"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
08/15/2019 at 17:51 • Filed to: None
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"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
08/15/2019 at 17:51 • Filed to: None | 0
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I rented this fancy modern Fiesta recently. My car back home is from 1990 so here are the bits I didn’t like.
The speedo is inconsistent. The gap between 40 and 50 is twice as big as it is between 50 and 60. I don’t know how the analog needle figures this out but it confused me.
The Bluetooth sync was a mess. It showed what song was playing on my phone but didn’t want to play it using the on screen buttons. Oddly, it would do annoying occasional loudtraffic reports in German, and after these it would play the song. My aftermarket head unit back home isn’t fancy, but works much better.
Stop start is weird. It bothers me not knowing what the engine is doing. Feels like the car is driving me not the other way around. Sometimes it seemed to start for no reason, sometimes it would stop while I was rolling. Feeling the car shake itself on as you clutch in feels like you’ve done something wrong.
Ditto the indicators. They do that thing where they stay on a few clicks even if you only bump them. So sometimes you’re not sure what position the stalk is in, since the indicator may be on with it in the neutral position. Or it may not.
I think the headlights turn themselves on. It’s weird not knowing if your lights are on.
Maybe these are all good things, I’m just saying I’m not used to them and didn’t like them. I think there’s an argument to be made for turning on your indicator and headlights by choice rather than the car trying to do it for you. If you can’t get these right, should you be driving?
It’s not all bad. It was spacious and comfortable and a bit sporty and plenty powerful.
I have other stories to tell about this Fiesta. In another post.
Cé hé sin
> Nauraushaun
08/15/2019 at 18:00 |
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If auto lights worry you, there’s usually an “auto” position on the switch. Don’t use it and the lights are up to you.
Similarly start/stop can be turned, er, off......
facw
> Nauraushaun
08/15/2019 at 18:04 |
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The speedo is inconsistent. The gap between 40 and 50 is twice as big as it is between 50 and 60
That seems really weird, and definitely isn’t the case with any of the clusters I see online...
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Nauraushaun
08/15/2019 at 18:23 |
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Needless complexity.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Cé hé sin
08/15/2019 at 18:24 |
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Stop the engine from stopping?
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Cé hé sin
08/15/2019 at 18:56 |
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Though on a lot of cars with Stop/Start, you can turn it off...yes...but if you shut off the car, say, when you get home, and start it again to go to work in the morning, Start/Stop will be back on again. It doesn’t always STAY disabled on some cars.
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Nauraushaun
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/16/2019 at 01:26 |
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Yep
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Nauraushaun
> Cé hé sin
08/16/2019 at 01:35 |
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I figured these things might be configurable. I didn’t spend too much time poking around my rental :p at the time I felt the lights had been moved to a less obvious spot than they would be in an older car, since you’re not expected to use them.
If it were my car, hopefully I'd configure it how I like it. I expect I'd only be able to get it halfway there but I'd do what I could.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Nauraushaun
08/16/2019 at 05:10 |
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now you see why i want a car with manual windows and no tech
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Nauraushaun
> pip bip - choose Corrour
08/18/2019 at 02:45 |
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Oh I totally get it. Totally. I think the 80s 90s is my sweet spot