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[Bibi Uncle]

The majority of them for the past ten years or so actually leave the lighter socket on, but it's commonly wired to the console module, which turns off all electrical features (dome lights, etc), typically 60 or 90 minutes after you get out of the car. It's basically a feature to help forgetful drivers keep from running their battery dead because they forgot to switch something off.

This feature was not available with the 1995 Nissan Quest (Mercury Villager equivalent). I ruined the battery when I was a kid by forgetting a light... It was a great car though. My parents drove it for 9 years and 290 000 km, before buying the Honda Odyssey in 2004 (a 2003 model) that I currently drive.

 

[Andy44]

Got my truck back, so all is well.

My truck's radio will stay on for 15 minutes after you take the key out or until you open the door, whichever comes first. But the power sockets (there are two, one for a cigarette lighter which I tossed in the glove box, and another strictly for accessories) stay on all the time.

I imagine I would have to leave my phone plugged in a very loooooong time to run down the car battery. I have left my parking lights on overnight before and gotten away with it. And besides, even when it's all off, the keyless entry and car alarm system are still drawing a little juice.

I really don't get the reason for turning everything off.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

This feature was not available with the 1995 Nissan Quest (Mercury Villager equivalent). I ruined the battery when I was a kid by forgetting a light... It was a great car though. My parents drove it for 9 years and 290 000 km, before buying the Honda Odyssey in 2004 (a 2003 model) that I currently drive.

Oddy's are great. Pull out the bucket seats and fold down the back bench seat, and you can fit almost a full sheet of plywood or drywall in. (It's a foot short, but that's able to be tied off.) Plus, they're surprisingly easy to do an oil change on by yourself... if you put it up on a ramp or lift. Otherwise, you'd better be flatter than three-day-old roadkill.

 

[mojoey]

This feature was not available with the 1995 Nissan Quest (Mercury Villager equivalent). I ruined the battery when I was a kid by forgetting a light... It was a great car though. My parents drove it for 9 years and 290 000 km, before buying the Honda Odyssey in 2004 (a 2003 model) that I currently drive.

Small world. My family had the 2001 model, and drove it for roughly the same time.

 

[Koloss]

Clearly you've never ridden in a car that my wife is driving. You'll both curse and pray in the same thought.

I know that feeling, man... I know that. Everytime I step out of the car I have the feeling that my hair got more grey.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Every time (and I do mean every time) I hear on the radio about an accident on I-75 between Cleveland and Chattanooga, I have a moment of panic. I talked to my kid about this and she has the same feeling of dread until we find out it wasn't her.

The thing is, that she doesn't think she's a bad driver. She's notorious for "tailgating", and at interstate speeds there's not a lot of margin for error. Lane changes make my stomach lurch, instead of being nice and smooth.

On a trip to Miami, I sat in the passenger seat for 2 miles with my teeth tightly clinched, and my hands started to cramp I had them balled tightly into fists (wonder I didn't puncture my skin with the fingernails). I was so tensed up, it's a wonder I didn't rip the seat cushions off when we stopped.

 

[Fabri91]

Are there any driver safety courses available near you? There it would be possible to appreciate the distance required for emergency braking and such manoeuvres.

 

[Urwumpe]

at interstate speeds there's not a lot of margin for error.

We Germans feel terribly decelerated on your interstates... Margin of Error :rofl:.... we sell our cars with ACC now for assisted tailgating at 200 km/h.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I'd trust your car and the ACC rather than the wife's Mk 1 Mod 1 eyeball (at any speed).

 

[jedidia]

She's notorious for "tailgating"

That can cost your license in Switzerland...

 

[Bibi Uncle]

Oddy's are great. Pull out the bucket seats and fold down the back bench seat, and you can fit almost a full sheet of plywood or drywall in. (It's a foot short, but that's able to be tied off.) Plus, they're surprisingly easy to do an oil change on by yourself... if you put it up on a ramp or lift. Otherwise, you'd better be flatter than three-day-old roadkill.

Yeah, the Odyssey is really a great car. It drives like a racing car, the suspension is awesome. The design is also simple, but effective.

Small world. My family had the 2001 model, and drove it for roughly the same time.

The Nissan Quest ? The 2001 was still looking good, before their switch to the weird design in 2004.

 

[MattBaker]

That can cost your license in Switzerland...

Tailgating at 120 kph, whoa. Astronomical speeds.:lol:

 

[llarian]

We Germans feel terribly decelerated on your interstates... Margin of Error :rofl:.... we sell our cars with ACC now for assisted tailgating at 200 km/h.

Oh, yeah. I remember my first experience with the German Autobahn. 1991 from Hamburg to Kiel in the middle of the night. I was in a rental Golf doing 160 km/hr. This Mercedes came out of nowhere behind me and passed like I was standing still. Simply Marvelous!

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Every time (and I do mean every time) I hear on the radio about an accident on I-75 between Cleveland and Chattanooga, I have a moment of panic. I talked to my kid about this and she has the same feeling of dread until we find out it wasn't her.

The thing is, that she doesn't think she's a bad driver. She's notorious for "tailgating", and at interstate speeds there's not a lot of margin for error. Lane changes make my stomach lurch, instead of being nice and smooth.

On a trip to Miami, I sat in the passenger seat for 2 miles with my teeth tightly clinched, and my hands started to cramp I had them balled tightly into fists (wonder I didn't puncture my skin with the fingernails). I was so tensed up, it's a wonder I didn't rip the seat cushions off when we stopped.

This is why you get daughters married off early ... so they become someone else's worry.

 

[jedidia]

Tailgating at 120 kph, whoa. Astronomical speeds.:lol:

Switzerland is a small country... if we don't watch it, we inadvertantly exceed escape velocity and go drifting off into international space. :lol:

 

[C3PO]

Switzerland is a small country...

Really?

 

[Izack]

Really?

Maybe not compared to the Faroe Islands! It's miniscule to a Canadian, though. I live in one of the smallest provinces, and it's still nearly twice the size of Switzerland by area. They have like 16 times more people though.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Polar jet stream is apparently being weird again this year. Getting hit hard by freezing temperatures in the coming days. Cold temperatures have arrived very late this year. It's a big change.

 

[Ghostrider]

Switzerland is a small country... if we don't watch it, we inadvertantly exceed escape velocity and go drifting off into international space. :lol:

Worse: as soon as we cross the borders, we inexplicably tend to dramatically accelerate.

 

[MattBaker]

Worse: as soon as we cross the borders, we inexplicably tend to dramatically accelerate.

France, 130 kph. "Dramatically"

Shall I continue doing this? Because I feel like Jeremy Clarkson. A bit of a .:lol:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

You guys kid. But the Mrs. Cruiser's driving is super scary at any speed.