Tesla Fails Again.

[rhaekar]

Next time disable creep mode

 

[McRat]

Serious:
This is a common event in our neighborhood. I stop/park and wait until they clear my property. I won't get home any quicker by tailing (har) them. Usually it's horses though. But sometime folk walking their dogs. They have the right of way, and I don't want to risk spooking an animal.

 

[arcus]

No worries, the Feds have a rule in place that will require noise of some sort from hybrids and EVs in certain conditions, at low speeds, staring in 2020.
US DOT Finally Finalizes Low-Speed Noise Maker Rules For EVs | CleanTechnica

I am a big fan of a guy carrying a flag warning about an automobile approaching. While we at that, bring back the wooden hub and spoke rims clad in cast iron.

 

[trm2]

With the way some people pay attention, I think I need an air horn to make them think a goal was just scored at a hockey game!

My gen 1 Volt had a pedestrian horn that worked well for that and for getting geese to move.

 

[MarcusMaximus]

I am a big fan of a guy carrying a flag warning about an automobile approaching. While we at that, bring back the wooden hub and spoke rims clad in cast iron.

Mandatory baseball card in the spokes.

 

[jgs]

I keep thinking I should mount one of these outside the driver's window for such occasions.

But seriously, it would be nice to have a secondary horn button that plays a polite "ahem" sound instead of the usual "GTFO!!!!!!!" horn noise.

Edit to add:

My gen 1 Volt had a pedestrian horn that worked well for that and for getting geese to move.

Oh, I see it's been done. Now I really want it! Is the horn a programmable speaker, or a unit that only can produce one noise, I wonder?

 

[trm2]

I keep thinking I should mount one of these outside the driver's window for such occasions.

But seriously, it would be nice to have a secondary horn button that plays a polite "ahem" sound instead of the usual "GTFO!!!!!!!" horn noise.

Edit to add:



Oh, I see it's been done. Now I really want it! Is the horn a programmable speaker, or a unit that only can produce one noise, I wonder?

This isn't my video, (I have a Model S now instead of a Volt) but it shows how it worked. Chevy removed it from the Gen 2 Volt for unknown reasons.

 

[jgs]

This isn't my video, (I have a Model S now instead of a Volt) but it shows how it worked. Chevy removed it from the Gen 2 Volt for unknown reasons.

Thanks. Can't say I think much of the sound they chose, but I've wanted the function many times.

 

[terryna]

Loving this thread! sub'd

 

[trm2]

Thanks. Can't say I think much of the sound they chose, but I've wanted the function many times.

I liked the sound for the fact that it got the darn geese to move! I used it for geese much more than for people - the geese are protected animals

 

[MacGreiner]

Thanks Elon.

 

[SucreTease]

I liked the sound for the fact that it got the darn geese to move! I used it for geese much more than for people - the geese are protected animals

Ha, ha! "Honk if you love geese" would be an awesome triple entendre.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Oh, I see it's been done. Now I really want it! Is the horn a programmable speaker, or a unit that only can produce one noise, I wonder?

Here's what I'm putting together (below). It's fully programmable (but no programming skill needed), just drag and drop audio files to the device via USB):

I've already ordered the parts to build a pre-production unit for testing, and if that goes well, I'll package it all up into a neat little package for simple installation into a Tesla. Pretty much any short soundbyte can be added (up to four sounds/channels).

Other options by request:

 

[jgs]

Here's what I'm putting together (below). It's fully programmable (but no programming skill needed), just drag and drop audio files to the device via USB):

Nifty! What's it going to play back through?

(Clearly needs a Ride of the Valkyries patch

 

[HankLloydRight]

Nifty! What's it going to play back through?

Most likely a USB sized 5v waterproof speaker in the frunk trim area. I've already ordered five different ones to test them to find the best one.

The output is a standard 3.5mm audio jack, so people could easily swap in any speaker of their choice.

 

[Sprandt23]

Or there is this method.....

 

[daktari]

Video request: @buttershrimp need to make a video of him tailgating pedestrians and then start Heaven's on fire from Kiss.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Or there is this method.....

Yup. That's why I left the option open for users to install their own speakers.

 

[GatorGuy]

Here's what I'm putting together (below). It's fully programmable (but no programming skill needed), just drag and drop audio files to the device via USB):

I've already ordered the parts to build a pre-production unit for testing, and if that goes well, I'll package it all up into a neat little package for simple installation into a Tesla. Pretty much any short soundbyte can be added (up to four sounds/channels).

Other options by request:

Needs the Kitt scanner sound

 

[dhrivnak]

So I'm pulling into my alley way this evening and unbeknownst to my neighbor, who is slowly walking her dogs down the alley, and because the car is so quiet, neither she nor the dogs realize I am creeping behind 10 feet behind them for about 100 feet. Do I honk? No, that would jar them... I can wait for them and I will quietly stalk all of them at 2 mph down the alley.

Then, Elon (McFail) Musk decides to put a GPS specific homelink option in the car so just as my neighbor is passing in front of my the garage, it opens suddenly and the dogs run away! She looks back and I waive embarrassingly because she realizes I've been behind her for 100 feet and thinks I just now opened the garage door to tell her to get the hell out of the way. She apologizes and jogs off to try to catch her dogs.... I yell down the alley, "I'm sorry! The car opens the garage door automatically via GPS"

She has no idea what I'm talking about.

Thanks Elon.

The Volt has a very elegant solution of a soft horn at the end of the turn signal stalk. It works well and is not jarring.