[QUOTE=Strontboer;51875038]Maybe one of you can shed some light on my situation. Been thinking about this problem for a few days now.
The M54B30 engine uses drive-by-wire. There's no physical throttle cable. I would idealy put individual throttle body's on it from an S50 engine. These however, use a throttle cable.
I can convert everything mechanicaly. The problem is : how will this go with the ECU.
Because I'm losing the e-pedal signal, and the original tps sensor.
For example : is the S50 tps sensor the same? The connector isn't. but I can't find out if the signals itself are different.
And, can the ecu run with only 1 tps sensor. etc.[/QUOTE]
First thing I'd do is try to get a hold of wiring diagrams for both engines. You might be able to use the TPS as a fake E-pedal, but I have no idea how the ECU would react to it. With the wiring diagrams and a multimeter you can easily figure out if the signals match.
The only luxury car interior that does anything for me is the Model S/X. It's so minimalist I love it.
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[QUOTE=Del91;51876247]I sat in a couple infinity's, namely a q70 sedan and their big ass tank of an SUV(qx80?), then a Hyundai Genesis...er genesis g80 and then sitting in a brand new Honda Civic.
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Even the weight of the doors felt cheap. :v:[/QUOTE]
new cheap is a whole different kind of cheap. I like old cheap when they were built to work and nothing else, not built to last just long enough for your teenage daughter to wreck it
[QUOTE=Morgen;51876260]The only luxury car interior that does anything for me is the Model S/X. It's so minimalist I love it.
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The only anything that does anything for you is anything electric it seems
the only cool evs are 20+ year old turds converted with a forklift motor and lead acid batteries
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make that 25+ I forgot that it's 2017
Wheeler dealers had a Maserati BiTurbo that was EV converted, which they then updated. Pretty interesting episode.
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[QUOTE=Morgen;51876260]The only luxury car interior that does anything for me is the Model S/X. It's so minimalist I love it.
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Touchscreen to control pretty much everything riles me up something incredibly fierce.
Give me my physical buttons, actuators and levers back.
In Tesla's defense the driver can control most stuff from the steering wheel.
[QUOTE=Gulen;51876492]In Tesla's defense the driver can control most stuff from the steering wheel.[/QUOTE]
"most" isn't good enough, also that's gonna be clunky with those few buttons I see.
"most" as in pretty much anything you would want to do while driving, not stuff like adjust ride height or opening windows/doors.
[QUOTE=Gulen;51876642]"most" as in pretty much anything you would want to do while driving, not stuff like adjust ride height or opening windows/doors.[/QUOTE]
You wouldn't want to be able to open windows while driving? :v:
[QUOTE=Van-man;51876488]Touchscreen to control pretty much everything riles me up something incredibly fierce.
Give me my physical buttons, actuators and levers back.[/QUOTE]
I can't wait until California makes it illegal since it's literally a giantass phone you can't even take into periphery of your driving view.
[QUOTE=butre;51876117]luxury cars reinforce my love of crap[/QUOTE]
I borrowed a 2015 Ford Fusion and hated it, but may or may not buy a corroded, banged-up '02 Sunfire GT today.
[QUOTE=Ldesu;51876314]The only anything that does anything for you is anything electric it seems[/QUOTE]
The BMW i3 has the most annoying infotainment system, and overall a very meh interior. The VW e-Golf interior is also awful just because of the instrument cluster being useless for an EV.
[QUOTE=Morgen;51876260]The only luxury car interior that does anything for me is the Model S/X. It's so minimalist I love it.
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You know I never really looked at interior shots of a tesla, but holy shit that giant ipad makes it ugly from the get go. Where are my dials?
Like, it kicks the "2006 render of a car interior design" from meh to nah
The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51877277]The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.[/QUOTE]
maybe not with VAG "quality"
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51877277]The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.[/QUOTE]
My climate controls in my 31 year old car are still minty fresh, thankyouverymuch.
And think of all the people I've not killed because I don't have to take my eyes off the road to look at it while travelling 70 miles an hour!
Suck my chrome.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51877277]The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.[/QUOTE]
my climate control knobs still feel fine after 180k
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51877277]The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.[/QUOTE]
sadly we've junked it now, but our old e34 had done 480k km and the buttons and knobs were all fine.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51877277]The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.[/QUOTE]
I have literally never had to replace a button or dial in any of our vehicles due to it being visibly worn or nonfunctional, and we have some old as dogshit vehicles.
I value the ability to change hvac and etc. Without taking my eyes off the road over having a very gaudy touch screen.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51877277]The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.[/QUOTE]
Who cares about it looking used, as long as it works 100% fine.
I'd rather have a ratty looking car that's mechanically fine, than a princess pretty deathtrap with reliance on a fuckexpensive and [I]clunky to use while driving[/I] part for everything 'infotainment' to work.
[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;51877306]maybe not with VAG "quality"[/QUOTE]
Moist or greasy hands and fingers are a menace to the rubbercoating on late 90's and up VAG buttons.
Though repair kits with fresh rubber paint, applicator and templates for your switches exists nowadays.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51877277]The tesla sells me alone on the central screen.
Makes me moist.
Fuck you guys and your Muh buttons. No one can make a button that won't show wear after 100k miles.[/QUOTE]
39 year old Kadett. The absolute cheapest version that was sold here. It still has the original dash and buttons.
Big display is okay, it's just that they took a regular sized monitor/tv screen and make the dash around it's formfactor. Instead, they should have adapted the screen to fit into the dash. It looks horrible.
On topic, I spend WAY too much time cleaning my steering rack. Going to be installing E36 lower control arms, which are about an inch or 2? wider. This also means I have to lenghten my control rods from the steering rack. FUN
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[QUOTE=Xanadu;51877044]I borrowed a 2015 Ford Fusion and hated it, but may or may not buy a corroded, banged-up '02 Sunfire GT today.[/QUOTE]
I borrowed an 11 Fusion while my car was in the shop the first go of things for the engine problems. Despised that car, too.
And yesterday I spent $500 on a 30 year old car without power steering or brakes and even less displacement than the fusion. Yet the truck can still drive faster and get there quicker than that fusion.
How are big-ass touch screens in car even legal? I can already see some playing with it and causing an accident
[QUOTE=Timezbrick;51877805]How are big-ass touch screens in car even legal? I can already see some playing with it and causing an accident[/QUOTE]
Same argument as to why radio or other infotainment systems legal.... Why are climate controls legal...
I've had cars with touchscreens before. Once you get used to it then it's really no worse than getting used to a new car with a different button layout. You can use all the main functions without looking.
[QUOTE=Morgen;51877861]I've had cars with touchscreens before. Once you get used to it then it's really no worse than getting used to a new car with a different button layout. You can use all the main functions without looking.[/QUOTE]
I can't, but I'm also a touch-typer and that has bled into using the center console of my car.
Also you'd need to make the buttons and dials on a touchscreen REALLY big to compensate for the lack of physical tactile feedback that the shape of buttons & levers provides.
[QUOTE=Van-man;51877885]I can't, but I'm also a touch-typer and that has bled into using the center console of my car.
Also you'd need to make the buttons and dials on a touchscreen REALLY big to compensate for the lack of physical tactile feedback that the shape of buttons & levers provides.[/QUOTE]
Anything touch related designed to be used while driving certainly does require the UI elements to be very large. But if they are then you can certainly use all the main functionality without looking. You aren't gonna type on it or anything like that but dragging your finger across UI elements that remain in the same place is easy enough.
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