Andy
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It sounds simple enough… I just didn’t know that an Apple TV could create a wireless network. I’ve never had a reason to do that. I’m guessing you create a network with the Apple TV, then enter a static on the Apple TV in the range of the phone’s WAN IP. Then by having the phone join the Apple TV network the Apple TV can use the WAN through the phone It just surprises me that the phone would pass/route a WAN IP through the wireless connection. What kind of phone is it?
Very inticing none the less….
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Andy, did you ever explain how you were able to watch Netflix through your phone while on your entertainment system in the bus without accruing data charges?
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Ron. – we eat at steamers every time we’re in Gulf Shores / Orange Beach. I gotta say… you did some serious damage on those oysters. Never seen a bill that much there (and we typically have 6-8 ) – at least you get some free mini golf!! Bonus!
as for Fairhope. I have a buddy who lives there, and my sister in law of from Robertsdale – (just outside fairhope) A great southern town. I may just end up there permanently some day.
“Roll Tide Roll”
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We are slide folks. However, we have on occasion left the slides in to stay the night in tight quarters for one night, rather than take a chance on a “professional” driver backing into the slides because he didn’t see it.
You must have a floor plan that will work with the slides either way. In or out.
I will never forget a Rally in Branson, Mo. parked next to George and Cory in their XL after a driver had backed into the passenger side of their bus at a Truck stop. Broke my heart seeing an XL banged up like that. Next time I saw them they were driving an H3.
Can’t be too careful.
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Lol! I just had 2 cruise airs repaired by Kyle and the gang from Tradewinds. I can’t wait to get there and not exactly use them…..
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What Davy’s car had was electronic stability control. It is a feature on almost every car today and on late model Prevost coaches.
It did what it was supposed to do which is to prevent an out of control slide or skid. And yes I think it is a great feature, but not a replacement for a driver that should be working very hard to avoid it from ever having to engage. Davy’s situation was a perfect example of a condition that happens in the blink of an eye and before he could react the system was at work.
As long as a driver does not rely on the system to salvage an error in judgment it is a great tool.
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I have enjoyed reading the conversation back and forth without really having a strong opinion either way. I like to know about new technology and I like to read other peoples experiences with it but I am normally a slow adapter.
My brother forced a computer into my life in the mid 90’s. He said it was the future and I needed to get with the program. A job forced a pager on me about the same time. Another job forced a cell phone on me in 99.
They were all correct. The advances that were forced on me, helped me compete and in a lot of ways made my life easier. I was an early adapter (for once) to smart phones and although there are times I would like to throw it in the river, it makes our road lives a whole lot easier and more convenient.
The new features on cars and buses are a moot point to me. I am driving my “last” bus and I usually buy older cars to tow behind so many of the new features will take years to trickle down to me.
I had an eye opening experience in our car tonight. We were driving home from flat farm country through a snow squall and very heavy wind. I am experienced driving in snow for 35 years. Certainly not upstate New York experience, but I have driven in snow every year for all my driving years.
We were driving about 30 MPH in near white out conditions but mostly clear pavement. We were going through 2″-6″ drifts and wind gusts every half mile or so.
Then the wind really picked up and the snow was suddenly drifted deeper across the road. There were cars in the opposite lane and they were swerving into our lane and off the road. I let off the gas, avoided the brake and was trying to stay in my lane.
We were sliding toward the ditch and other cars and then my little car started making all kinds of beeps and noises. I have no idea what feature it has but while beeping it straightened in my lane and when the white out and drifting was passed, we were back on clear pavement and cars behind us were in the ditches.
I consider myself a safe and capable driver (My guess is most people view themselves the same way) but I was on my way to the ditch but some feature on my 2006 Scion Xb saved the day.
You guys know me, I am quick to thank God for everything and give Him credit. But some of the credit this time goes to whatever feature was going crazy in my car tonight.
I guess you can color me some where in the middle on this conversation. I want to be the best driver I can be. I want to stay alert and keep my driving skills sharp. However, when things go out of my control and some automatic feature can assist me, I will take it. Other wise me and my two girls were going to the ditch tonight.
It was way too cold for that!
Davy
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Linda, that’s snow, had it last Christmas in Sante Fe now this year in Ft Collins. We’re hoping to up our odds of Santa visiting with white stuff on the ground, but alas the Redhead has been naughty again this year. …….. Probably not gonna happen…….
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Heck… where do I sign up? My wife needs these!
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ABS does a lot more than reduce the need to modulate the brakes to avoid lockup.
If you are familiar with a stress-strain curve in material science, a tire force-slip plot looks very similar.
Tire slip does not mean the same thing as slide or skid, it’s a function of the elasticity of the tire. In order to accelerate, the wheel has to rotate faster than you would calculate it should for the instantaneous vehicle speed. More tire slip creates more force up until a point. Eventually, the force maximizes and then begins reducing. At this point, the tire is unstable and locks up almost instantaneously.
ABS monitors wheel speed and cycles to keep the tire at the peak of the force-slip curve. That’s the pulsing. Not only that, but it does it for each tire independently. You would need 4 (or more) pedals to achieve the same. They also have means to determine what type of surface the vehicle is operating on, whether it’s different left to right, whether it has changed since the beginning of the event, whether there is a space-saver spare installed, etc. It also attempts to balance stopping, vehicle stability, and steering ability.
We had drivers that thought they could beat the ABS, so we had them try one day, in a straight line on a dry course (ideal conditions). Suffice it to say, they could not.
The same is true of ESC.
I don’t think ABS or ESC does much to coax a driver into an inattentive state though. It could give some a false sense of security, but it’s still well worth having.
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I guess I’m not understanding the reluctance to advances in engineering and safety.
Ok, I get it, you don’t want to have a totally autonomous vehicle.
I like the Prevost Aware System that shows me what speed the car in front of me is going. If a slow car pulls in front of me, the speedometer lights up in yellow how fast ‘that’ car/truck is going. As I get closer, the coach will slow but I usually disengage the cruise.
For instance, if I take half a second and l’m looking at my left mirror and a car on my right, at that exact time, starts to pull in front of me, the warnings will go off. How can that be bad?
Normally, I’m the slower vehicle on the interstate. I roll about 60-65 depending on the posted speed (I go 55 mph in California). If I come up on a car going 45 mph, the coach detects it which is a nice safety feature.
I know that many of you guys are excellent driver’s without the safety features, but I like’m.
We all have been caught off guard and had to make evasive moves. Stability control, ABS, seat-belts and all the other warnings and safety items are a good thing to me.
Safe travels,
Mark
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Correct Dick,
I forgot to add to my description that after turning off the engine I turned the switches off to let the charger do its work. Also your thought of a Phantom load greater than the charger can keep up with seems excessive. I Know I have something going on because if i let the charger do its thing to float with the switches off the batteries come up. Then the red charge light comes on immediately when I turn the switches on. My main reason for posting was to let Charles know that the charger could show float if the batteries are completely dead. That seemed to be throwing him off. I may have gotten too deep in the weeds with the other info. Jeff
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Charles,
I have the Marinco charger which i believe is the updated version of the guest that you have. I have had the same thing happen and heres what I have found. In my case if I leave the 12 and 24 volt switches on my batteries will drain down over a period of several weeks. This will happen even with the charger on. This tells me that I have a Phantom draw that is a little more than the 6amp charger can keep up with. If this happens the charger will show the green light indicating the batteries are charged when in fact they are dead. The charger is not sensing a battery to be charged because they are too dead. When this happened to me I used my boost to get it started then shut if down. The charger took over once the batteries had a little charge in them. I know this doesnt help you get started but this could give you a clue as to what is going on. Jeff
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No. I said a driver I know caravans by setting his cruise a couple of miles per hour more than the lead coach cruise is set and lets the adaptive braking maintain the spacing.
If someone tailgates me it will not be long before they pass because I will slow down enough to make them want to pass. I have enough issues with the morons in front of me and I don’t want to be driving my coach by looking in the mirrors.
We are going to disagree because I guarantee self driving cars will do to driver skills what plane systems have done to pilots.
A lot of drivers are really bad now. And it is getting worse because of the technology you are embracing.
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Thanks Dick n Jon
will work on all this after our Sea World Day of fun Lol