Rock Is My Co-Pilot [Using a rock as a steering wheel weight]

[Megabrode]

I always stay alert with hands on the wheel when using autopilot. But holding one side down gets tedious for long periods — not to mention the annoying blue lights. A dedicated counterweight is $50-80 with shipping from Alibaba (unavailable in the US).

I'm hiking near the Pacific Ocean in Torrey Pines, outside San Diego. The MYP is in Virginia. Hundreds of thousands of small stones form a long seawall. I pick up one: "Could this be a counterweight?" I pick up another: "Hmm...this might fit." I take it home.

Features & Benefits

• Fits securely, stays in place
• Easily and quickly installed or removed
• Does not damage the wheel
• Exact right weight
• Can be place lower right or left
• Complements the Zen interior
• Cost: zero
• Manufacturing time: 1,000,000 years

[Only downside I can think of: Could airbag deployment make it a deadly projectile?]

 

[Yelobird]

After your first accident when this becomes a projectile of death you may reconsider your creativity.

 

[araxara]

I always stay alert with hands on the wheel when using autopilot. But holding one side down gets tedious for long periods — not to mention the annoying blue lights. A dedicated counterweight is $50-80 with shipping from Alibaba (unavailable in the US).

I'm hiking near the Pacific Ocean in Torrey Pines, outside San Diego. The MYP is in Virginia. Hundreds of thousands of small stones form a long seawall. I pick up one: "Could this be a counterweight?" I pick up another: "Hmm...this might fit." I take it home.

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Features & Benefits

• Fits securely, stays in place
• Easily and quickly installed or removed
• Does not damage the wheel
• Exact right weight
• Can be place lower right or left
• Complements the Zen interior
• Cost: zero
• Manufacturing time: 1,000,000 years

[Only downside I can think of: Could airbag deployment make it a deadly projectile?]

I thought that after the latest few updates the software wouldn’t let you use a weight. I think it wants torque in both directions.

 

[Megabrode]

I thought that after the latest few updates the software wouldn’t let you use a weight. I think it wants torque in both directions.

The rock works. No other weight needed.

 

[Megabrode]

Well, the rock is univerally panned. I'll return it to the beach unharmed on my next trip to California. Sadly, I'll have to scrap my plan to spread white sand for a complete the Zen garden look.

I hope this thread got a laugh or two, not just the Bronx cheers.

 

[chobra]

Flashback for those that remember Pet Rock

Pet Rock - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Rock-Authentic-Approved-Original/dp/B07KN9FK4B

 

[GWord]

Sometimes you just have to let the gene pool work itself out.

Officer: What do you think was going through his mind at the time!?

Coroner: A 2kg rock.

 

[Deaf Paul]

*heads over to grab a bunch of rocks while composing for-sale postings on here, Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist using his phone while yanking the steering wheel or scrolling the volume button every 26.478 seconds*

Thanks for the business idea!

 

[Megabrode]

Your welcome, man. Sadly, one in a million rocks will fit without serious buffing, and don't forget to have buyers sign a waiver.

 

[Two-rocks]

Just pulled my steering wheel - going rock hunting.

 

[DrChaos]

I occasionally use a flashlight in a tube sock, tied to left side. By hanging down with some swing the force is less constant. It also lets you tug on it, because sometimes the car still blue-flashes and wants an input nonetheless. If there's a long straight part without bumps, you still need to tweak the wheel manually. But 95% of the time I still don't use it and I signal with the volume up down wheel.