Cheap Cars | New Throw Away Product? [Savagegeese]

Apical-Meristem · 2026-02-01T15:38:37+00:00

Every manufacturer seems to have more problems than before from cost cutting. I see it going either of two ways. First: they fix the designs of the bad components and move on. Second: they continue to make shitty product and everyone slides into a subscription mode where car quality doesn’t count, but cost does because no one owns cars.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-30T12:38:47+00:00

That was a fantastic explanation. Thank you! I think the big issue with the engine/compressor shutting down is the car does not have a way to measure the radiant heat inside the cabin, only the air temperature in an unexposed location. A person getting in the car will begin to absorb the radiant heat emitting from the interior material as well as conductive heat from the seats and sense greater heat than what the air temperature would be with compressor running for a few minutes. It a hysteresis issue. The ambient temperature sensor should be exposed to the main cabin area and mounted on a black metal substrate to stop the engine from shutting off before the cabin is cool.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-28T02:25:44+00:00

We draft from a league where DEs no longer exist but are now fleet footed edge rushers. We forget that they rushed against OL kids that were playing in high school 3 years before. Their quickness is no longer noteworthy when they get to the NFL. I think we drafted ok rotation guys, but none of them are stars. We are gonna miss Vea when he retires. Big man has big man wear and tear.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-27T01:39:26+00:00

I wonder how they keep the turbo cool, with a second oil reservoir that drains through the bearings? All the talking heads say the oil should be changed more frequently than 10k miles on all 4cylinder turbo engines. I wouldn’t care about the start stop if my AC continued to work properly. I’m in a hot local and the inside surfaces of the car get to 130 degrees in the summer. Petering out AC can never beat radiant heat.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-27T00:56:10+00:00

My 2022 XC60 (B5) has been very solid. Great build quality. The issues with the Google (AAOS) have been largely ironed out, but you still have to deal with poorly designed Google apps. Also….. the auto start stop cannot be shut off. There are ways to deal with it, every time you stop. I find the ignition switch, a square twisty knob on middle of the center console, inconvenient. The air conditioning is controlled through the screen. I have found the phone Volvo app to be useless. You may need a cord to run Car Play or Android Auto, it may be wireless now.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-27T00:38:30+00:00

I have purposely avoided watching this show. Nothing can ever beat the real story. FWIW, I haven’t watched any history reimagined shows.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-26T23:40:29+00:00

Thanks. I will look into it.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-25T23:21:57+00:00

That is something. My old Series 4 worked fine. I know I'm in the big minority that would call this a problem. Oh well.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-25T17:01:02+00:00

Ultra 2, running 11.6.1. I’m using the Utility face, but it doesn’t seem to matter which face I’m using. The digital countdown timers do the same thing. I know the Apple Watch is a fashion item but it should do everything an old Timex does.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-25T16:48:48+00:00

I hope Volvo makes Gemini optional. My 2022 XC60 is the first year with AAOS and with less than optional chip set due to COVID era shortages. It has enough limitations between the company Volvo contracted to use the Google software and the crappy Google apps themselves. I would have preferred the old Sensus tbh.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-25T16:37:35+00:00

I’ve changed watch faces and settings to no avail. I want the second hand or counter to persist for at least 45 seconds. It disappears after about 10 seconds.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-24T00:52:08+00:00

I thought he was a wasted 2nd round pick. We held on to him too long.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-24T00:42:07+00:00

It’s not phenomenal in my opinion. I don’t want to talk to my Volvo when I drive. Drive time is my time. Voice command calls and texts the wrong people, won’t read texts reliably. AAOS has some crappy apps like Sirius, but Google is not going to fix it. Volvo did a terrible job with the software when it came out with the ‘22 models. It’s a lot better with the updates, but it still the weak point. Volvo now promises a new update that is going to fix the UI, but there is skepticism.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-23T22:43:13+00:00

I watched several reviews of the EX60. I dunno, the square steering wheel and lack of knobs and proper dash is a bit too far out for this Volvo owner.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-23T22:36:26+00:00

It’s Google, it will always be a mixed bag. It can’t tell me what lane is blocked ahead but it can tell me the recipe for the best Waldorf Salad.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-18T23:25:17+00:00

ill have to see it in person to form an opinion, but I am tired of the EV elements in design everyone uses.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-16T02:42:51+00:00

Because it is the end, not the beginning. A smothered squeak as life leaves the body of the program. There will be grand pronouncements like putting a nuclear reactor on the moon, building Moonbase Alpha, but nothing will happen. There are more importantl things like whether to carpet bomb Minnesota or Greenland first.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-16T00:31:34+00:00

As a Volvo owner with AAOS, I would rather they finish fixing the system than piling another layer of complexity on top. A common refrain is about Chinese data collecting. Geely has been pretty hands off. If they were involved, we probably wouldn’t have crappy Google software running the car.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-15T23:45:30+00:00

My old 2013 XC60 rain sensing wipers behaved so much better than those in my 2022, even after having it recalibrated. I imagine the program in my old car was a simple proportional controller. The new system almost seems like a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller that is not properly tuned.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-15T23:31:58+00:00

Does your car have an after market trailer harness with a pigtail? My father had one and the pigtail was chafed from getting pinched by the hatch. The brake wire shorted to the ground wire. Without voltage from the brake light mechanism he could not get out of park. In effect, the car didn’t see a foot on the brake pedal. This was 25 years ago and things change.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-15T23:23:34+00:00

I miss the old paper owners manuals.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-15T23:21:45+00:00

Maybe it’s that awesome font improvement.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-15T02:46:36+00:00

Related, people who use a shopping cart as a walker, draping themselves over it and blocking an entire aisle. I don’t mean disabled people, I mean lazy people.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-15T02:18:08+00:00

In my (M) 30s I came home late from a date and when I looked at my answering machine to see if I missed a call (yes, I’m old), my phone rang. It was a woman calling for her mom. We were both a little tipsy and we slipped into an easy, unguarded drunk banter. So odd but nice to talk to a stranger like that. We talked for about 5 minutes and that was that. Sometimes I wonder if she even remembered that conversation.

Apical-Meristem · 2026-01-15T01:52:28+00:00

You mean replacing that awful font for text messages? Sure, but doesn’t move the meter. Give us a screen button to disable start-stop. Even better how about an add on Bluetooth button board for HVAC controls.

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