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> - Automatic headlights were and still are pretty abysmal I've had these in three cars, they're not too bad; other than the ones without an easy way to turn t
by toast0 2y ago
> - Automatic headlights were and still are pretty abysmal
I've had these in three cars, they're not too bad; other than the ones without an easy way to turn them off are terrible for ferries and drive-in movies. Automatic high-beams are pretty terrible though, but IMHO, you should rarely have your high beams on if you're within 2 miles of another car.
> I still find that start-stop incredibly annoying on automatic cars
I've rented a variety of cars with different systems. Some of them are truly awful, but the ones that sense when you start to pull your foot off the brake, and have a short start time aren't awful. Probably I'm not buying anything with start-stop; my last new vehicle was half a model year before they added it, and my next new vehicle is going to be a hybrid, and I if I buy more old vehicles, they're likely to predate start-stop, probably by a significant amount.
I will also add that existing cars that report the speed limit to me are often wrong in both directions, so I wouldn't trust anything other than a very mild warning. You want to show the speed limit in black when I'm under it, and red when I'm above it (preferably by at least 3-5 mph), go for it... that sounds nice and useful. You want to beep at me once gently if I go 10 mph over and maybe once more at 15-25 over? Reasonable, I suppose; maybe even a reminder beep every 5 minutes. Anything more and your data had better be completely accurate.