"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
08/21/2018 at 17:07 • Filed to: None
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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
08/21/2018 at 17:07 • Filed to: None | 3
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It’s not the color. It’s not the cheapness. It’s not the terrible transmission. It’s the fact that there are three ways to adjust the volume and NONE OF THEM ARE A DAMN KNOB .
First you have the perfectly flat capacative buttons under the screen.
Then there’s the clicky buttons on the steering wheel.
Neither of these are conducive to “cranking it”. Fortunately, whenever you use either of the above options, this slider pops up on the touchscreen:
So you CAN crank it, it’s just a two step process.
Oh, did I mention the volume resets itself to a barely audible whisper whenever the car is turned on?
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 17:19 |
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the volume resets itself to a barely audible whisper whenever the car is turned on?
that sounds like an awesome feature. I always leave the volume on my wifes car cranked and then she yells at me about my hearing when she next drives it.
bob and john
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
08/21/2018 at 17:22 |
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I used my lexus
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She took the car in the evening to go see a friend.
yeaaaaa.........oops
ranwhenparked
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 17:24 |
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1958 Big Three: A Car for Every Purse, Purpose, and Preference
2018 Big Two and a Half : Fuck You, This is More Cost Effective
MonkeePuzzle
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 17:26 |
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no manual volume knob? how is it not already stolen!?
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> bob and john
08/21/2018 at 17:31 |
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We use Google play music via bluetooth, but obviously when I am in the car it doesn’t connect to my phone. So it defaults to the last used function which is always traffic radio.
So she ends up with “TRAFFIC IS HEAVY ON HIGHWAY 1!” at over 100 db
ZHP Sparky, the 5th
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 17:38 |
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Whoa, another Spark driver?! EV too?
I like the buttons behind the steering wheel, but agreed that a knob would’ve been nice. Also that screen can be really laggy and take lots of pressing to make things happen sometimes.
In general I can’t complain, its cheap as hell to own/run and a great commuter. We’ve grown pretty fond of ours.
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> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 17:39 |
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> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 17:40 |
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I have slightly related story.
Couple of years ago we had a fuel related field test at work. We had a four identical Golf Mk VIIs and we drove 20,000 km with each. My share was 12,000 km or so. At t hat point I had a Nokia E7 phone and I listened quite a lot of Daft Punk from it through Bluetooth connection .
For some reason the audio system raised the volume by one notch after each song. So quite often I had to turn down the volume using the volume knob. The knob went several revolutions counterclockwise during long trips to keep the music volume sensible.
And this seemed to happen only with Golf MkVIIs and E7s (which are pretty much extinct now) .
Andrew Lawler
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 17:42 |
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Fully agree about the need for tactile, manual interfaces in a setting where the design intention is that you’ll be looking at something else (the road) while operating them. Also you can’t CRANK a button. Or, you can only do it once.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> ZHP Sparky, the 5th
08/21/2018 at 17:54 |
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It's a loaner while my car is busted.
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> AuthiCooper1300
08/21/2018 at 17:57 |
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> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2018 at 18:12 |
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> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
08/21/2018 at 23:09 |
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How’s this for a bad feature then: the screen brightness can’t be controlled independently. It’s tied to the panel brightness.
I did some exploring and actually found a setting where you can control what volume number it resets to.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> ranwhenparked
08/21/2018 at 23:12 |
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It’s funny because in 1958 the big three each only had one actual model and just gave it different names
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/22/2018 at 00:11 |
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Does it have speed adjusted volume?
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
08/22/2018 at 00:25 |
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No.
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ranwhenparked
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/22/2018 at 08:31 |
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But, you could choose from 3-4 different engines (2 or 3 of which were V8s), 2 or 3 transmissions, 6 or 7 body styles, 2 wheelbases , 20 exterior colors (plus two tone combinations), 20 interior colors in 2 or 3 materials (plus two tone and three tone combinations) and every single option and accessory could be ordered a la carte. And, inflation adjusted, all that was no more than a typical compact or lower end midsize goes for today.