I am not on speaking terms with Siri or Alexa. Or that other horrible app my Samsung phone keeps asking me to set up.Cool. I just ask Siri if necessary.
I turned off the honk because I found it so annoying. It was on for quite a while when I first got the car, and you are correct, that was very helpful to know the car locked. But after I turned off the honk, the only way I could know is if PaaK remembered to send me an alert that the car was locked with "walk away lock". That message is not reliable, so I came up with this idea.
I thought folding mirrors came on every trim level? Guess I was wrong.
I have seriously considered driving it on the beach, but really the car is too low and it would probably get stuck in the deeper sand. That picture is just an unpaved parking lot and road that is next to the water, so no worries about getting stuck there. It is packed hard.You drive your car on the beach?!
All trims do have folding mirrors. Power folding mirrors? Not so much.
Great hack and The Salt Life OBX!I want to be able to look at my car and easily tell that it is locked. I can easily tell from the rear, or front, by looking at the mirrors. But when looking at the side of the car from a distance away, it is very difficult to tell if the mirrors are folded or not.
Is my car locked?
In that picture, the car is locked. But can you tell? I am not sure.
So I had an idea...
I thought about putting a pin stripe in the hidden part of the mirror that would only be visible when folded. But one would not be obvious enough, so I added two in parallel:
So now I can easily tell if my car is locked by looking at the mirrors.
Super easy mod! So useful!
you could park facing the opposite direction
Not without potentially scratching the paint. You see, there is a charger at my office. But the parking spaces run parallel to the wall. So you have to park with the side of your vehicle facing the wall. Our charge port is of course on the driver side, which means my car faces away from the door I have to enter further down that same wall.
Ahhh makes senseNot without potentially scratching the paint. You see, there is a charger at my office. But the parking spaces run parallel to the wall. So you have to park with the side of your vehicle facing the wall. Our charge port is of course on the driver side, which means my car faces away from the door I have to enter further down that same wall.
Technically the cables are probably long enough to reach the charge port, but not likely under the bumper. Meaning the cable would have to run across the hood, and sit on the paint. I’d prefer to avoid that.
I used to have a house near Daytona Beach. The only cars I would ever dream of exposing to all that salt and sand were rental cars
The conditions are harsh, but I love driving my car and want to take it everywhere I go. I just have to convince my wife. She thinks her car is more comfortable and has more room. Silly wife.I used to have a house near Daytona Beach. The only cars I would ever dream of exposing to all that salt and sand were rental cars
