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My Pet Peeves on New Cars

I can’t find the logic behind the following features. Especially because a small something, or absence of something, can have a big negative affect on the driving experience.

Here’s my list of the little things that bug me the most. Tweet or email me yours!

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

To the automakers who have omitted a volume dial – no, the steering wheel volume button is not a reasonable replacement.

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That SOS button has its own post, here.

So does the chrome interior touches, here.

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More Road Etiquette, Please

I set out to investigate a trend of ticketing slow left lane drivers, but the story morphed into one about the road manners.

Or as Officer Stibbe corrects me, “no Keri, it’s about lack thereof.”

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

Last 3 paragraphs, Stibbe’s one-liner, I burst out laughing.

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You’ve met Officer Stibbe before, in the column – So you Got Pulled Over for Speeding

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Ever Checked your Spare Tire?

In the back of your mind is your spare tire, “oh it’ll protect me.” But when did you last check its condition?

In the 7 years I owned my old Jetta, it never occurred to me once. We’re making a mistake.

Check 3 things on your spare –

  1. age
  2. inflation
  3. tread wear

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line

Pull two other people into your field of vision. Of the three of you, one will get a flat tire this year.

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I Texted while Driving

State Farm hosted a distracted-driving event – get behind the wheel of an Acura ILX and go around an autocross track while they bark instructions at you from a radio. I was alarmingly good at it.

Jokes aside, distracted driving is the new drinking & driving – don’t do it, me first.

It’s not the manual dexterity that makes distracted driving dangerous, it’s the required mind shift.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

A car moving at 60 km/h will travel 16 meters – or 5 car lengths – in one second. Can you read a text in one second? No chance. 

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About the Acura ILX – here

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About Sound Systems in Cars

Speaking with an audio expert if it’s worth it to buy the audio system upgrade, how a siren will pierce through the cabin filled with music, can your ears really bleed, and the dumbest thing someone’s asked him to install.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line

A siren’s frequency, around 2,000 hertz (Hz), is what pierces through my music, ensuring it is heard.

For a barometer of how loud stuff is, click here.

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