Thread: S.M.A.R.T. car

Originally Posted by ApoloV

yo know.. how bout this.. I'd actually consider this if i had the skills..

makin a smart car that takes care of itself.......and by that i mean, using sensors some programming(?) if the cabin temp gets above xº it turns on a small low power fan to circulate the air (or opens the windows) if it opens the windows you'd have to join with a 2nd sensor that if it was raining (easy sensor found w/ sprinkler systems) it wouldnt allow the windows to open.

think of simple thinsg you do everyday in your car and automate those w/ the pc.. thats where the car can become "Smart" takin care of the tedious items that get annoying to the driver.

I think you'll find that the manufacturers are already doing this.

"if the cabin temp gets above xº it turns on a small low power fan to circulate the air "

I call that climate control !

On my car my windscreen wipers are automatic, my headlights are automatic, my mirrors automatically adjust when the seat is adjusted, If I switch the engine off and get out the car and don't lock the doos, it locks them after 10 minutes. Even my rear view mirror darkens when there are bright headlights behind !!

Originally Posted by ApoloV

Well good for you, however since the original poster has a '93 Del Sol that car does not contain any of this... frthermore not everyone's mdern day car have features such as that.. I know my '02 Acura doesnt have some of the features you listed...

And one more thing.. no offense if yuo arent but stop tryin to bust my chops after each suggestion.. I'm throwing out ideas for this guy so he can improve his car to possibly get the amenities found in more modern cars.. Granted your car has them for a reason but older cars dont, because they didnt get thought of yet. All those things to an older car would make it "Smarter" and be a valuable improvement over stock features.. Plus there are cars with multimedia systems from the factory but I would still put a PC in, why because I can and it give me more flexibility. Plus I enjoy working on my car and adding features from higher end cars that i couldnt afford.

I appreciate you pointing out to me though that all of my ideas are already out there, but for the most part thats why i listed them.... That along with some of the ideas that I do have would take more computing power and indepth programming... But then again those ideas I know are already starting in their development and if i said them you'd point that out too...

To the original poster good luck with your car man.. and just be creative by adding things your car doesnt have (even if other cars come with it)

Ok, no-one is trying to put you down, butI can see how it might have come across like that, so sorry.

My point is that, for some of the features you are discussing, the cost to do it and the actual product that you would end up with just do not equate. For example for climate control you would need to install servos that did all the stuff you would do manually, otherwise it would be useless. There are plenty of other creative things you can do, so I'm not one to stifle that.

Originally Posted by sdashiki

its nice to have money.

With the exception of the moving mirrors i think my ex birds little renault clio had all these as standard. The tech to do all this is so cheap now that they put it on small card that cost around £8K. No sure about the auto wipers though - i like to have the radio playing when i wash the car! (suppose there is an 'off' switch somewhere)