Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:41:15 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject: Re: Friday, update on Prius electronics rant
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but you couldn't drive it,
so not really comparable.
besides the capabilities of a $ 6Kcomputer would be like a Tesla
compared to your Prius ..
if Tesla made a hybird that is.
before too long most people-hauling private vehicles will be hybrid or EV,
and you'll programwhere you want your car to take you with your laptop
at home first.
actually it's a plot ..
to get entire societies totally dependent on electricity and computers ..
and when those get glitched up ...everything stops, fuel, roads, water,
power.......... everything. I readabout it in Modern Alien
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On 9/20/2013 11:56 AM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> But I could buy a lot of computer for six grand!!
>
> ---- Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>> Sounds so much like computer glitches and repair, doesn't it !
>>
>> welcome to the world of............. 'your car isa computer with a motor
>> to make it go, plus wheels.'
>>
>> For myself...........uh....'no thanks.' !~
>>
>>
>> On 9/20/2013 10:03 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>>> Some of you may recall my rant about the "multi-function display" going out in my Toyota Prius, and the exorbitant (extortionist) price for replacement ($6.3K new, $2.9K rebuilt).
>>>
>>> I got a used unit, allegedly from a low mileage Prius, and to avoid possible electronic glitches during installation had a dealer put it in. I paid $175 (including shipping) for the unit, and with a "loyal customer discount," got it installed for $99 (one hour labor at $125, discounted). It works, at least for now.
>>>
>>> But another thing to irritate the customer (me) popped up. After I had already bought the used unit, but before it was installed, one of the dealers I'd spoken with about this called me, and said they had a repair program. They would remove the unit, send it to "the factory," where it would be rebuilt, and install it, all for $375. I certainly would have done that. That option should have been offered up front. I would have had to drive around with a hole in the dash, and be without air conditioning (not a trivial thing in Oklahoma in September), heat, and audio (or at least their full functions) for ten days or so, but would have felt better about a repair with a Toyota warranty than a used unit of an electronic component known to be failure prone.
>>>
>>> But oh well. For now, I have a functioning unit.
>>>
>>> mcneely
>>>
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> David McNeely
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