Leds under hood

An LED or two under the hood that light up the engine area when you open the hood would be nice as well when you are topping off things and for general inspection and safety. Every car should have these lights nowadays... It just makes sense.


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DE W8LV Bill

 

I don't know, but everytime I am stranded with a broken down car (as I WAS frequently before I got a Toyota and owned a certain Two Lettered Domestic make that DEFIANTLY and sadly was NOT my Father's Automobile) I always think of Waldo and Darla when the motorboat stalls, and he's reading the manual as they drift towards the waterfall....






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DE W8LV Bill

 

The references that I make? Yes, I can see that being difficult if you are younger than myself, so I will explain.

Once Upon a Time, A Giant Ruled in The Motor City. And all of our lives in the two Countries it bordered were enriched, no matter if we worked for that company, or were Customers of that company.

So anyway, there was an Ad Campaign, and the Slogan was: "This is not your Father's Oldsmobile." This was just before The Big Fall, and the disappearance of The Oldsmobile.

And it backfired, and YET, the Slogan hit the nail right on the head, but certainly NOT in the way that the Ad Men hoped, because it highlighted a sad sad SAD Reality: Gone were the Oldsmobile 98's and 88's and even later Cutlasses that we had come to know. The "New" ones were pretty bad. And this was reported year after year after year in Consumer Reports. But the Toyota cars? Well, they got better ratings every year! Say some system or component was below par on a Toyota. By the next year, it would move up to improved, and the scores proved that, because they got better and better! You wwre seeing that MOST IMPORTANT Continous Quality Improvement. They might have a different name for it, but you get the idea. That's what I call it anyway. The Buick Centuries (of THIS Century) and the (rebadged) Roadmasters? Just so missing in quality and reliability. Back in The Day, even if you bought the Lowly Chevy Biscayne because you lacked money as my Dad did as a Young Father, you still got a LOT of car for your money. A real Value.


Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen.


Shall we blame the Innovators, Entrepreneurs in their own Right,
who had a better pulse on The Market, who took their place, at overwhelming odds and built out of the ashes of war the most efficient continuous quality improvement ever known?

No. We shall reward them by buying their products, and never forget that they also employ those working in factories IN the United States and Canada!

So much for Nationalist Policies. Trade is always a double win-win. I am VERY Pleased with this arrangement as a Consumer and for the contribution to our Economy.

It's a PLEASURE (to me) to get in the car in the morning to go to work, to have a car that actually STARTS and Runs RELIABLY each and every day, which takes me there efficiently and safely. Provided by a Company that I feel has my back. What more could you ask for? ;-)

I am reminded of Chairman Toyoda's humility as he was being treated very shamefully by our Congress, for the software "acceleration" glitch that proved in the end to be entirely false, even as ANOTHER COMPANY designed and then hid the "Ignition Switch from Hell" Flaw. A FATAL Flaw.

One begins to Wonder Aloud that if the IGNITION SWITCH was bad, what about ANY and ALL of the OTHER components of said car from said manufacturer?

Did anyone in Congress have the decency to apologize to Chairman Toyoda for their absolute terrible treatment of him?

These kind of things bother me in my heart.


Sincerely and All the Best!

William PIETSCHMAN (W8LV)


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DE W8LV Bill

 

Yep! Sort of like how Apple doesn't want you to fix your computer or phone screen, nor the Mom and Pop place, either!

I like how they have a sleek design, but forget to have holes in the case to cool the thing down.





73 and All the Best!
DE W8LV Bill