Comments on: Our Van: Annoyingly Awesome

By: Kari

Kari — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:15:45 +0000

You know what’s funny? Your truck is as old as I am!

It also reminds me of our van – a 1997 Plymoth Voyager. Sometimes the windshield wipers go on their own when I make a left hand turn. I’m kinda used to it now, but it does get annoying.

By: MWT

MWT — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:59:09 +0000

Hrm. Didn’t know that.

Shawn, how’s the pushups going?

By: Jim W.

Jim W. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:06:23 +0000

A little trivia about MWT’s post about the buzzer.

Believe it or not, it wasn’t to be less jarring that the automakers went to the more pleasing chime. The old buzzer would create several hundred volts of electrical noise in the power system. The on-board computers didn’t like this much!

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:08:59 +0000

There is usually a combination code that will shut that off. It’s usually a combination of hitting the brake in a code with the key turned to accessory.

I googled the code for a GM truck a few years ago and it worked. I had to try the combination a few times but it eventually went.

By: mattw

mattw — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:37:28 +0000

My friend has a Prius that will have a light go on in the dash if there’s any weight in the front seats and the buckle isn’t buckled. I don’t think it dings in perpetuity though.

By: Shawn Powers

Shawn Powers — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:58:22 +0000

If it burns fat, I might be willing…

By: Kisintin

Kisintin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:56:50 +0000

And one day the Fords will use us for battery power. Take the blue pill instead.

By: MWT

MWT — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:27:18 +0000

Back in the 70s it wasn’t a pleasant “ding ding ding” … my mother had a car that made a jarring “bzzzzzt!” noise. Since my mother doesn’t like to buckle, she tried to get it to stop by buckling the belt behind her instead (back then there was only the waist belt, not the shoulder thing). After a while the car must’ve caught on because it started buzzing even when it was buckled that way.

By: Candy

Candy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:23:15 +0000

Heh, I put a REALLY heavy box of books and other crap on the front seat one day and I had to buckle ours (2005 Ford Freestar – or something like that) to make it shut up.