***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

tossy

Asmooh wrote: »

mph...
and thats on GPS as well

you'll probably need to move away from opel to break the 131 mark :P

James Bond Junior

ELM327 wrote: »

Kilomiles?
km/h or mph.


Although I'd love to see what a kilomile was :D

:pac::pac:
Smart arse!

Alanstrainor

With all my wing talk I've been thinking of changing the indicators from black to amber:



I'm quite certain my e46 came with silver corners rather than the above, but I think they actually look rather well in amber... hmmmm.

Asmooh

tossy wrote: »

Asmooh wrote: »

mph...
and thats on GPS as well

you'll probably need to move away from opel to break the 131 mark :P

or upgrade to VXR box / Insignia box to reach the 150mph mark :P

colm_mcm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

With all my wing talk I've been thinking of changing the indicators from black to amber:



I'm quite certain my e46 came with silver corners rather than the above, but I think they actually look rather well in amber... hmmmm.

They’re sort of ironically cool now. In that a lot of people do the default upgrade to clear fronts and clear indicator or LED rears. The fact that yours is a coupe and a 325 would mean nobody would mistake it for a 316i

I’d say go for it!

Alanstrainor

colm_mcm wrote: »

They’re sort of ironically cool now. In that a lot of people do the default upgrade to clear fronts and clear indicator or LED rears. The fact that yours is a coupe and a 325 would mean nobody would mistake it for a 316i

I’d say go for it!

Just looking on ebay for parts now. It's so true though, there's no chance I would have gone to ambers when I bought the car 6 years ago. But 99% of e46's you see on the road these days have removed the amber corners and gone for the silver or black ones. Slowly heading back to being original!

Foxhole Norman

Oh yeah, you're all at the Amber craic now :pac:

Cantona's Collars

N11 Southbound closed just outside Enniscorthy,3 car RTC, Ambulances on scene and Helicopter has landed on the road. Reports that it's a bad crash.

fancy pigeon

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Oh yeah, you're all at the Amber craic now :pac:

Amber indicators since 06, long before it became a fad!

ongarite

New EU mandated car safety features for all cars by 2021.
One new regulation is sure to cause some anger among future car owners.

Safe Mobility:

While road fatalities have more than halved since 2001, 25,300 people still lost their lives on EU roads in 2017 and another 135,000 were seriously injured. The Commission is therefore taking measures with strong EU added-value to contribute to safe roads and to a Europe that protects. The Commission is proposing that new models of vehicles are equipped with advanced safety features, such as advanced emergency braking and lane-keeping assist system for cars or pedestrian and cyclists' detection systems for trucks (see full list here). In addition, the Commission is helping Member States to systematically identify dangerous road sections and to better target investment. These two measures could save up to 10,500 lives and avoid close to 60,000 serious injuries over 2020-2030, thereby contributing to the EU's long-term goal of moving close to zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050 ("Vision Zero").
And what exactly do they demand in new cars from then on?
Advanced emergency braking (cars)
Alcohol interlock installation facilitation (cars,vans, trucks, buses)
Drowsiness and attention detection (cars, vans,trucks, buses)
Distraction recognition / prevention (cars, vans,trucks, buses)
Event (accident) data recorder (cars and vans)
Emergency stop signal (cars, vans, trucks, buses)
Full-width frontal occupant protection crash test -improved seatbelts (cars and vans)
Head impact zone enlargement for pedestrians and cyclists -safety glass in case of crash (cars and vans)
Intelligent speed assistance (cars, vans, trucks,buses)
Lane keeping assist (cars, vans)
Pole side impact occupant protection (cars, vans)
Reversing camera or detection system (cars, vans,trucks, buses)
Tyre pressure monitoring system (vans, trucks,buses)
Vulnerable road user detection and warning on front and side of vehicle (trucks and buses)
Vulnerable road user improved direct vision from driver’s position (trucks and buses)

"Intelligent speed assistance". It knows the speed limit and you will be limited to it. And it will be mandatory for every single new car in the EU by 2021.

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-3708_en.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZLrZTnUGs

tcawley29

It won't be too long before those limits are mapped out of them

MetzgerMeister

tcawley29 wrote: »

It won't be too long before those limits are mapped out of them

...which will be considered a safety modification and insurance companies will investigate to see whether or not this feature was disabled in the event of an accident.

tcawley29

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

...which will be considered a safety modification and insurance companies will investigate to see whether or not this feature was disabled in the event of an accident.

Nobody is arguing that at all but there is always the chancers

joujoujou

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Sales of old classic cars will go through the roof :pac:

Insurers will look after their owner's wallets accordingly. :cool:

Breaking the speed limit for swift overtaking on single carriageway roads is a necessity imo.

tcawley29

Augeo wrote: »

Breaking the speed limit for swift overtaking on single carriageway roads is a necessity imo.

100% agree with this. In my opinion the less amount of time spent on the wrong side the better

MetzgerMeister

It could be said though that if you have to break the speed limit to overtake you shouldn't be overtaking in the first place.

ELM327

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It could be said though that if you have to break the speed limit to overtake you shouldn't be overtaking in the first place.

If I'm overtaking and there's a sudden obstacle, or oncoming vehicle appears,I wouldnt like the car to limit the speed with which I can complete my maneuver

tcawley29

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It could be said though that if you have to break the speed limit to overtake you shouldn't be overtaking in the first place.

What about the countless knobs who speed up when you go to overtake and slow down if you abandon your choice and wait behind.
Sometimes the speed is necessary.

MetzgerMeister

tcawley29 wrote: »

What about the countless knobs who speed up when you go to overtake and slow down if you abandon your choice and wait behind.
Sometimes the speed is necessary.

I agree. I was just saying that it could be said

joujoujou

tcawley29 wrote: »

What about the countless knobs who speed up when you go to overtake and slow down if you abandon your choice and wait behind.
Sometimes shotgun is necessary.

FYP

tcawley29

I'd prefer to get a left hand drive car and do this all day with a friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnwgvw7Oz0Y

tossy

tcawley29 wrote: »

I'd prefer to get a left hand drive car and do this all day with a friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnwgvw7Oz0Y

Actually did that on the autobahn to a campervan

He was on our left NeilW on here was my passenger with a 'spare' steering wheel, we drove up along side him, Neil made eye contact with the passenger in the camper van and swered to hit him with his fake steering wheel lol the passenger in the campervan nearly jumped onto the drivers knee

vintagevrs

On the speed limiter discussion, it's one of those things that is 100% going to happen. The tech is there and there is no real justification for it not happening.

I regularly bend the speed limit on national roads and set the cruise a few notches above where it really should be. Most cars now are capable of double the speed limit, and I would have a hard time arguing with anyone why I should own a car that can do more than 100mph.

On the safe over taking, most cars I have driven that have a speed limit function will disable the limiter when the throttle is fully depressed. This would allow the speed limit to be exceeded where it is necessary for a misjudged overtake. But it would also make trying to maintain a speed above the limit pretty unbearable.

punisher5112

What's the deal then with cop cars, ambulance etc.....


Bee baw bee baw pass by at 50km/h and get to emergency in a few hours....

vintagevrs

punisher5112 wrote: »

What's the deal then with cop cars, ambulance etc.....


Bee baw bee baw pass by at 50km/h and get to emergency in a few hours....

Disable it...

punisher5112

vintagevrs wrote: »

Disable it...

Yes I know but just saying...

Like in USA some regions limited to 100 mph for cops.

Leonard Hofstadter

ongarite wrote: »

New EU mandated car safety features for all cars by 2021.

It's only a proposal so far. If they were to fit all of that stuff to cars it would massively increase the price of smaller cars which are more CO2 friendly and all that.

Dartz

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

...which will be considered a safety modification and insurance companies will investigate to see whether or not this feature was disabled in the event of an accident.

https://www.amazon.com/Insulation-Tape-Electrical-19mm-Black/dp/B004CSC4W8


Most of these things are visual-based.


I know, because the Kadjar continuously misreads the reduced limits on motorwarway slips as the motorway limit on pasing them.


Also. Randomly auto-braking cars on the motoray.

Esel

Dartz wrote: »

https://www.amazon.com/Insulation-Tape-Electrical-19mm-Black/dp/B004CSC4W8


Most of these things are visual-based.


I know, because the Kadjar continuously misreads the reduced limits on motorwarway slips as the motorway limit on pasing them.


Also. Randomly auto-braking cars on the motoray.

Typo?