Re: Disc brake maintenance tips

On 6/27/2024 9:04 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 6/26/2024 11:29 AM, AMuzi wrote:

On 6/26/2024 9:23 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 6/26/2024 4:54 AM, Rolf Mantel wrote:

Am 26.06.2024 um 03:14 schrieb John B.:

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And this is a device which you pay extra for? Amazing, but how is
this an advantage over eyes?

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In safety architecture, there's the rule "four eyes see more than two eyes".  The car's eyes don't fall asleep behind the wheel so prevent crashes when the driver does.
Additional safety features like "lane assist" are typically thrown into the bundle rather than costing extra because they improve the car's safety rating.

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I don't know, but I wonder if its really possible to buy a car in America without lane assist. It may now be mandated, much like dual brake master cylinders, collapsing steering wheel columns, etc.
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Additional comfort features like "adaptive cruise control" typically cost extra (and I would never buy a new car without adaptive cruise control).

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It also took me a while to accept adaptive cruise control. I do a _lot_ of freeway driving these days, and there were many times when my cruise control was set to 70, but i found myself driving ~63. Why? I had come up on a slower vehicle, and my cruise control reacted so far in advance and so gently that I didn't realize I'd slowed down.
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I now have the system set so it allows me to get a bit closer before it reacts, so now I notice what it's doing.
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"I wonder if its really possible to buy a car in America without lane assist"
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May I suggest the 1965 Corvair Corsa, 1965 Chevrolet Nova, 1966 Chevrolet Malibu? No shortages so far, and many similar pre-1968 vehicles are widely available.

  There's a well-restored mid 60s T2 21 window VW bus down the street from my house for sale - $32K....... Maybe a retirement gift to myself :)
 

That's about $3300 in 1965 dollars, so it has appreciated:
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
But still well below $47K average US auto sale now:
https://clark.com/cars/average-new-car-price/
Features include no safety geegaws, no electronics, no random beeping, actual wing windows and floor vents, substantially less plastic in the interior, lower vehicle weight than your average modern sedan, a comprehensible wiring system, and any half-savvy human can do most VW maintenance and service* with a manual and simple tools (no 'dealer only' computer diagnostics).
But hey humans area diverse lot.  One man's 'refreshingly simple' is another's 'inadequately Spartan'.
* Having wrenched many crappy classic air cooled VW products for many girls over the years, I have personally come to dislike them. YMMV.
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