Mazda Miata: Design flaw Miata

After all these years of getting it right, I also forgot to put my cap back
on earlier this week. I drove off and, when making the turn to get out of
the neighborhood (right turn), I heard the faintest little thump in the
engine compartment (left side).

Strangely enough, I immediately understood what happened, pulled over and,
luckily, the cap was resting against something and was accessible. No mess,
but it could have been worse.

We are getting older....but are we getting...well, looser?

Ken


"Leon van Dommelen" <net> wrote in message
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Absolutely. I think you should suggest this as an aftermarket
opportunity to your pals at Moss Motors. <ducking>

How about a buzzer that goes off when it's raining, to remind you to put
the top up? Or a buzzer when it's sunny to remind you to apply
sunscreen? Or a buzzer to remind you to pay attention to all the other
buzzers? (Maybe that last function would be better served by a flashing
light.)

Sheesh. You engineers...

--
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C
the alignment page:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

Lanny Chambers <net> wrote:
 

Well, you might joke, but when I was buying a new car last year, I
found a lot of "idiot-proof" features like automatic headlights and
rain sensing windshield wipers. So instead of a buzzer to tell you
that it's dark, the headlights turn themselves on. Instead of a
buzzer to tell you that it's raining, the wipers just start wiping on
their own. So a power top will automatically close when it starts
raining. And instead of a buzzer telling you to put the engine oil
cap back on, the engine will be fitted with an automatic cap that
closes the filler hole automatically as you start the engine.

On this subject, Mercedes-Benz just announced that they are getting
rid of hundreds of "useless" electronic features in an attempt to
increase reliability of their cars. It's about time. It's getting
ridiculous. For example, the car I bought (not a Mercedes-Benz) can
be programmed with any combination of one-touch closing/opening for
driver's, passenger's, and rear windows. So, you can have for
instance one-touch closing (but no one-touch for opening) for the
driver's window, one-touch opening but not closing for the passenger's
window, and no one-touch operation for the rear windows. Who the hell
needs that?!

I read the initial post with disbelief. I know you USA guys are pretty
litigious, but would it not be simpler to have a sticker which said "This
car is designed to be driven by people with a modicum of intelligence". For
goodness sake, how difficult is it to remember to put the oil filler cap
back on when you're filling it with oil? You have a gallon can of oil in
one hand, that should remind you....

As for seat belt buzzers, what a wate of money. You should do it without
even thinking about it every time you get into the car.

Alastair


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Marcio Watanabe <com> wrote:
 

My Lexus SC400 had that feature. It was useless. It pretty much had to be pitch
black before the lights would come on. I prefer to run them at dusk (given that
it's also the law). I also found on the dark, rainy, overcast days we sometimes
get here in Oregon that it wouldn't be dark enough for the headlights to come
on, even though they were needed not so you could see but so others could see
you.
---
Craig Wagner, craig.wagner(at)comcast.net
Portland, OR

"Don't ban high-performance vehicles, ban low-performance drivers!"

Hi,
 

You obviously don't read this NG vey often.

Otherwise, you would know Leon. And that would put the message (and yours
for that matter) in a whole other perspective!

Steven

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Craig Wagner <com> wrote in
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I understand the US will adopt Daytime Running Lights in the near future.
From what I read, DRLs are attributed to having dropped head-on accidents
in places that have mandated their use by a wide margin. I find it
surprising that in such a vehicle safety concerned country (USA), DRL
weren't mandated a decade ago as in Canada.

Hey, you hang out over here too, huh ??


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