Headlights

My wife used to leave the headlights on some of the time when she left
our 2003 Merc Sable. Then the lights would run the battery down to
nothing.

Now my Chevy Aveo LT 2011 Turns OFF the headlamps (all lighting) as
soon as the key is turned off and removed (within one second).
Amazing IMPROVEMENT from my point of view.

One less thing to worry about.

Lg

Nicholas > wrote:
>
>My wife used to leave the headlights on some of the time when she left
>our 2003 Merc Sable. Then the lights would run the battery down to
>nothing.
>
>Now my Chevy Aveo LT 2011 Turns OFF the headlamps (all lighting) as
>soon as the key is turned off and removed (within one second).
>Amazing IMPROVEMENT from my point of view.

Except now your wife will forget to turn the key off.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 10 Dec 2011 17:59:53 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>Nicholas > wrote:
>>
>>My wife used to leave the headlights on some of the time when she left
>>our 2003 Merc Sable. Then the lights would run the battery down to
>>nothing.
>>
>>Now my Chevy Aveo LT 2011 Turns OFF the headlamps (all lighting) as
>>soon as the key is turned off and removed (within one second).
>>Amazing IMPROVEMENT from my point of view.
>
>Except now your wife will forget to turn the key off.
>--scott

She isn't that far gone yet, but admits to having filled a cup with
water one recent morning and sat down to drink the cup of coffee she
never made.

I don't think telling her to check to make sure she turned the lights
off is going to work at this point.

Lg

Nicholas > wrote:
>On 10 Dec 2011 17:59:53 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>>
>>Except now your wife will forget to turn the key off.
>
>She isn't that far gone yet, but admits to having filled a cup with
>water one recent morning and sat down to drink the cup of coffee she
>never made.
>
>I don't think telling her to check to make sure she turned the lights
>off is going to work at this point.

Don't people get taught to go through a mental checklist anymore?
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 11 Dec 2011 10:16:44 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>Nicholas > wrote:
>>On 10 Dec 2011 17:59:53 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>>>
>>>Except now your wife will forget to turn the key off.
>>
>>She isn't that far gone yet, but admits to having filled a cup with
>>water one recent morning and sat down to drink the cup of coffee she
>>never made.
>>
>>I don't think telling her to check to make sure she turned the lights
>>off is going to work at this point.
>
>Don't people get taught to go through a mental checklist anymore?
>--scott

Were you?

Nicholas > wrote:
>>>I don't think telling her to check to make sure she turned the lights
>>>off is going to work at this point.
>>
>>Don't people get taught to go through a mental checklist anymore?
>
>Were you?

Sure, that's part of driver's education. Get in the car, check brake on,
transmission in neutral, seat belts on, choke out, clutch out, start the
car, choke in, wait for oil pressure, look both ways, first gear, parking
brake off, clutch in, look again, pull out.

You didn't have to memorize checklists in driver's ed?
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Nicholas" > wrote in >
> Now my Chevy Aveo LT 2011 Turns OFF the headlamps (all lighting) as
> soon as the key is turned off and removed (within one second).
> Amazing IMPROVEMENT from my point of view.
>
> One less thing to worry about.
>
> Lg

Our Toyotas give you a little time to get from the garage
to the house, and then they turn off all lights. They havent
failed yet, but with anything that has a bit of complexity
in design and manufacturing, they could fail.

On 11 Dec 2011 16:22:11 -0500, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> Nicholas > wrote:
>>>>I don't think telling her to check to make sure she turned the lights
>>>>off is going to work at this point.
>>>
>>>Don't people get taught to go through a mental checklist anymore?
>>
>>Were you?
>
> Sure, that's part of driver's education. Get in the car, check brake on,
> transmission in neutral, seat belts on, choke out, clutch out, start the
> car, choke in, wait for oil pressure, look both ways, first gear, parking
> brake off, clutch in, look again, pull out.
>
> You didn't have to memorize checklists in driver's ed?
> --scott

You forgot to apply the service brake before releasing the parking brake

On 11 Dec 2011 16:22:11 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>Nicholas > wrote:
>>>>I don't think telling her to check to make sure she turned the lights
>>>>off is going to work at this point.
>>>
>>>Don't people get taught to go through a mental checklist anymore?
>>
>>Were you?
>
>Sure, that's part of driver's education. Get in the car, check brake on,
>transmission in neutral, seat belts on, choke out, clutch out, start the
>car, choke in, wait for oil pressure, look both ways, first gear, parking
>brake off, clutch in, look again, pull out.
>
>You didn't have to memorize checklists in driver's ed?
>--scott

No.
But when I got my DL, there was no such thing as drivers Ed

I had private instruction.

Lg

On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:56:03 +1300, Bret > wrote:

>On 11 Dec 2011 16:22:11 -0500, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
>> Nicholas > wrote:
>>>>>I don't think telling her to check to make sure she turned the lights
>>>>>off is going to work at this point.
>>>>
>>>>Don't people get taught to go through a mental checklist anymore?
>>>
>>>Were you?
>>
>> Sure, that's part of driver's education. Get in the car, check brake on,
>> transmission in neutral, seat belts on, choke out, clutch out, start the
>> car, choke in, wait for oil pressure, look both ways, first gear, parking
>> brake off, clutch in, look again, pull out.
>>
>> You didn't have to memorize checklists in driver's ed?
>> --scott
>
>You forgot to apply the service brake before releasing the parking brake

I got my DL in 1961. No such thing as Driver's Ed in the public
school system, except for some VERY rudimentary junk.

Of course, I still had to take a road test and a written test to get
the State License.

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