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They're just keeping their options open. Who hasn't seen drivers cross four busy lanes with the wrong turn signal going? This lends some legitimacy.Congratulations, Mini, You Made The Stupidest Turn Signals Ever
I'm all for having fun with taillights, but come on, there are just some lines you don't cross
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Congratulations, Mini, You Made The Stupidest Turn Signals Ever
I'm all for having fun with taillights, but come on, there are just some lines you don't cross
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Perfect for the Boston metro area (where there be many Minis, in fact)! To paraphrase Dave Barry, turn signals only serve to give information to the enemy.
Wait! They did that without electronics? Is it hydraulic?
Used a small electric motor turning a cam that switched relays.
I know. I just thought it was funny use of the word, without electronics. Like relays and electric motor’s aren’t electronic.
They aren't electronic, they're electrical. At least in the UK.
I'd get rid of the front and back windows and have the front seats reversed so they face the back seats. You could have a pull down display if you don't want to talk with or look at the person across from you. If you're not driving no reason to deal with windshield issues and airbags popping up in your face, detaching your retinas. Let the carriage master take care of everything!
Not surprisingly, I am probably using the words wrong (lay person). So I went and looked it up. Most definitions agree on semi-conductors making a device electronic. And things such as AC circuits are electrical. Some seem to imply that few DC circuits are electrical? Some indicate electrical is anything doing with electricity and electronics deals with circuits. One suggested that relays and transistors could be thought of as the intersection between electronic (usually) and electrical circuits. So by many definitions if an electrical motor was directly activating the relay, then yep, electrical, though some would still allow the use of electronic.
Yes, pretty stupid, but what happens when marketing influences design. The mini was marketed by BMW on the basis of its 'Britishness', so they used the UK Union flag as a styling reference for the lights.Congratulations, Mini, You Made The Stupidest Turn Signals Ever
I'm all for having fun with taillights, but come on, there are just some lines you don't cross
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Pretty much every electrical device these days contains electronics.
A high school buddy had a ‘73 Thunderbird with similar signals and the turn signal control module went bad. As I recall, the replacement module was something like $300 and without it, he couldn’t pass Inspection.
Well you could rewire it to use a regular blinker module. Not everyone knew how obviously. Cheap fix if you did.
The electric and the electronic. The analog and the digital.
A bit late, but I wanted to add that black is often the easiest option for plastics products which have a long lifetime. The added carbon black in the plastic acts as UV protection and is preventing degradation. See what happens to coloured plastic plastic toys over time. Carbon black stays black over many years and also protects the polymer matrix.why are remotes black? you never find them in the dark.
