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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / April 2008New electronic device shuts down car if you miss a payment.
Charles Gibson on ABC tv news was talking about that gadget a few minutes ago.There is something else called iLocate.If somebody misses a car payment the iLocate gadget shows the repoman where the car is located. cuhulin that's another reason you should stick with your 1968 dodge van > Charles Gibson on ABC tv news was talking about that gadget a few > minutes ago.There is something else called iLocate.If somebody misses a > car payment the iLocate gadget shows the repoman where the car is > located. > cuhulin April Fuels?  SignatureCheers, Andy. The Usenet Improvement Project | http://improve-usenet.org/ The StupidFilter Project | http://stupidfilter.org/main/ > In article <18026-47F2BF6C-...@storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net>, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > April Fuels? Even if it is, i'm sure it's in the pipeline. I like my 20 year old car... nate On Apr 2, 3:44 am, Andy <n...@spam.no> wrote: > In article <18026-47F2BF6C-...@storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net>, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > April Fuels? Even if it is, i'm sure it's in the pipeline. I like my 20 year old car... nate I saw it on TV in the middle of the night. They have sold, already, some 350,000 of these devices. The car salesmen say that now they dont have to worry about credit,etc. The device starts blinking a day or two before the payment is due.. If you dont pay by midnight on the specified day, the car will no longer start. Some have GPS locators so that the repo man can go right to the disabled car. > On Apr 2, 3:44 am, Andy <n...@spam.no> wrote: >> In article <18026-47F2BF6C-...@storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net>, [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Some have GPS > locators so that the repo man can go right to the disabled car. OnStar vehicles can be enabled to do this BUT GM and OnStar said NO. I guess the aftermarket decided to push it with help of the banks and insurance companies. I'm waiting for someone to design a unit that will get installed on the dash and will not allow the vehicle to be operated without a valid drivers license. That would make it interesting for car thieves and joy riders. SignatureSteve W. If that gadget leaves some people stranded wayyyy out in the middle of nowhere, say a desert, for instance,,, I dont know. cuhulin > If that gadget leaves some people stranded wayyyy out in the middle of > nowhere, say a desert, for instance,,, I dont know. > cuhulin No case.... If you dont pay your bill you walk, just like if you dont buy gasoline. http://www.ilocategps.com/ > On Apr 2, 3:44 am, Andy <n...@spam.no> wrote: > > In article <18026-47F2BF6C-...@storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net>, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Even if it is, i'm sure it's in the pipeline. I like my 20 year old > car... Likewise. I keep it in immaculate condition. It's not as flash as what's being released today, but it's MINE and I have no debt owing costing me hundreds of dollars a month in repayments. SignatureCheers, Andy. The Usenet Improvement Project | http://improve-usenet.org/ The StupidFilter Project | http://stupidfilter.org/main/ Charles Gibson was doing news on ABC tv this afternoon.A report about something called DriveCam.It is sort of a ''black box'' for cars.A teenage girl drove through a yellow light and caused an accident.Another teenager, a girl talking on a cell phone and no seatbelt buckled up.A taxi cab driver guy fell asleep, no seatbelt buckled on.I am scared to drive anywhere anymore. cuhulin > Charles Gibson was doing news on ABC tv this afternoon.A report about > something called DriveCam.It is sort of a ''black box'' for cars.A [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > drive anywhere anymore. > cuhulin Well, if you keep your head out of your a.s, and your cell phone out of your ear, you have gone a long way toward promulgating a safe traffic environment. The cops out to be on this like stink on sh**.. We live in a truly disfunctional society. ><cuhulin@webtv.net> wrote in message >> Charles Gibson was doing news on ABC tv this afternoon.A report about [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >ear, you have gone a long way toward promulgating a safe traffic >environment. The problem is all the OTHER bozos out there driving their enormous SUVs who consider themselves invulnerable and see no reason not to behave in this way. >The cops out to be on this like stink on sh**.. They are too busy talking on their radios and typing on their computer workstations to be able to pay attention to their own driving, let alone that of other drivers. Police departments don't have the money to keep two-man teams any more. >We live in a truly disfunctional society. Sure, but at least we have elephants that can paint. --scott Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." > Charles Gibson was doing news on ABC tv this afternoon.A report about > something called DriveCam.It is sort of a ''black box'' for cars.A [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > drive anywhere anymore. > cuhulin One point - You do not cause an accident by driving through a *yellow* light. If an accident occurs when you go through a *yellow* light, it is because someone else jumped the gun on the *red* light on their side. 'Black Box' recorder convicts rich list driver. www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=221105 cuhulin "Pete C." <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote in message news:uvfJj.57 > One point - You do not cause an accident by driving through a *yellow* > light. If an accident occurs when you go through a *yellow* light, it is > because someone else jumped the gun on the *red* light on their side. True.. we were, however, taught never to enter an intersection on a yellow light (unless, of course, speed and a sudden light change gave you no option). This may have even been Texas law. Not sure. I understand that now that is not taught. > "Pete C." <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote in message news:uvfJj.57 > > One point - You do not cause an accident by driving through a *yellow* [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I understand that now that is not taught. I've always understood a yellow light to mean "stop if you can safely do so", i.e. you're far enough from the light to stop given road conditions and vehicle specific factors. "Pete C." <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote in message news:sMrJj.85 > I've always understood a yellow light to mean "stop if you can safely do > so", i.e. you're far enough from the light to stop given road conditions > and vehicle specific factors. Same here....It does not, however, mean speed up and try to get through the light....and I am afraid many view it that way. Some of those traffic lights will go from yellow (blipping through yellow so quickly) to red and catch some people on the red light when they could get on through on yellow.Whenever I see the yellow light, I start getting ready to stop. cuhulin >> Charles Gibson was doing news on ABC tv this afternoon.A report about >> something called DriveCam.It is sort of a ''black box'' for cars.A [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > light. If an accident occurs when you go through a *yellow* light, it is > because someone else jumped the gun on the *red* light on their side. In Virginia, there's a solid white line between lanes at the intersection, before the stop point. The way it was explained to me is... if you haven't entered the area of the white line and the light turns yellow, you should be able to stop, given you are at or under the speed limit. If you're inside the solid white, you can run the yellow... On Apr 1, 7:04 pm, cuhu...@webtv.net wrote: > Charles Gibson on ABC tv news was talking about that gadget a few > minutes ago.There is something else called iLocate.If somebody misses a > car payment the iLocate gadget shows the repoman where the car is > located. > cuhulin That's put on used cars sold to high credit risk buyers. |
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