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<font size=3>At 09:06 AM 1/2/2023, Thomas Coradeschi wrote:<br><br>
>At least you can get the hood open to connect jumper cables! My
boxster has<br>
>solenoid operated latches for both the trunk and the frunk (guess
which is <br>
>which!). Fortunately, the engineers at Porsche added a connector to
the fuse <br>
>block in the driver’s footwell, ....<br><br>
Tom,<br><br>
You've got to wonder what the heck these designer were thinking. Do
they ever <br>
try to use the stuff they design. Not to mention the cost.<br><br>
For example:<br><br>
1. We used to have a fan that was bolted to the crank or the water
pump. Yes it<br>
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<br>
because the fan couldn't pull enough air. But it didn't cost
anything. Then they<br>
put in an electric fan with a $5 temp sensor and a $5 relay. So
when you needed<br>
the fan, like at idle, the fan would kick in and move a lot of air.
Then the decided<br>
that you may not need a lot of air flow if the coolant was slightly over
the normal<br>
operating temp. So the put in a control unit that could vary the
speed of the fan<br>
from barely on to full on. But this controller was now $300.
>From $0, to $10, to<br>
$300. Where's the logic? What did they gain.<br><br>
2. Heaters used to be controlled by 2 metal cables and a couple of slide
levers.<br>
They almost never broke. So what do they do, put a couple of $30 to
$100 <br>
vacuum or electric motors in to open the doors. You have to
disassemble 1/2 the<br>
dash to get to them to see if they are working. Again to me another
massive fail.<br>
Then there's the multizone temp controls. <br><br>
We could go on, like not spare tire, ..... I guess I'm not affluent
enough to be <br>
able to afford a car, or I'm just too darn old. :)<br><br>
And don't get me started on the computers in a car.<br><br>
John<br><br>
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<div>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email:
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Va
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one."</div>
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