Car reboot

Rabelais

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There is as story about four engineers in a car that won't start.

The mechanical engineer says, "Let's strip it down and rebuild it.

The chemical engineer says, "It's the fuel, we should empty the tank and refill it with fresh petrol."

The electrical engineer says, "I think we should check the plugs and make sure we are getting a spark."

Finally, they notice that the computer engineer hasn't offered an opinion. "What do you think?" one of them asks.

He replied, "Why don't we all get out and then get back in again and see if that makes any difference?"
 
Let's not laugh, with the state of the excessively computerised cars they make now, that might work sometimes. ;D
 
Sometimes it does work that way! it must be the "chemestry" between the driver and the car.

There was a time in which I was driving mother's car in highschool, I did not understand/like that car, it usually reminded me about "Christine" movie.

It was like more that 20 years ago, a station wagon standard red renault car, red. I use to have 4 tips for me to enable to start the engine.
1 Put in neutral and move it to front and back a couple of times.
2 Put in fourth and do the same
3 Push the clutch like tree times before start it
4 Get out, breath, and start over again, and or call for help

Worst, help arrived, did same and the engine's car started. Of curse, at that time, it was not funny to me. :D
 
:lol: :rotfl:

mabar, your comment about the "chemistry" between the car and the driver reminded me of driving with one with one headlight on.
 
:lol:

There is a backstory (based on true events) to the computer engineer's suggestion. It goes like this:

The riding lawnmower won't start.

The mechanical engineer says, "Let's strip it down and rebuild it.

The chemical engineer says, "It's the fuel, we should empty the tank and refill it with fresh petrol."

The electrical engineer says, "I think we should check the plugs and make sure we are getting a spark."

Then the physicist arrives. He says, "Let's replace that burned out headlight, and tighten that loose bolt on the seat. Then we try to start it again."

The computer engineer says, "Are you nuts?"

The physicist responds, "Just try it!"

They try it, and the mower starts.

:shock:
 
Actually this is not very funny to me.

My car has an HD FM radio, although technically it has both a regular FM and a HD compatible FM (which receives both). This means that it has two antenna connections, only one of which (the HD input) is actually connected.

Occasionally I will turn on my car and the radio goes to the regular FM receiver (with no antenna) and I have no radio reception. I turn the car off, remove the key and then on, and its fine. :mad:

Once I went into the garage, inserted the key, turned on the car, and NOTHING happened. Multiple repeats of this yielded no change. Only the shift lights on the console lit up, everything else was dead. I went to work and tried it again later that day, and voila, everything was "fine"... Apparently the car decided to go into a cold reboot at the moment I tried to start it.

There are other bugs in the error handling system where if I try to start the car with the fuel door open, it goes into this strange error mode that it won't get out of by simply closing the fuel door, I have to turn off the car and start again.

With modern cars, you are not driving an internal combustion engine, you are driving a collection of networked computers. I have two cars and my "other" car once had an error code. I took it to the dealer. I was told "the router failed". Seriously? My car has a friggin' router in it? I was told, yes, and it really is like the router you use on your home internet.
 
Cars, mechanics, electricity, electromagnetism, etc., related, is something that I do not know much, so I went to do a quick search, at the end is all related, and considering how things are developing in the earth, sun, climate change, etc., found this that might be useful:
_http://www.ehow.com/how_7706523_make-static-spray-car-seats.html How to Make Your Own Anti Static Spray for Car Seats, made with vinegar or Fabric Softener
_http://www.ehow.com/how_6087761_rid-static-car.html How to Get Rid of Static in a Car said:
Static electricity can be a nuisance anytime, but is particularly annoying during the cold winter months when indoor heating decreases the humidity in the air and causes static. It seems to be more apparent when getting in and out of your car and can be dangerous at the gas pump. The most effective way to get rid of static in your car is to get rid of it on your body and from your car seats.

_http://hubpages.com/hub/Solenoid-Problems-Diagnosing-Electrical-Problems-Properly Solenoid Problems -- Diagnosing Car Electrical Problems Properly said:
Solenoid problems are a very often hidden problem that can cause quite a bit of electrical problems. Most people have never heard of a solenoid, and when their vehicles start having electrical problems they automatically assume that the battery or the starter is dead.

My father use to tell me that the best mechanical fixes are made by people/mechanics that are pretty much in the middle of nowhere/freeway. Of course, with a typical old cars?, not the modern super computerized nowadays types of cars, that you open the hood and do not know which is what or what is where.

There are some tips/comments in above link that are usefull too.

I use to have an S-10 pickup truck, it had an aftermarker alarm with the purpose to break the electric current and prevent to start the engine (it did not prevent other car parts being robbed, though. There were times in which, there was an static electricity in the air/area and just couldn't deactivate the alarm. I wonder if spraying vinegar would had worked.
 

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