Disabling the f-ing autolocks ('06 Maxx)

#21

Quote:

Let the Beemers and Jap bikes go, put a blind-spot mirror on and you'll
be okay. And keep covering up the light sensor.

Interesting that customers do things to circumvent GM's top engineering
auto-functioning systems. ROFL. Perhaps there is something missing in
the control design requirements. Surely GM has had focus groups
covering these things...one would think anyway.

Oughta be (or should be) a simple switch to turn these extra features off
-- the DRL, , twilight sentinel, autolocks, etc. (because older people
usually can't figure out how to program these functions using buttons). I
have no problem with these features (they've saved me from running down the
battery from leaving the lights on; saved me from locking my keys in the
car (won't allow you to lock the doors if keys are in ignition). But there
are some cranky people, usually older and grouchy types, who don't dig
these features.

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#22

"grappletech" <noone (AT) removenowhere (DOT) biz> wrote in message

Quote:

Oughta be (or should be) a simple switch to turn these extra features off
-- the DRL, , twilight sentinel, autolocks, etc. (because older people
usually can't figure out how to program these functions using buttons). I
have no problem with these features (they've saved me from running down
the
battery from leaving the lights on; saved me from locking my keys in the
car (won't allow you to lock the doors if keys are in ignition). But
there
are some cranky people, usually older and grouchy types, who don't dig
these features.

A couple of weeks ago, two elderly ladies were trapped in their car with the
doors locked and a dead battery. One lady passed out from the heat. They
were able to get help from a passerby and an emergency crew broke a window
to get them out. They did not know all they had to do was manually unlock
the door. It would be funny if it was not so sad.

I like those features too.

#23

"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp (AT) snet (DOT) net> wrote in
news:1j%Vg.10021$GR.5633 (AT) newssvr29 (DOT) news.prodigy.net:

Quote:

A couple of weeks ago, two elderly ladies were trapped in their car
with the doors locked and a dead battery. One lady passed out from the
heat. They were able to get help from a passerby and an emergency crew
broke a window to get them out. They did not know all they had to do
was manually unlock the door. It would be funny if it was not so sad.

I like those features too.

That isn't a design flaw, that's just stupidity. Time to step out of the
car and hand over the license.

#24

Quote:

A couple of weeks ago, two elderly ladies were trapped in their car
with the doors locked and a dead battery. One lady passed out from the
heat. They were able to get help from a passerby and an emergency crew
broke a window to get them out. They did not know all they had to do
was manually unlock the door. It would be funny if it was not so sad.

I like those features too.

LOL. If they would have died, it would have been Darwinism and natural
selection in action! :-) But, sadly, since they're both elderly, they
probably already have bred and thus have already passed their defective
genes down to another generation.

On another note: They'll probably sue the auto manufacturer for not
placing a bumper sticker sized warning label right on the door
indicating that manual operation of the locks is still possible after a
battery failure.

Sadly, there are lots of people who don't take responsiblity for their
own safety. Like the 700 pound black chick who slipped and wedged her
fatass in the door of her bathroom. She sued the Housing Authority for
providing her, at taxpayer's expense, an "unsafe apartment" because the
doors weren't airplane hangar size. I wonder if she also sued the Dept.
of Agriculture for providing her with too many food stamp vouchers, thus
making her balloon up to 700 pounds?

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#25

I can't speak for the Maxx, but i do use and like all the features
complained of here. And, I guess I'm one of the old and grouchy types by
age; but is it too taxing to simply read the manual and ask the dealer for
help on things you don't understand? My father just bought a new GMC Envoy
with all the same features and he is 89 and likes the truck (and features)
very well.
Roy
"grappletech" <noone (AT) removenowhere (DOT) biz> wrote

Quote:

Let the Beemers and Jap bikes go, put a blind-spot mirror on and you'll
be okay. And keep covering up the light sensor.

Interesting that customers do things to circumvent GM's top engineering
auto-functioning systems. ROFL. Perhaps there is something missing in
the control design requirements. Surely GM has had focus groups
covering these things...one would think anyway.

Oughta be (or should be) a simple switch to turn these extra features off
-- the DRL, , twilight sentinel, autolocks, etc. (because older people
usually can't figure out how to program these functions using buttons). I
have no problem with these features (they've saved me from running down
the
battery from leaving the lights on; saved me from locking my keys in the
car (won't allow you to lock the doors if keys are in ignition). But
there
are some cranky people, usually older and grouchy types, who don't dig
these features.

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#26

"ROY BRAGG" <rbragg2 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote in
news:VLcWg.829$2l5.352@trnddc07:

Quote:

I can't speak for the Maxx, but i do use and like all the features
complained of here. And, I guess I'm one of the old and grouchy types
by age; but is it too taxing to simply read the manual and ask the
dealer for help on things you don't understand? My father just bought
a new GMC Envoy with all the same features and he is 89 and likes the
truck (and features) very well.
Roy

Wow. So he was born in 1916-1917, meaning he started driving in 1932
perhaps and his first car was, perhaps, a Model T or a Model A. That's
amazing. Start out driving a Model A/T then 75 years later, he's still
driving, but now is driving a modern automobile with auto tranny, power
everything, etc..

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#27

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

Quote:

"grappletech" <noone (AT) removenowhere (DOT) biz> wrote in message
Oughta be (or should be) a simple switch to turn these extra features off
-- the DRL, , twilight sentinel, autolocks, etc. (because older people
usually can't figure out how to program these functions using buttons). I
have no problem with these features (they've saved me from running down
the
battery from leaving the lights on; saved me from locking my keys in the
car (won't allow you to lock the doors if keys are in ignition). But
there
are some cranky people, usually older and grouchy types, who don't dig
these features.

A couple of weeks ago, two elderly ladies were trapped in their car with the
doors locked and a dead battery. One lady passed out from the heat. They
were able to get help from a passerby and an emergency crew broke a window
to get them out. They did not know all they had to do was manually unlock
the door. It would be funny if it was not so sad.

I like those features too.

Actually, if memory serves me, a woman did die inside her Cadillac

sitting right in her driveway in Bethesda, Maryland about 8-10 (or more)
years ago under these circumstances. The only difference was it was
winter time and she froze to death over night.

#28

Quote:

Actually, if memory serves me, a woman did die inside her Cadillac
sitting right in her driveway in Bethesda, Maryland about 8-10 (or
more) years ago under these circumstances. The only difference was it
was winter time and she froze to death over night.

Her estate probably sued Cadillac and GM over not having a bumper sticker
sized warning on the door indicating that you could unlock the doors
manually. Darwin Awards. People taking themselves out of the gene pool in
incredibly stupid ways.

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#29

grappletech wrote:

Quote:

Actually, if memory serves me, a woman did die inside her Cadillac
sitting right in her driveway in Bethesda, Maryland about 8-10 (or
more) years ago under these circumstances. The only difference was it
was winter time and she froze to death over night.

Her estate probably sued Cadillac and GM over not having a bumper sticker
sized warning on the door indicating that you could unlock the doors
manually.

It wouldn't surprise me a bit. The Bethesda area has plenty of lawyers.

Quote:

Darwin Awards. People taking themselves out of the gene pool in
incredibly stupid ways.

Perhaps. But if memory serves me, she did manage to make into her 80's.
And, one can't be too stupid in life to afford to live in an upscale
area like Bethesda. This was likely more a case of senility that hits
many people with age.

#30

Yes, he was born in 1917, and did learn to drive in a Model T.
Roy
"grappletech" <noone (AT) removenowhere (DOT) biz> wrote

Quote:

"ROY BRAGG" <rbragg2 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote in
news:VLcWg.829$2l5.352@trnddc07:

I can't speak for the Maxx, but i do use and like all the features
complained of here. And, I guess I'm one of the old and grouchy types
by age; but is it too taxing to simply read the manual and ask the
dealer for help on things you don't understand? My father just bought
a new GMC Envoy with all the same features and he is 89 and likes the
truck (and features) very well.
Roy

Wow. So he was born in 1916-1917, meaning he started driving in 1932
perhaps and his first car was, perhaps, a Model T or a Model A. That's
amazing. Start out driving a Model A/T then 75 years later, he's still
driving, but now is driving a modern automobile with auto tranny, power
everything, etc..

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