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From: Al Falfa on 4 Jan 2010 15:40 "Michelle Steiner" <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote in message news:michelle-48C5E6.13123204012010(a)nothing.attdns.com... > In article <4b4246b6$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org>, > "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote: > >> "To prevent 12 volt battery discharge >> >> If the interior lights and personal lights [are] on when the door is not >> full closed or[and?] the interior light switch [is] in [the] door >> position, >> the lights will go off automatically after 20 minutes." >> >> I can't make sense out of this as written. Bracketed entries are mine, >> otherwise quote is verbatim. > > Remove your bracketed "and?", and it makes sense. > > 1. If the interior lights and personal lights are on when the door is not > fully closed, they will go off automatically after 20 minutes. > > 2. If the interior light switch is in the door position and the door is > not fully closed, the interior light will go off after 20 minutes. > > -- Having done this in my 2010, I know for certain that: If the interior light is on (the one above the console) and the door is closed, that light will stay on indefinitely. Fortunately I caught mine in this state after only an hour and the battery in my 2010 still had enough juice to power-up the starting system.
From: News on 4 Jan 2010 15:45 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > In article <aNOdnVo5Zt1b1d_WnZ2dnUVZ_hli4p2d(a)speakeasy.net>, > News <News(a)Group.Name> wrote: > >>> The manual goes on to say the time lapse can be changed by your dealer. >>> You are referred to page 587 where a long list of customizable features >>> begins and runs through page 592. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Unfortunately, it is not possible to customize the intelligence of every >> buyer. > > And yet, they're allowed to vote and drive on the same roads I drive on. And drink, and text, and....
From: Al Falfa on 4 Jan 2010 15:47 "News" <News(a)Group.Name> wrote in message news:UNydnXYn8oTuzt_WnZ2dnUVZ_txi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net... > Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: >> In article <aNOdnVo5Zt1b1d_WnZ2dnUVZ_hli4p2d(a)speakeasy.net>, >> News <News(a)Group.Name> wrote: >> >>>> The manual goes on to say the time lapse can be changed by your dealer. >>>> You are referred to page 587 where a long list of customizable features >>>> begins and runs through page 592. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Unfortunately, it is not possible to customize the intelligence of every >>> buyer. >> >> And yet, they're allowed to vote and drive on the same roads I drive on. > > > And drink, and text, and.... Leave Noddy alone.....
From: urod on 4 Jan 2010 16:14 > ummmmm....yeah? So? If you stick a knife in your eye, you'll hurt yourself. I can go on and on stating the blindingly obvious. Why is this a problem in your universe? No, eyes are hard. It is physically hard to cut them off, and the pain would cause you to stop it long before you do any harm (until you really want to blind yourself and determined to do it). Human body is robust. > No, I never raised the parking brake, but the thought that if I did, I > could die or kill somebody else, is uncomfortable. > you know, if you're going down the highway at highway speeds and you cut > the wheel 180 degrees, you're going to have an accident and involve > other people on the road as well. Why is any of this a problem for you? No, after starting rotating the steering wheel, you would hear two dozen klaxons which would force you to stop. But pushing one pedal instead of another seems an easy to do mistake, and takes only fraction of second.
From: urod on 4 Jan 2010 16:33
On 4 $B'q'_'S(B, 17:36, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > > The batteries are not interconnected, and there's no way they could be. > The batteries running the drive system are 280V at very high current. > Every bulb in the car would probably explode at that voltage, and so would > the 12V battery if exposed to this voltage. Hopefully, this person won't > go running out to his Prius to try to conect one system to the other. If > he does, I hope his insurance is paid up... That I understand, but I suspect there is a step-down DC to DC converter hidden somewhere in the car, so that the big battery could charge the small one. |