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> Then you buy a new sensor and put it in, just like you would any other failed part. In the middle of nowhere?
by wiseowise 10mo ago
> Then you buy a new sensor and put it in, just like you would any other failed part.
In the middle of nowhere?
- ErroneousBosh 10mo agoIf you're driving to the middle of nowhere you carry spares and tools. Source: live in Scotland, frequently drive to the middle of nowhere in a Range Rover.
- tazjin 10mo agoHaha, how far is the middle of nowhere from the nearest town in Scotland? A few dozen kilometres?
- ErroneousBosh 10mo agoSeveral hundred miles, depending where you go. From where I grew up, it's a four-hour drive to the nearest supermarket. If you're in the US, you're probably not used to driving long distances on roads that aren't basically perfectly straight and four times the width of your car. You wouldn't enjoy driving here.
- tazjin 10mo agoI'm not in the US. I spent some time on Google Maps, and the furthest spot I managed to find from a town was about 35km. Note that I didn't say anything about supermarkets - this is a thread about car reliability, so the context is how far you can be from a town where it's reasonable to expect that someone can help you with your car.
- ErroneousBosh 10mo ago> the furthest spot I managed to find from a town was about 35km. So, potentially three or four hour's drive, from somewhere with half a dozen houses and a newspaper stand?
- AlotOfReading 10mo agoThe Scottish highlands have a population density comparable to the Mountain West. As someone who grew up in the mountain west, the highlands have a very similar feel.
- Nextgrid 10mo agoUntil the sensor itself has a microcontroller and does a cryptographic handshake with the other side before it's allowed to work, for "security" reasons obviously.