Ecm role expanding?

[Len Sabatine]

     Bruce , I Agree with your comments. Vehicles have become mobile living 
rooms
     and offices. The Creature comforts are neat , the complexity is 
outrageous and
     have become very difficult to repair when these "features" go astray.
     The cancellation of the Camaro and TransAm cars is presently a Gray area ,
     according to some GM inside folks. The F Platform is History though.
     The thought that ABS brakes stop better than conventional brakes is False.
     It's that they don't lock up and skid. Perfect for folks who should 
not be driving.
     AutoMakers are under pressure from Insurance industry and Gov't 
regulators
     to design  FAIL SAFE transportation devices , by removing the human 
element.
     Qualifying Operator Credentials are now reduced to ; Do they have a 
heart beat ?
     Soon a Home Mortgage sized investment will be required to Own ANY Vehicle.
     Some of the Gussied up trucks are pushing $50k. There's got to be a 
price pressure
     fail point.        I personally  yearn  for basic SIMPLICITY.
     Emissions for the most part is really about Population Density 
"Control" and "Tax" Revenue
     Enhancment.  Funny thing  about all those sulfur compounds being 
generated by those Cats.
     Don't use Coal Tech fuels , they pollute , Export it instead for 
bigger $$$.. There " WAS"
     Oil and Gasoline from Coal gas in the 1940s. Todays Bells and Whistles 
you say Man ?
     Len



>Just a curiousity.
>Remember what a sensation the original Camaros, and Mustangs were?.
>Well the Camaro is being cancelled, and may others have been already for
>just getting being so ridiculously overpriced, in part because of all the
>eye candy.
>I just wonder if the whole market just gets to where it goes critical mass
>and collapses as a function of being just too over priced.
>Personally, I consider myself smart enough to when I want my headlights,
>wipers, and heater on.  Seems like all the bells and whistles are removing
>the driver from the equation.   If you don't like to *worry* about
>headlights and such, there is the bus.
>   Using a ecm as a pcm does make sense from an emissions point of view, but
>is see nothing else that is better then a human user all situations,
>including ABS, and traction control.
>    If emissions was a real issue, A/C would habe been outlawed years ago.
>IMO
>Bruce
>
>
>
>
> >      Gees , nothing new for GM, along with Temp and Rain sense windshields
> > , sun load , tire pressure monitors ,
> >      and HVAC , to name a few . PCMs have , OR,  Are "taking over"  ,
> > they've  become "deterministic" as well.
> >      Vehicle lane position sense , built in "breath O Lizers ", Variable
> > valve timing and 42 volts are soon to release.
> >      Look @ Saab Variable Cr engine for instance . Smart cars are here
>Now.
> >      Phillips has some interesting  Dev tools too.  I personally yearn for
> > simplicity !!
> >      Len
> >
> > >
> > >I was browsing thru Phillips site and drifted in here:
> >
> ><http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/news/content/file_624.html>http:/
>/www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/news/content/file_624.html
> > >
> > >This probably is not new to some, but I thought it interesting. I don't
> > >really think the ECM will be taking over control of the headlights but
>its
> > >fun to think that some genius executive prolly suggested it.
> > >
> >
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