It ended up being the blindspot alert for when you put your signal on and someone is in the lane next to you. Which is pretty useful in my large metro-area where there’s a lot of traffic.
The rental we got had that warning, it took a little getting used to but it had a huge blindspot on the driver’s side and turned out to be kind of useful…as in not getting hit several times. Odd though, it only binged if you had the turn signal on, otherwise it just lit up a red arrow in the mirror . I depend on the side mirrors and these were useless, way too small and they wouldn’t tilt out enough to see the left lane. I don’t need to see the side of the vehicle, it’s going where I do, I need to see into the blindspot in the left lane.
I can ignore them for the duration of a rental, but man, some of the ones on this one are incessant and I never had to deal with any such new-fangled doo-dads in my old car XD
The last time I drove a ‘modern’ car, actually a Subaru Outback, it binged for ridiculous things. It was a loan car while mine was being serviced, I get in put my seatbelt on, adjust seat/mirrors etc. On starting the car. 1: Bing. The front wheels are not pointing straight ahead (I did wonder what the large round thing in front of me was for). 2: Bing. The temperature is below 32F (Yes, I know I just got in and it was cold outside). 3: Bing. There is a large structure behind you (Yes, I know it’s the garage I just came out of that you are parked in front of, I can see it). If there are people driving that seriously need these features they shouldn’t be allowed on the road.
Damn, that’s excessive even by today’s standards. Mine’s mostly just for legit safety things for the most part. I understand why they’re there, I’m just not used to them.
Yeah, I’m not looking forward to the sorts of repairs this spaceship of a car will require, but the Elder Car had been limping along for awhile with ever-increasingly expensive repairs on the horizon.
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Tourma
The mystery bings might be that you’re not looking at the road?
Whenever I ride in my parent’s car it sounds like my dad’s making his own EDM track by all of the beeps and boops it makes.
SurlyQueen
It ended up being the blindspot alert for when you put your signal on and someone is in the lane next to you. Which is pretty useful in my large metro-area where there’s a lot of traffic.
Not so useful in a double left turn late XD
Llywenna
The rental we got had that warning, it took a little getting used to but it had a huge blindspot on the driver’s side and turned out to be kind of useful…as in not getting hit several times. Odd though, it only binged if you had the turn signal on, otherwise it just lit up a red arrow in the mirror . I depend on the side mirrors and these were useless, way too small and they wouldn’t tilt out enough to see the left lane. I don’t need to see the side of the vehicle, it’s going where I do, I need to see into the blindspot in the left lane.
Stu
turning off all the nanny features is the first thing I do in any rental car after adjusting the mirrors.
SurlyQueen
I can ignore them for the duration of a rental, but man, some of the ones on this one are incessant and I never had to deal with any such new-fangled doo-dads in my old car XD
Jeremy C
The last time I drove a ‘modern’ car, actually a Subaru Outback, it binged for ridiculous things. It was a loan car while mine was being serviced, I get in put my seatbelt on, adjust seat/mirrors etc. On starting the car. 1: Bing. The front wheels are not pointing straight ahead (I did wonder what the large round thing in front of me was for). 2: Bing. The temperature is below 32F (Yes, I know I just got in and it was cold outside). 3: Bing. There is a large structure behind you (Yes, I know it’s the garage I just came out of that you are parked in front of, I can see it). If there are people driving that seriously need these features they shouldn’t be allowed on the road.
SurlyQueen
Damn, that’s excessive even by today’s standards. Mine’s mostly just for legit safety things for the most part. I understand why they’re there, I’m just not used to them.
Llywenna
More things to break with expensive fixes and the car goes into ‘limp’ mode until you do…better living through technology…HAH !!!
SurlyQueen
Yeah, I’m not looking forward to the sorts of repairs this spaceship of a car will require, but the Elder Car had been limping along for awhile with ever-increasingly expensive repairs on the horizon.
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