Had an accident

[Kamauxx]

Cost probably so high because of the headlight and the wheel. Both surprisingly expensive.

 

[Ruturaj]

I could have bought wheel from group for much cheaper price.

At least I would get a front bumper without bracket now.

 

[JDM_Man]

Even if the collision avoidance system went off, if you are tailgating it won't help. Also the OP said that the car ahead of him hit the car in front and since the system only monitors the car ahead of you it won't help if they literally come to a dead stop (aka crash into something).

Thats why the automated cruise control works as you'd be far back enough to stop, or just don't tail gate lol....

 

[Ruturaj]

Got a call from repair shop. They are waiting on radiator support part and it won't be available till August. Literally sucks. I would be on rental (Chrysler 300) till then.

 

[Ruturaj]

I have been thinking about trade in this one for replica 2019 (2019 GT2 AWD 19" inch wheels White with red interior). The buyout is 40k on this. I have PPF and OEM remote start installed on this one. Wondering how much I would be up side down for.

 

[Johnnyfive]

Got a call from repair shop. They are waiting on radiator support part and it won't be available till August. Literally sucks. I would be on rental (Chrysler 300) till then.

If the delay is due to part availability on Kia's part, you should be able to get reimbursed for your rental costs (to some degree) by Kia customer service. I had to wait three weeks for a front strut and they covered the time due to the part delay.

 

[Ruturaj]

If the delay is due to part availability on Kia's part, you should be able to get reimbursed for your rental costs (to some degree) by Kia customer service. I had to wait three weeks for a front strut and they covered the time due to the part delay.

Thanks you sharing that.

I should be covered by my insurance till August 18. I was told they are looking till August 12 for part to arrive. If it starts costing me then I would talk with Kia customer service.

 

[turboAWD]

Should have used it. I was too aggressive and adaptive cruise control felt too conservative.

This. It needs 2 more "shorter" settings, at least. Currently, at 30-40 mph, it leaves 3-4 car lengths (rough estimate). In aggressive rush-hour traffic, I have full-size pickups cutting in front of me in the huge gap it leaves - with tons of room to spare. They're not even being aggressive - it's leaving WAY too much space to be useful for stop-and-go and not getting cut off every 10 seconds.

For driving "at speed" on a crowded freeway, it's probably good.

 

[Ruturaj]

If the delay is due to part availability on Kia's part, you should be able to get reimbursed for your rental costs (to some degree) by Kia customer service. I had to wait three weeks for a front strut and they covered the time due to the part delay.

Hey so I am looking at August 19th now. What all do I need when I call them (part number, VIN number)?

 

[Johnnyfive]

I got the invoice number from the shop on which the offending part was ordered. The customer service line should be able to tell you if something else is sufficient.

 

[Manaz]

Should have used it. I was too aggressive and adaptive cruise control felt too conservative.

If you were being too aggressive, then your "too conservative" rating may need adjustment based on recent history.

Hopefully lesson learned here.

 

[turboAWD]

If you were being too aggressive, then your "too conservative" rating may need adjustment based on recent history.

While I understand what you're saying, if I used adaptive cruise at its lowest (shortest) setting during rush-hour - I'd easily add 10-20% to my commute. It leaves 3-4 car lengths between cars - last time, a full-size raised truck felt comfortable jumping into that gap. To say nothing of smaller cars. Unless I want to have that happen 2-4 times / minute, it's simply unusable here.

 

[Legendsk]

I use mine at the largest gap setting. Yes indeed, lots of people cut over into the gap, gaining a whole car length. This of course, causes my car to slow a little to adjust the distance to the new car, and then another will dive into the gap. So I agree with turboAWD completely.

The difference is, I don't get more championship bonus points or money for coming in 745th instead of 742nd. I get my reward by getting home without an accident. The spectrum of drivers ranges from the white knuckled folks that won't even drive on the freeway to really dangerous ones. Like any large group of people this includes, inexperienced, incompetent, dumb, reckless and crazy. The people with just one of those qualities aren't too much trouble, but when you find one that includes all five qualities, they become really dangerous. It's much more of a challenge to make it home safely than to get home 20 seconds sooner.

I suspect this problem originated in Greece, long, long, ago. When they invented "first come, first served". That culture introduced queuing up for service and waiting in line. The Romans adopted the culture, took it to Britain and from there it went to America. If you walk into a convenience store, usually with several registers, a line generally forms at each register although there are usually a few that try to hover between two and see if they can gain a position by acting like they were actually aiming at a different register or wait for eye contact with a clerk. If the clerk fails to notice the line jumping and serves them out of turn, everyone else in line feels a little rage at the clerk for allowing that? When you're waiting at the front of the restaurant for a table and others come in and get seated before you, grrrr. . .
So, it's no surprise that when someone in a car comes up behind you, passes you and cuts back in front, you can get a little feeling of losing your place in line and not being served when it's really your turn?

Picture the problem of the new army private. Grew up in America with, first come - first served, joined the army and when he gets to Iraq a couple months later, his first assignment is to take a load of bottled water out into the desert and hand it out. A mob forms around the back of the truck and he starts handing out water. (Their culture doesn't have queue up for, first come, first served, they are served in order of their status - rather like the restaurant who takes the Governor's party and the Mayor's party before you.) So when he tries to hand some kid a bottle of water and the kid is lower status and refuses it (cause it's not his turn) and the high mucky muck standing there expecting to be served doesn't get his water first - that same resentment raises that the convenience store clerk gets when they allow line jumping. If the private forces the water bottle on the wrong person repeatedly, pretty soon the crowd becomes enraged, bottles start flying and when the Private wakes up in the hospital, the poor guy has no idea what happened.

In you can think about the cars cutting in front of you in that context, it becomes really easy to just relax and make your priority getting home safely rather than in some perceived "correct" order, it's easy. Just select the music you like, lean back and enjoy that new Stinger.

 

[Lillian]

I feel your pain......

 

[Mike_TX]

I use mine at the largest gap setting. Yes indeed, lots of people cut over into the gap, gaining a whole car length. This of course, causes my car to slow a little to adjust the distance to the new car, and then another will dive into the gap. So I agree with turboAWD completely.

The difference is, I don't get more championship bonus points or money for coming in 745th instead of 742nd. I get my reward by getting home without an accident. The spectrum of drivers ranges from the white knuckled folks that won't even drive on the freeway to really dangerous ones. Like any large group of people this includes, inexperienced, incompetent, dumb, reckless and crazy. The people with just one of those qualities aren't too much trouble, but when you find one that includes all five qualities, they become really dangerous. It's much more of a challenge to make it home safely than to get home 20 seconds sooner.

I suspect this problem originated in Greece, long, long, ago. When they invented "first come, first served". That culture introduced queuing up for service and waiting in line. The Romans adopted the culture, took it to Britain and from there it went to America. If you walk into a convenience store, usually with several registers, a line generally forms at each register although there are usually a few that try to hover between two and see if they can gain a position by acting like they were actually aiming at a different register or wait for eye contact with a clerk. If the clerk fails to notice the line jumping and serves them out of turn, everyone else in line feels a little rage at the clerk for allowing that? When you're waiting at the front of the restaurant for a table and others come in and get seated before you, grrrr. . .
So, it's no surprise that when someone in a car comes up behind you, passes you and cuts back in front, you can get a little feeling of losing your place in line and not being served when it's really your turn?

Picture the problem of the new army private. Grew up in America with, first come - first served, joined the army and when he gets to Iraq a couple months later, his first assignment is to take a load of bottled water out into the desert and hand it out. A mob forms around the back of the truck and he starts handing out water. (Their culture doesn't have queue up for, first come, first served, they are served in order of their status - rather like the restaurant who takes the Governor's party and the Mayor's party before you.) So when he tries to hand some kid a bottle of water and the kid is lower status and refuses it (cause it's not his turn) and the high mucky muck standing there expecting to be served doesn't get his water first - that same resentment raises that the convenience store clerk gets when they allow line jumping. If the private forces the water bottle on the wrong person repeatedly, pretty soon the crowd becomes enrage, bottles start flying and when the Private wakes up in the hospital, the poor guy has no idea what happened.

In you can think about the cars cutting in front of you in that context, it becomes really easy to just relax and make your priority getting home safely rather than in some perceived "correct" order, it's easy. Just select the music you like, lean back and enjoy that new Stinger.

I'm glad there are people like Legendsk, so I can cut in ahead of him and get home earlier.

 

[nhcowboy28]

I use mine at the largest gap setting. Yes indeed, lots of people cut over into the gap, gaining a whole car length. This of course, causes my car to slow a little to adjust the distance to the new car, and then another will dive into the gap. So I agree with turboAWD completely.

The difference is, I don't get more championship bonus points or money for coming in 745th instead of 742nd. I get my reward by getting home without an accident. The spectrum of drivers ranges from the white knuckled folks that won't even drive on the freeway to really dangerous ones. Like any large group of people this includes, inexperienced, incompetent, dumb, reckless and crazy. The people with just one of those qualities aren't too much trouble, but when you find one that includes all five qualities, they become really dangerous. It's much more of a challenge to make it home safely than to get home 20 seconds sooner.

I suspect this problem originated in Greece, long, long, ago. When they invented "first come, first served". That culture introduced queuing up for service and waiting in line. The Romans adopted the culture, took it to Britain and from there it went to America. If you walk into a convenience store, usually with several registers, a line generally forms at each register although there are usually a few that try to hover between two and see if they can gain a position by acting like they were actually aiming at a different register or wait for eye contact with a clerk. If the clerk fails to notice the line jumping and serves them out of turn, everyone else in line feels a little rage at the clerk for allowing that? When you're waiting at the front of the restaurant for a table and others come in and get seated before you, grrrr. . .
So, it's no surprise that when someone in a car comes up behind you, passes you and cuts back in front, you can get a little feeling of losing your place in line and not being served when it's really your turn?

Picture the problem of the new army private. Grew up in America with, first come - first served, joined the army and when he gets to Iraq a couple months later, his first assignment is to take a load of bottled water out into the desert and hand it out. A mob forms around the back of the truck and he starts handing out water. (Their culture doesn't have queue up for, first come, first served, they are served in order of their status - rather like the restaurant who takes the Governor's party and the Mayor's party before you.) So when he tries to hand some kid a bottle of water and the kid is lower status and refuses it (cause it's not his turn) and the high mucky muck standing there expecting to be served doesn't get his water first - that same resentment raises that the convenience store clerk gets when they allow line jumping. If the private forces the water bottle on the wrong person repeatedly, pretty soon the crowd becomes enrage, bottles start flying and when the Private wakes up in the hospital, the poor guy has no idea what happened.

In you can think about the cars cutting in front of you in that context, it becomes really easy to just relax and make your priority getting home safely rather than in some perceived "correct" order, it's easy. Just select the music you like, lean back and enjoy that new Stinger.

Words. So many words.

 

[Kamauxx]

Picture the problem of the new army private.

The problem with the private's scenario is that his command is so phucked up that they ordered him to serve bottles of water in the first place.

 

[turboAWD]

Legendsk - the problem is, if I'm constantly slowing down because everything from Corollas to full-size (flat-bed) tow trucks are cutting me off, I'm enjoying my Stinger less and less. I have a 20-mile commute 1 way - thankfully only 1-2 times a week these days. I can often avoid traffic (and I often stay late to avoid traffic), but when I'm in it... It's not a question of 20 seconds. YMMV. I coulda bought a Prius to drive like that

 

[Revvdmedia]

Legendsk - the problem is, if I'm constantly slowing down because everything from Corollas to full-size (flat-bed) tow trucks are cutting me off, I'm enjoying my Stinger less and less. I have a 20-mile commute 1 way - thankfully only 1-2 times a week these days. I can often avoid traffic (and I often stay late to avoid traffic), but when I'm in it... It's not a question of 20 seconds. YMMV. I coulda bought a Prius to drive like that

To your statement, there is also the fact that every time your Stinger slows for people cutting in front, it hits the brakes (even slightly). Numerous studies have shown that traffic jams occur primarily due to the incremental effect the first car braking has on the rest of the queue behind them. It's almost like an incremental decrease in speed down the line that results in the furthest cars in the back not moving at all. With humans at the helm, this will never go away because almost no one is a good enough driver to keep PERFECT pace with the car in front.

On another note, in light of this thread I did try the stop and go again in our blatantly stupid road layout and subsequent rush hour jams. I have two qualms, the lack of smoothness, and the fact it prompts me to hit the gas or the resume cruise to get moving from a stop. It is just not smooth enough to be considered intelligent autonomous driving, but then again, nowhere is it advertised as such. I'll just consider myself lucky it does what it does as decently as it performs.

 

[Jacques]

I drive a slightly longer way to/from work to avoid the traffic and all that nonsense on our busiest highway. The longer way is partly highway, but at least it's not very busy.

I've yet to use adaptive cruise control, but should try it out on my longer route to see how it functions.