In the dumbest move ever, Chevy makes the horn honk when you adjust the high beams. I have always assumed this was on the long list of mistakes that would eventually get fixed. But no! It's on purpose!!!!
Quote: The Spark EV also features a Pedestrian Friendly Alert Function (PFAF) to alert those nearby of the vehicle’s presence. To activate a friendly horn, pull the turn signal lever toward you like you are flashing the headlights.
No, not "as if" you are flashing the headlights, it is every single time you in fact you actually flash the headlights.
Why add honking to the high beam switch? The largest control in the whole car is the steering-wheel size button that works the horn in every car on the planet. Why add honking to another switch that does something unrelated, two inches away? @#$%@#$^!!
There is NOTHING "friendly" about honking at pedestrians. "Pedestrian UNfriendly" is more like it. But second, why would they add this prickish honking to the completely common "flashing the headlights" action we all do frequently at highway speeds when pedestrians are nowhere near? And why won't GM let sensible drivers turn that dumbness off?
The PFAF also can be set to activate automatically. It is active in Drive and Reverse at speeds below 18 mph (28 km/h). The sound is intended to be barely audible in the cabin.
And now they just lie about it? Now they are talking about something else altogether, which has nothing to do with honking your horn. What clueless jerks.
And did you catch the "can be set" part??? You mean GM gives me the option to shut off this nearly silent humming? But does not let me shut off the obnoxious honking?
So in summary, GM renames "honking" as a *Friendly* alert, forces you to use it when you blink your lights at highway speeds. Then they disingenuously pretend that's the same as the practically silent humming that's on all the time. They let you turn off the quiet thing, but forces you to endure the crazy honking.
Jesus, I hate this car. No, I love the car, but I hate the many many amazingly stupid "features" that GM summer interns added which make absolutely no sense.
By the way, huge kudos to Sandyblogs for this post: http://sandyblogs.com/techlink/?p=2081 It has so much Spark EV info that I haven't seen anywhere else.
Quote: The Spark EV also features a Pedestrian Friendly Alert Function (PFAF) to alert those nearby of the vehicle’s presence. To activate a friendly horn, pull the turn signal lever toward you like you are flashing the headlights.
No, not "as if" you are flashing the headlights, it is every single time you in fact you actually flash the headlights.
Why add honking to the high beam switch? The largest control in the whole car is the steering-wheel size button that works the horn in every car on the planet. Why add honking to another switch that does something unrelated, two inches away? @#$%@#$^!!
There is NOTHING "friendly" about honking at pedestrians. "Pedestrian UNfriendly" is more like it. But second, why would they add this prickish honking to the completely common "flashing the headlights" action we all do frequently at highway speeds when pedestrians are nowhere near? And why won't GM let sensible drivers turn that dumbness off?
The PFAF also can be set to activate automatically. It is active in Drive and Reverse at speeds below 18 mph (28 km/h). The sound is intended to be barely audible in the cabin.
And now they just lie about it? Now they are talking about something else altogether, which has nothing to do with honking your horn. What clueless jerks.
And did you catch the "can be set" part??? You mean GM gives me the option to shut off this nearly silent humming? But does not let me shut off the obnoxious honking?
So in summary, GM renames "honking" as a *Friendly* alert, forces you to use it when you blink your lights at highway speeds. Then they disingenuously pretend that's the same as the practically silent humming that's on all the time. They let you turn off the quiet thing, but forces you to endure the crazy honking.
Jesus, I hate this car. No, I love the car, but I hate the many many amazingly stupid "features" that GM summer interns added which make absolutely no sense.
By the way, huge kudos to Sandyblogs for this post: http://sandyblogs.com/techlink/?p=2081 It has so much Spark EV info that I haven't seen anywhere else.