Tech Questions
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@Snowy the "version 2.0" facelift has the flat coloured panel on the front instead of a black "grill". Apparently the new one is slightly more efficient as well and was RWD by default.
Yours would be the original as a '22 model. I like the look of them actually but felt that it wasn't quite the family car I was after.
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@NTA Yep that's the one. Pah, RWD. I made the mistake of a 2wd EV previously. A sloping metal driveway in a super torquey EV that weighs 1.9 tonne is a fuck up.
@NTA said in Tech Questions:
I like the look of them actually but felt that it wasn't quite the family car I was after.
Very wise. Would be absolutely hopeless. There is no room in the back for passengers (esp over 4ft tall) and one of the reasons I bought it. I used to carry 400 whingers around in the back of planes, now I can't even abide one in the back of a car.
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@dogmeat said in Tech Questions:
@Snowy said in Tech Questions:
I used to carry 400 whingers around in the back of planes
I thought you'd returned to commercial piloting?
I have. I took a job that didn’t have whingers wanting better booze and snacks.
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The WE.ev charger at Hamilton council was good at 49kW and I'd not have wasted my time with Hikotron this arvo if I'd known that. Having the option to just charge without an account is important. Tap n go would be better across the board.
Also: renting an EV presented challenges I wasn't expecting like needing to bring it back at 75% - I ran out of time thanks to shit chargers and road works on SH1.
I get that Hikotron's business model is to install home chargers but if you're going to supply 22kW chargers to home owners, have a few around the Waikato for public use
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
Thanks gents. I'll probably get an Ioniq 5 at this stage, and won't be going too far off the beaten track.
I'll go with Google in that case
Nice looking car, haven't driven one.
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@nostrildamus it was pretty cool but the advantage of a few days with it made me appreciate some of the shortcomings:
Very hard ride.
Couldn't get android auto to work for some reason.
No "real" buttons for climate control.
A little slow to react to some instructions eg unlocking doors.Plenty of space. Good range. Some nice tech.
Would consider but it's a bit big for what I need tbh.
Did give a bit of a hurry up to some racer Boi types late Saturday night in the tron tho 😉
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@nostrildamus it was pretty cool but the advantage of a few days with it made me appreciate some of the shortcomings:
Very hard ride.
Couldn't get android auto to work for some reason.
No "real" buttons for climate control.
A little slow to react to some instructions eg unlocking doors.Plenty of space. Good range. Some nice tech.
Would consider but it's a bit big for what I need tbh.
Did give a bit of a hurry up to some racer Boi types late Saturday night in the tron tho 😉
Smaller, but a butt ugly butt..
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@nostrildamus said in Tech Questions:
Smaller, but a butt ugly butt..
I can live with it if the price is right.
Unlike the Volvo Xc30...
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@nostrildamus said in Tech Questions:
Smaller, but a butt ugly butt..
I can live with it if the price is right.
Unlike the Volvo Xc30...
I'd like to wait for this as we have a smaller garage but need some storage capacity but I suspect it will be not here for quite some time;
Saw an e-Megane for the first time today and while the interior was nice it just didn't grab me and clearance was low.
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Hi team, I've got a bit of an issue with our Android 9 TV no longer updating the Disney+ or Netflix apps, and as it is Android, we can't easily use Miracast to stream to it.
Does anyone have a recommendation of a Miracast app for iPhone / iPad? There are plenty of options but so far I can't find anything that looks good, so, asking... -
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@Bones we tried tiles a couple of years go as had seen really good reviews...but was ultimately disappointed...just didn't work that well (might be user error), had them in our bags for travelling....and they'd only "ping" when they were on the carousel almost infront of us
we moved to airtags and they work much better, you can see that your bags have made the plane etc much more reliably for some reason
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Tile worked well for me but I seemed light on options, seeing as I'm on Android.
Tile certainly told me my suitcase was still in Abu Dhabi when I had arrived in Edinburgh. It also alerted me to the fact the suitcase had arrived in Edinburgh before the lost baggage claim people told me. But it is reliant on other Tile users being near a Tile, rather than any Android device or iPhone so you'll always get fewer pings.
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@Kiwiwomble yeah I was of the understanding that they now use the find my device network that Google opened up this year? So possibly better than a couple of years ago.
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Any recommendations on active speakers (amplifier in the speakers) for TV or a PC around US$200 to 300?
I want something for my TV for good stereo sound, with clear midrange for dialogue etc. For hifi I have to use headphones, least I piss off my neighbours too much.
