Speed Sensitive Seating Height Adjustment (SSSHA) - Want it!
Speed Sensitive Seating Height Adjustment (SSSHA) - Want it!
What is that you may ask? Its something I just invented in my own mind so bare with me. You've probably heard of speed sensitive radio volume control, well this is similar. Depending on the speed of the car, your Model S seat height would go up when you're travelling slowly and go down when you travelling rapidly. Why is that needed? The Model S has a few visually challenging blind spots and I'd like to address two. One issue is when you're parking or making tight turns. It is difficult to see the front corner of the car. I've already documented that a pillar jumped out in front of my front bumper (& the bumper lost), and that my wheel tried to beat up a curb (& lost). Well folks, I did it again! I think that I need to bring The Hun back to the A-E Spa for another manicure! :love:
How can I avert this? I can become a better driver. I can install front parking collision aversion assist; I did it on the rear and skimped on the fronts! I will be installing this soon! If I pump my seat up to the ceiling then that improves my angle at seeing the front corners of the car. But when I'm driving why do I like to be seated with the seat lower towards the floorboard? That's because I'm a rear view mirror checker. I know many of you may not be interested in what's going on behind you when you're driving forward, but, for various reasons, I'm constantly checking the rear view. I want to know what is coming up upon me, especially if it is law enforcement! The Model S rear windshield has such a gradual rake that it limits the rear view mirror vision for much more than 2 car lengths behind you. IF you put the seat down toward the floorboard then you improve your angle and therefore can see a little further back. Now you understand why I think that SSSHA would be helpful in this regard!
Which brings me to my next critique of one of my aftermarket installs. I wish that the rear back up camera had those 'runway' overlays so you could estimate distance better. Tesla's software didn't install it so I installed the rear parking collision aversion assist. It works great! When you are backing up the car progressively beeps faster, warning you of an impending collision and it also gives you a visual clue of the distance with the colored light diodes that flash. They too work flawlessly. They, appropriately are installed at the junction of the roof line and the start of the rear windshield. As you can see in this picture, that is right in line with my already limited rearview mirror sight lines! Do I remove it and put it elsewhere maybe above the rearview mirror, or do I just remove it altogether?
Speed Sensitive Seating Height Adjustment (SSSHA) - Want it!
What is that you may ask? Its something I just invented in my own mind so bare with me. You've probably heard of speed sensitive radio volume control, well this is similar. Depending on the speed of the car, your Model S seat height would go up when you're travelling slowly and go down when you travelling rapidly. Why is that needed? The Model S has a few visually challenging blind spots and I'd like to address two. One issue is when you're parking or making tight turns. It is difficult to see the front corner of the car. I've already documented that a pillar jumped out in front of my front bumper (& the bumper lost), and that my wheel tried to beat up a curb (& lost). Well folks, I did it again! I think that I need to bring The Hun back to the A-E Spa for another manicure! :love:
How can I avert this? I can become a better driver. I can install front parking collision aversion assist; I did it on the rear and skimped on the fronts! I will be installing this soon! If I pump my seat up to the ceiling then that improves my angle at seeing the front corners of the car. But when I'm driving why do I like to be seated with the seat lower towards the floorboard? That's because I'm a rear view mirror checker. I know many of you may not be interested in what's going on behind you when you're driving forward, but, for various reasons, I'm constantly checking the rear view. I want to know what is coming up upon me, especially if it is law enforcement! The Model S rear windshield has such a gradual rake that it limits the rear view mirror vision for much more than 2 car lengths behind you. IF you put the seat down toward the floorboard then you improve your angle and therefore can see a little further back. Now you understand why I think that SSSHA would be helpful in this regard!
Which brings me to my next critique of one of my aftermarket installs. I wish that the rear back up camera had those 'runway' overlays so you could estimate distance better. Tesla's software didn't install it so I installed the rear parking collision aversion assist. It works great! When you are backing up the car progressively beeps faster, warning you of an impending collision and it also gives you a visual clue of the distance with the colored light diodes that flash. They too work flawlessly. They, appropriately are installed at the junction of the roof line and the start of the rear windshield. As you can see in this picture, that is right in line with my already limited rearview mirror sight lines! Do I remove it and put it elsewhere maybe above the rearview mirror, or do I just remove it altogether?
