Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
Won’t be for much longer you can look through the steering wheel to a plain, simple instrument cluster… real physical dials, a low-resolution screen glowing in that familiar blue/green hue displaying those square letters and numbers.
Here come the high-definiton screens… no physical gauges, information rich and highly customizable.
Above is a 2016 Chevy Trax.
Below is a 2016 Cadillac Escalade.
Last Sunday, I tucked into my 2016 Cadillac Escalade and watched Die Hard: The Internet Security One.
Below – on the left is the second row 9″ screen that’s both Blue-Ray and CD R/W capable, and on the right is the 8″ touch screen in the dash. Crisp eh.
While there’s 4 screens in total, a movie will simutanously play on only the 2 above.
The other 2 screens are embedded into the front headrests, and each play from its own DVD slot.
Ignition off, then insert the DVD into the slot beneath the dash screen.
Bust out a blanket, nestle into one of the second row’s configurable bucket seats – which are heated – adjust the dedicated rear climate control, and hit play.
There’s 2 ways to listen to the audio:
1 – use the included set of headphones
2 – pump it through the cabin’s 16 Speaker Bose Surround Sound System
I’d remove the headphones from the car and instead use them as my everyday / working ones, because when do you ever see Cadillac headphones walking around?
Exactly.
Regardless of your vehicle’s make and model, watching a movie in your car is fun! And know what this setup would be great for? A 3rd date.
In this Escalde, you can enhance the evening by serving drinks to your crush… from the centre console cooler.
The COOLER.
A 365 mL 6-pack pf Pepsi fits, plus candy.
There’s velcro on the opposite side, to affix it to the bottom of the trunk.
Maybe the title should be more like, “the ONLY oil carrying case you’ll see all week.”
First one I’ve ever seen.
Found in a 2016 Porsche GT4.
General Motors, and especially Chevy, is at the forefront of bringing 4G LTE internet into dashboards (learn more in this column.)
While other automakers are starting to offer this feature, most put the WiFi settings within the infotainment system’s Settings area.
Chevy’s way to connect is a bit different.
Use OnStar to access the WiFi settings.
Here’s the OnStar site
Found in a 2016 Chevy Trax.
Connecting a car comes with a responsibility – never connect your car to public WiFi, and you are legally responsible for passengers Hotspotting off your car’s connection.
5 different cars, over 7 days, totalling $370,000 plus 1 race car = come ON
Kicked it off with a 2016 Cadillac Escalade equipped with every feature on the planet, the seats even massaged me.
Then if you see a 2016 GMC Canyon pickup truck in MotoringTV’s new opening, that was me driving it.
Thursday I helped break in a 2016 Porsche GT4 at Mosport… really.
And Friday I learned to drive a Pro Challenge car, which is like a mini NASCAR.
Finally, on Sunday I picked up a car for a friend, the 2016 Jaguar F-TYPE which is now available in _maual_.
Been waiting 1.5 years to shift this, and it was as fun as it’s been in my imagination. Only got to drive it 100 km, but if it isn’t snowing by the 3rd week in November I get it for a whole week.
Now to even it all out, I’m on a bus headed downtown.
It’s the annual SecTor security conference, and same thing I tell you every year – if you want a job with a 100% employment rate, go into information security.
I’ll be there all day so TTYT
