[Novalug] Carputing & Linux

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Yesh. Jeremy kept us abreast of all the mods he got from people off the 
Net. One of the ones I thought was cool was the ability to increase the 
speed at which the gas engine cut on.

I have a 1995 Civic Hybrid where that number is Zero, but the later ones 
will run on the electric only up until a certain speed.

This feature was amusingly referred to in an episode of Weeds where this 
gangster mentioned how he could sneak up on his rivals silently to make 
a hit. Funny, that advantage hasn't seemed to make it into the Toyota 
brochure yet.

JIM

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Hybrids tend to have the most control systems and information to tap over
> their CAN bus.  They've always been that way, hence their popularity for this
> type of thing.
> 
> 
> Although GM and a few other manufacturers actually have very rich CANs
> these days, even into their lower tier vehicles.  It used to be only the Corvette
> that had a HUD (and since the '90s), with an ever increasing amount of information
> tie-in -- including full navigation, 3rd party MP3 (iPod), etc... (no offense, but
> I've driven a Ford with the Microsoft whatever it is and it is broken and unreliable).
> But now the '11 Camaro is getting it as an option as well.  I wouldn't be surprised
> if HUDs become options on all GM models by the end of the decade
> 
> I've seen some rather interesting C6 (Corvette '05+) CAN setups over the last couple
> of years.  E.g., the Corvette paddle shifting on the auto-trans "learns" one's
> shifting quirks, and accomodates.  People are regularly tapping to see what
> they can expose and display out of their C6s.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: James Ewing Cottrell 3rd <JECottrell3 at Comcast.NET>
> 
> P.S. He (or was it others?) dubbed the project "The Mac Prius". I 
> suggested that his next car mod be a Cadillac Fleetwood.
> 
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