[Shop-talk] Dead battery question

[John T. Blair]

At 09:06 AM 1/2/2023, Thomas Coradeschi wrote:

 >At least you can get the hood open to connect jumper cables! My boxster has
 >solenoid operated latches for both the trunk and the frunk (guess which is
 >which!). Fortunately, the engineers at Porsche added a connector to the fuse
 >block in the driver’s footwell, ....

Tom,

You've got to wonder what the heck these designer were thinking.  Do they ever
try to use the stuff they design.  Not to mention the cost.

For example:

1. We used to have a fan that was bolted to the 
crank or the water pump.  Yes it
made a little noise at high speeds, but you had 
so much other noises you didn't notice, and yes, 
if you were stuck idling for a long time the engine would over heat
because the fan couldn't pull enough air.  But it 
didn't cost anything.  Then they
put in an electric fan with a $5 temp sensor and 
a $5 relay.  So when you needed
the fan, like at idle, the fan would kick in and 
move a lot of air.  Then the decided
that you may not need a lot of air flow if the 
coolant was slightly over the normal
operating temp.  So the put in a control unit 
that could vary the speed of the fan
from barely on to full on.  But this controller 
was now $300.  From $0, to $10, to
$300.  Where's the logic?  What did they gain.

2. Heaters used to be controlled by 2 metal 
cables and a couple of slide levers.
They almost never broke.  So what do they do, put a couple of $30 to $100
vacuum or electric motors in to open the 
doors.  You have to disassemble 1/2 the
dash to get to them to see if they are 
working.  Again to me another massive fail.
Then there's the multizone temp controls.

We could go on, like not spare tire, .....  I 
guess I'm not affluent enough to be
able to afford a car, or I'm just too darn old. :)

And don't get me started on the computers in a car.

John




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