and how to 'feel' that something wasn't right with the car.

    I'm no mechanic but I hope I've heped her be a safe driver.
    I'll do the same for my kid when he grows up.

    I agree with pred racer on that other thread. Drivers Ed starts at home,

    Drivers ed begins at home. Right, right. But using an app to find the dipstick doesn't count. You could have the same argument about Haynes manuals, YouTube videos and the like.


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