Fetch Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I don't know if many people remember Alain de Cadenet had a series where he was driving cars around, really nice cars. He also did a series on airplanes and this was about 20 years ago. The link is under copyright issues so click on the youtube link and it will get you to the video. Watch the middle right and turn up the volume for the v12. Ray Hanna was at the controls and imho I could watch this alot. 2 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Buckle up girls. My buddy Lindsay is here and he showed me this shit. Holy shit 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 One morgazum 2 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just another day at the office. The fastest American made car and the fastest American made civilian aircraft. 3 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Go USA and Vive la France. Aircraft owner's '16 Corvette and Falcon 50. The drivers door is left cracked open in case the driver screws up and locks the keys in the car. 2 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Must be a Scarebus. :rofl: 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 The drivers door is left cracked open in case the driver screws up and locks the keys in the car. With pretty much all new cars, this isn't possible. If it is possible in the Corvette, that's a fail. :sneaky: Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 With pretty much all new cars, this isn't possible. If it is possible in the Corvette, that's a fail. :sneaky: No fault of the car. SOP to try to eliminate human error. When the aircraft taxis to a stop, the passengers vehicle is pulled up to the aircraft. Either the door is left cracked open or the driver's window is left partially down so if the valet driver accidentally hits the lock button, it won't cause a huge embarrassing scene. If the passenger, pilot, passenger's kid, passenger's dog etc... hits the lock button while loading luggage into the car, then it's their bad, not ours. Happened to me 2 times in 30 years. 2 times too many, thus the procedures. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 No fault of the car. SOP to try to eliminate human error. When the aircraft taxis to a stop, the passengers vehicle is pulled up to the aircraft. Either the door is left cracked open or the driver's window is left partially down so if the valet driver accidentally hits the lock button, it won't cause a huge embarrassing scene. Yes, but most modern cars sense the proximity of the key. Therefore, when the key is in the car, it will immediately unlock itself when you push the lock button. My wife's 2012 Focus is a prime example. You can lock the doors, toss the key inside, shut the door, and it immediately unlocks itself. If it's running, it won't even let you lock it if the door is open. Pretty much every car made in the last 2-3 years does this. So if the brand new $70k Corvette doesn't have one simple feature my cheapo 2013 Mazda2 has, that's a fail. ^_^ I can see how you'd have been burned by it in the past (as have I), but not with new cars. They finally made at least that bit idiot-proof. :rofl: 1 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 As I have been attempting to manage employees for the past 30 years, I can assure you that idiot-proof is not attainable. Idiot resistant is the best that can be achieved. People will find a very creative way to screw up anything. Our company president has a new Suburban and one of our employees moved it in the secure parking lot. He always leaves the electronic key in the vehicle. The vehicle was moved back to it's regular parking place, the door was shut and as the employee was walking away, the horn beeped. The keys are locked in the car. The boss is 15 min out in the company aircraft. Mobile locksmith comes to the rescue and he drives away as the company aircraft taxis to a stop. Boss never knew. The procedures shall remain in place. :sweat: 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 I spent 21 years in the USAF doing systems engineering and procurement for many different types of systems. I always had to correct the contractor's systems engineering types who claimed a "fool proof" system architecture. "You can make a system fool proof! You may make a system idiot proof! But at 4 o'clock in the morning you cannot make a system proof to a bored Air Force technician looking at a blank screen!" My design Com Satellite outlasted its "replacement" by 25 years and sucessfully performed its mission until the 3rd generation replacement. I don't know if the 3rd generation replacement outlasted my "antique" originals because I have been retired for too many years to ask my contacts. 1 Quote Link to comment
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