What if it Snows?

Well, about this 2019 "spare" they got me in this week........

On the outbound leg, headed toward Chicago on I-65 in Indiana, a minivan cuts in front of me.

There's an electronic beeping sound on the dash, and the display shows what looks like a graphic of the back of a minivan, surrounded by a square reticle.

"Cool!" I think to myself, "I have MISSILE LOCK!"

So I start pressing all the unmarked buttons on the dash and steering wheel, trying to find the firing button. (None of them are red, and no one told me how to fire the missles.)

So, a little farther along, a car in front of me slows down to take the exit, and I'm moving a little left to keep from hitting their bumper if they suddenly stop.

I get MISSILE LOCK again, but this time the brakes come on, too. Not a total brake slam, but much more aggressively than I would have applied them, had I FELT THE NEED TO DO SO.

Aw crap....I'm in a truck with Electronic Collision Avoidance.

So of course it's beeping almost continuously through Chicago, and Indianapolis, and Atlanta, and Cincinnati on the way back.

Now, so far I don't like it. But I made up my mind when I first heard about this crap I'm gonna give it a fair try and learn how to use it, instead of beating on the TM's desk screaming "I refuse" this and "I insist" that. My TM told me all the trucks we order are going that way, and it is only a matter of time before we all get one.

I learned how to get the best out of my Volvo I-Shift in all weather. I'll try with this, too.

"Collision Avoidance" is still MY job.

Having said that, I put out another mechanic application this week.

Sorry for the long post, but it was the only way I could slow you guys down so I can catch up!

BTW, Why will "North America never be the same" on Sunday?

 

It's under the RED toggle switch......flip it up to arm, hit cruse twice to launch.
Don't feel bad. It actually took me a couple of weeks to figure it out.
And this is something that people won't just tell you.

 

Just pull tha big long air horn lanyard and remind them how dumb they are

 

....and I was just LEAVING Chewy in Vandalia, as you were posting, dang ya~!

 

Okay, I'm here now, I can help ~!

 

The name on the door; your 'trainee..' just a bad jab, ... not toward you by any means; sorry!

 

Cats belong IN ... THE ... TRUCK ... ~!!!! (Don'tcha know? Missed the memo?!?!?) I'd take mine, but she's too busy shmoozing my dog when I leave for work. She steals his treats and it's funny as ef, tbh~~!

ps: Willy @lovesthedrive .. I'm working on it, haha~!!

 

Good LAWD, from Joisey to Cali ..... CULTURE SHOCK at its best. Should've stayed in Ohio, you! Told ya, I've got parking. . . . LoL~!

 

Yep, bet @Judge was born there, haha! (Wife of mine born in NY, grew up in FL.....man she can cuss like a SAILOR if somebody stubs HER toe OR spills her coffee, LoL~! )

Hope you're back on the upswing, bro. . . for sure.