Recent content by Gardyloo

I got a nail in my M3 tire a couple years ago. I was in the boonies and plugged it, then drove to a Firestone for a patch. The very helpful guy said he wished I had not done that because it can make it impossible to get a good patch seal. Which is the point of this comment. In the event he...

Dinged your score? I assume the ding was recorded as "Forward collision warning," which surprises me if the "corrective steering" warning is for lane departure, no other car required. The description for Forward Collision Warning speaks only of being in danger of hitting a car in front of you...

So the score is not tied to the driver but to the car.

If a mechanic uses a key card to test drive the car after a wheel alignment, does his driving affect my Safety Score?

Not quite true that FSD NOA works only on interstates. I use it regularly on a non-interstate, divided, four-lane US highway.

A famous scientist once said, "The world is not only stranger than we suppose, it's stranger than we can suppose." This is doubly and tripley true if you don't know the science. What you suppose missed out on some crucial physics. I know your analysis seems so straightforward that is must be...

Here is another take on CO2 absorption, by a real climate scientist, which Peter Ward is not: NASA GISS: Science Briefs: Taking the Measure of the Greenhouse Effect Simply explained by a master...and simply correct.

What is your current software version? Was it recently updated?

Thanks for that! A much-needed addition.

I think your world is smaller than mine. Recently, I was navigating to a B&B out in the boonies of Scotland. The owner had told me quite sternly, "Do not use googlemaps or any other gps system...you will get lost. "Use this map," which I printed out. What would you do? If you haven't tried...

You assume too much. One scenario, a common one: You want the passenger to look something up on a map you keep in the glovebox. Or you decide you want to put on your driving gloves which are kept - Imagine that! - in the glovebox.

Wrong; you assume the passenger knows where the screen button is. It is safer to push the right wheel button and say, "Open glovebox," no taking eyes off the road, than to show the passenger where the screen button is which requires a glance , not mention getting to the Quick Controls screen in...

Because the passenger wants to get something out of it?

I finished the install of the v3 frunk kit yesterday. I have done a lot of DIY stuff, including overhauling several car engines and much more. Yet this was more of an effort than I expected, glad I did it, but Whew! The instruction sheet from Hansshow was almost useless: poor English at...

One grey connector is correct. Finally saw the Electric Garage video, and theirs had only one connector.