Anyone see that one coming

[lunkerslayer]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...uchscreens-dangerous-distraction-warning.html

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

The British should spend more time and energy figuring out the tooth brush instead of worrying about distracted driving, considering they drive on the wrong side of the road all the time anyway.

 

[Allen]

I test drove a new Toyota recently. It was a nice ride, right up until I wanted to try and figure out the infotainment system. All I wanted to do was switch it over to FM radio and it had me cursing Toyota right up until I turned around at the Menoken exit on I-94.

I may have been distracted by the sight of not one, but two clear drug busts going on within 3 miles of each other on I-94, but I did give the salesman an honest review of the infotainment complexity. His response "they're pushing people to tie their phone into the radio". Last time I checked, we weren't supposed to be playing with our phones while driving. I also refuse to purchase a SiriusXM subscription.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I test drove a new Toyota recently. It was a nice ride, right up until I wanted to try and figure out the infotainment system. All I wanted to do was switch it over to FM radio and it had me cursing Toyota right up until I turned around at the Menoken exit on I-94.

I may have been distracted by the sight of not one, but two clear drug busts going on within 3 miles of each other on I-94, but I did give the salesman an honest review of the infotainment complexity. His response "they're pushing people to tie their phone into the radio". Last time I checked, we weren't supposed to be playing with our phones while driving. I also refuse to purchase a SiriusXM subscription.

better off waiting a few years for FSD anyway, then you can sleep while your car drives you to your destination

 

[Rowdie]

I test drove a new Toyota recently. It was a nice ride, right up until I wanted to try and figure out the infotainment system. All I wanted to do was switch it over to FM radio and it had me cursing Toyota right up until I turned around at the Menoken exit on I-94.

I may have been distracted by the sight of not one, but two clear drug busts going on within 3 miles of each other on I-94, but I did give the salesman an honest review of the infotainment complexity. His response "they're pushing people to tie their phone into the radio". Last time I checked, we weren't supposed to be playing with our phones while driving. I also refuse to purchase a SiriusXM subscription.

They'll then charge you a fee every month to use the radio.

 

[Allen]

They'll then charge you a fee every month to use the radio.

They are definitely pushing the Sirius radio stuff. I imagine they get a kickback from Sirius for every subscription to a Toyota vehicle.

Toyota and some other manufacturers already charge you an annual fee to use their app for their vehicles. I know the Toyota basic plan for an app is $80/year. Seems cheap, right? But, when I realize I will only use the app to remote start the vehicle, in 10 years I will have paid $800 for the ability to start the car in the winter. What's a mid-range auto-starter cost nowadays, $500-600?

My 2021 F250 has an app called Ford Pass. It's ok, I can check DEF, fuel level, oil life, tires, locate the truck via GPS, and remote start it for free as Ford doesn't charge me for the app. Unless I'm on a remote lake with no cell reception, then you're wishing you had an auto-starter.

 

[Allen]

better off waiting a few years for FSD anyway, then you can sleep while your car drives you to your destination

I have not yet been presented with a scenario that makes me want to own a self-driving vehicle.

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

Sirius/XM is the cat's ass on road trips and during election years. Zero ads about this candidate pumped the neighbors cat/did not/did too blah blah blah. Right before the free trial is over, call them and tell them to shut it off and they give it to you DIRT cheap for a year. Then repeat every year. We have two vehicles on it for the price of one right now. Gotta call in June and tell them to shut them both off.

 

[Jiffy]

How much is Sirius now?

 

[Twitch]

How much is Sirius now?

Depends how much you talk em down

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

You can 100% talk it down. I have the package with sports, music and comedy. My wife's 2021 Edge has just music. Together they are $120 a year. In a couple of months I will get an email saying in June it's going up to say $400 or something like that. Just before it goes up, I call the number, tell them to shut that shit off, let them make a couple of offers that I say no to, then when they get down to what it was, I say leave it on. Her Edge is 5 years old, so been doing that since her free trial stopped and we put it on the same plan as my pickup.

 

[Stinger]

You can 100% talk it down. I have the package with sports, music and comedy. My wife's 2021 Edge has just music. Together they are $120 a year. In a couple of months I will get an email saying in June it's going up to say $400 or something like that. Just before it goes up, I call the number, tell them to shut that shit off, let them make a couple of offers that I say no to, then when they get down to what it was, I say leave it on. Her Edge is 5 years old, so been doing that since her free trial stopped and we put it on the same plan as my pickup.

If you keep going, they will follow. I got my sales persons down to 7$ a month. 84$ a year for Sirius.I don’t use it, my kids like kids bob etc

 

[riverview]

our ford transit van is just stupid there is one knob for the radio volume, the rest is on this 12 inch screen. my dogs wet nose does all kinds of things to it you dont want.

 

[ndlongshot]

I've used free trials here and there for sirius. They send me flyers for $2-3 bucks a month/3 years and i still can't bring myself to do it. Guess i'm just a cheap ass.

 

[Allen]

Sirius/XM is the cat's ass on road trips and during election years. Zero ads about this candidate pumped the neighbors cat/did not/did too blah blah blah. Right before the free trial is over, call them and tell them to shut it off and they give it to you DIRT cheap for a year. Then repeat every year. We have two vehicles on it for the price of one right now. Gotta call in June and tell them to shut them both off.

This...is something worth considering!

 

[Sluggo]

I test drove a new Toyota recently. It was a nice ride, right up until I wanted to try and figure out the infotainment system. All I wanted to do was switch it over to FM radio and it had me cursing Toyota right up until I turned around at the Menoken exit on I-94.

I may have been distracted by the sight of not one, but two clear drug busts going on within 3 miles of each other on I-94, but I did give the salesman an honest review of the infotainment complexity. His response "they're pushing people to tie their phone into the radio". Last time I checked, we weren't supposed to be playing with our phones while driving. I also refuse to purchase a SiriusXM subscription.

Did you try a voice command? Joking but not joking

 

[PrairieGhost]

I have not yet been presented with a scenario that makes me want to own a self-driving vehicle.

I know a fellow who purchased the new Ford with auto drive. From Jamestown to Bismarck one day he used it and I don't think his wife knew. He has a terrible time staying awake. Upon arrival in Jamestown his wife said " that went well". He didn't tell her he slept half the way.

 

[Obi-Wan]

They are definitely pushing the Sirius radio stuff. I imagine they get a kickback from Sirius for every subscription to a Toyota vehicle.

Toyota and some other manufacturers already charge you an annual fee to use their app for their vehicles. I know the Toyota basic plan for an app is $80/year. Seems cheap, right? But, when I realize I will only use the app to remote start the vehicle, in 10 years I will have paid $800 for the ability to start the car in the winter. What's a mid-range auto-starter cost nowadays, $500-600?

My 2021 F250 has an app called Ford Pass. It's ok, I can check DEF, fuel level, oil life, tires, locate the truck via GPS, and remote start it for free as Ford doesn't charge me for the app. Unless I'm on a remote lake with no cell reception, then you're wishing you had an auto-starter.

You can use the app to hit the panic button on your truck to get the deer to leave the bait pile after shooting time so you can sneak out of your blind without being spotted.

 

[Allen]

You can use the app to hit the panic button on your truck to get the deer to leave the bait pile after shooting time so you can sneak out of your blind without being spotted.

That's thinking out of the box and looking for the silver lining all in one.