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That's ridiculous. What year make and model car do you have?
It's a 10+ year old Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire from India. See my reply to previous comment.. it doesn't seem like software fault (at least not fully).
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Should be OK (besides the lack of irony!). Easier for me to show with another noun, comedy: "You HAVE to buy her novel ASAP! Sure, the comedy reads a bit acerbically at first, but chapter two through to the end is literary perfection."
Or alternatively, with another verb: 'the irony seems to have gone unnoticed'.
Ah, the entire headline was about coming soon, and it wasn’t at all. The car was going to be good and impressive thanks to future software updates from the company, but instead the lack of updates helped kill the car. (About right?)
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Funfact4life, even with modern cars in emergency braking scenarios you _still_ want to STAND on that brake pedal with all your weight! ...ooh, a mnemonic: "STOMP, STAY and STEER". (Stomp brake, Stay stomped, Steer around obstacles while pressing brake hard.) Even if it vibrates! [Grand]pa had to "pump" his brakes (on/off/on/off), we have it easier :)
> Steer around obstacles while pressing brake hard That seems like a good way to flip a car or truck. Also runs counter to the advice that's given for surviving a sudden kangaroo on road at night incident .. for the past 60+ years. eg: Don’t swerve Most severe crashes involving an animal occur when the driver veers off the road, and hits something else instead. What’s more, the animal is just as likely to flee in the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYBvV_kE6kg
Have heard in the states:
“Smaller than a deer, don’t veer”
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It's a 10+ year old Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire from India. See my reply to previous comment.. it doesn't seem like software fault (at least not fully).
There are a lot of mechanical reasons your engine will die. For example crankshaft or camshaft position sensors failing will do it because the engine control module can’t time fuel injection or spark properly.
I'd buy any Tesla, even the big truck, if it came with open source software! I don't want a car that's spyware like a phone. Let me be in control of it, let me mod it, let me own it. Who's going to sell me one?
The company that doesn't froth at the mouth for a constant revenue stream by selling every bit of data it can siphon from you with digital leashes. With most of business and startups focusing on short term high gains there's little incentive to build a real company that will think long term while actually giving a shit about its products AND customers. That all died out long ago. That kind of thinking is radical these days.
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What model? Is it possible that you accidentally had the car in a power-on mode, but without the engine started? I've done that by accident in my Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The symptoms are similar to what you describe. Actually, it was at a car wash -- attendant left the car power on and I thought the engine was running so tried to drive away. Got the car to move a bit (happened to be downhill) but it was super sca…
Yep yep yep.. that explains it. Not the software fault as I original suspected (at least in the break-jamming case). What I "felt" like jammed was probably just that vacuum system not helping, but since it happened for the first time (with me), and so abruptly, it felt like the brakes were jammed. But, the worrying, and a lot more scarier part is that this was not me accidentally leaving the car in accessory/power-on…
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If you can find a good security vulnerability Tesla will give you root on your car as an award.
If you found that vuln, wouldn't you already have root?
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> Steer around obstacles while pressing brake hard That seems like a good way to flip a car or truck. Also runs counter to the advice that's given for surviving a sudden kangaroo on road at night incident .. for the past 60+ years. eg: Don’t swerve Most severe crashes involving an animal occur when the driver veers off the road, and hits something else instead. What’s more, the animal is just as likely to flee in the…
I believe Barbing is saying to start braking and if you haven't stopped when you reach the obstacle, to keep the brake pressed hard while steering around it. That said, it's also important to manage wheel and/or brake lock-up if either happens.
Interpreted from https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-products/education/articles...
Hope I conveyed accurately. Video in sibling comment shows in practice.