Keeping passenger comfortable while driver steps out

[Doug_G]

You do not need to leave the key in the car. Your passenger just has to tap the screen to wake the car up once you get out.

 

[KenEE]

...I'd prefer to have the car switch off when I get out...

Ah, but what would your wife/date prefer?

Some things just can't be solved by technology. The car can't read your mind. It doesn't know for sure whether anyone is still in the car. It needs to shut down when the driver gets out.

Ah, if only someone could invent something like a delay timer... Crazy talk I know. By the time they invent delay timers we'll be using transporters instead of cars

 

[Doug_G]

Ah, but what would your wife/date prefer?

For our car to be switched off when no one is in it.

Ah, if only someone could invent something like a delay timer... Crazy talk I know. By the time they invent delay timers we'll be using transporters instead of cars

I'd prefer to travel by TARDIS.

 

[mknox]

99.9% of the time I travel alone and all of this is a non-issue, but there are times when I think a traditional ON/OFF switch or button wouldn't have been such a bad thing. Simple, effective and you don't need a bunch of sensors and software algorithms to figure out what's going on.

 

[Denarius]

I like the current behavior. Why waste energy to run things in the car if nobody is in it? The passenger touching the screen isn't difficult.

 

[RoverS]

i'd prefer the Model S read my mind and know what i want beforehand.

but i guess not... THANKS OBAMA.

 

[Al Sherman]

You do not need to leave the key in the car. Your passenger just has to tap the screen to wake the car up once you get out.

Thanks Doug. Pretty simple it seems. Not sure what all the fuss is about. Just tell your passenger to tap the touchscreen. Wish I'd known it sooner.:smile:

 

[strider]

You do not need to leave the key in the car. Your passenger just has to tap the screen to wake the car up once you get out.

But if you have the alarm and walk-away locking turned on and the car locks the alarm will sound if your passenger opens the door.

 

[Doug_G]

But if you have the alarm and walk-away locking turned on and the car locks the alarm will sound if your passenger opens the door.

Yes, that is so. My wife did that once. Had a good laugh about it.

 

[bosse]

A screen button named "Keep-alive" could fix all of this. Just press it before you leave the car, and it will stay on until you get back. Perhaps with a 30 minute timer to ensure that the car shuts down eventually. When you get back to the car the setting should reset.

 

[UberEV1]

Tapping the screen to keep passenger comfortable and entertained should be in the manual - a very useful feature. My son discovered another approach to achieve the same result: after I exit with the key, he pushes down on the driver seat momentarily (activating the driver present sensor). While it is not as elegant as touching the screen, it somehow works.

 

[SeminoleFSU]

did you just call me "brother"?

I wonder how many words will be usable after the PC progressive police are done with their war on free speech. Next on the chopping block: "Bossy" so says Ms. Knowles. Grow a thicker skin people.. Jesh

 

[Chipper]

I wonder how many words will be usable after the PC progressive police are done with their war on free speech. Next on the chopping block: "Bossy" so says Ms. Knowles. Grow a thicker skin people.. Jesh

Did you realize you are responding to something several months old?

 

[AnOutsider]

Did you realize you are responding to something several months old?

and a banned user at that.

 

[EchoDelta]

i'd prefer the Model S read my mind and know what i want beforehand.

but i guess not... THANKS OBAMA.

I lol'd

 

[invisik]

A screen button named "Keep-alive" could fix all of this. Just press it before you leave the car, and it will stay on until you get back. Perhaps with a 30 minute timer to ensure that the car shuts down eventually. When you get back to the car the setting should reset.

I know this is an old thread, but someone else revived it... What the car needs is the equivalent to the Mercedes "REST" button, but maybe for more then just the climate control. I miss that button dearly. Keep-alive is basically it. Give us a few buttons on the screen for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes as we're in Park.

-m