Things that are odd

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
11/22/2017 at 20:26 • Filed to: None

When I disconnected my battery the OBC lost its stored month and day values but not the year.

DISCUSSION (7)

cluelessk > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/22/2017 at 20:34

I work in a body shop and it’s weird some cars lose everything right away and other you can restore all your radio presets.

Disconnected a battery the other day for a second and it saved the stations. Battery died over the weekend and everything was gone.

Steve in Manhattan > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/22/2017 at 20:53

Try getting it up to 88mph and see if you gonna go back in time!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/22/2017 at 21:03

Somethings are stored in FLASH memory while others are stored in RAM.

smobgirl > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/22/2017 at 21:35

I was thrilled to find out that the Fiat saved all of the radio settings. The dash settings were all gone though. It’s currently Monday, June 20.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/22/2017 at 22:11

So why would day and month be RAM and not year?

Urambo Tauro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/22/2017 at 22:13

Ok yeah that’s weird, but... why does a car need to display the year at all?

I mean sure, it’s cool for a car to have a clock, that’s common (and convenient!). And I’ll admit, sometimes I even lose track of what day it is... but the year ? What’s the point?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/22/2017 at 23:57

It might use the year to give you reminders about oil changes. Little reminder on the dash if you cross x miles or 1 year without resetting the service interval.