I think of 'Removing fuse 11' in the same vain as 'Sanders' on a truck. IE: Even in winter you probably only want 'No ESB' in specific situations (such as below).
Why not just put an inline fuse with a SPST switch in series in the #11 fuse spot ? The switch could even be a 'long bat handle SPST momentary'.
"I tried to accelerate to get up to the speed of traffic on the highway (~ 45 mph) as it was catching up to me fast. The ESBin line prevented acceleration (even though I had good traction on the wet road) and I nearly got rear ended because i couldn't get out of my own way no matter what I did!! "
When cool heads prevail, I think the consensus is we would prefer the ESB active the majority of the time. With a momentary switch, or even a push button, handy. it should be the best of both worlds.
That's what I would do.
Donald LaFavor
BTW: The solution to having a "City - Highway" horn ( Like Citroen & Renault)
really is similar to the above method but using a SPDT switch
AS I drove home from work today, reiterating what I had said in the post, I had that same idea. Put a momentary switch on the bugger and immediately nullify it when needed. GREAT IDEA and thanks!!
How many posts does it take to screw in a fuse? Or how many fuses does it take to turn off a post? Or how many switches does it take to turn off a thread. Or how many threads does it take make a suit? I must be bored today. I'm going to google "Toyota IQ" and try to find out if it's going to show up at the North American Auto Show next week.
Why not just put an inline fuse with a SPST switch in series in the #11 fuse spot ? The switch could even be a 'long bat handle SPST momentary'.
When cool heads prevail, I think the consensus is we would prefer the ESB active the majority of the time. With a momentary switch, or even a push button, handy. it should be the best of both worlds.
That's what I would do.
Donald LaFavor
You stand a great chance of frying your ECM and whatever else electrical in the car.
How many posts does it take to screw in a fuse? Or how many fuses does it take to turn off a post? Or how many switches does it take to turn off a thread. Or how many threads does it take make a suit? I must be bored today. I'm going to google "Toyota IQ" and try to find out if it's going to show up at the North American Auto Show next week.
It wasn't shown at LA and it is not listed for Detroit on the website.
Maybe the US spec. version is very low priority in the Toyota restructuring/cost cutting announced a few weeks ago. This is a difficult time to be developing a dedicated market version of an existing vehicle...even for Toyota. This would make sense with a car that is produced in a dedicated plant that max's out at 100,000 annual units total; with the increasingly unfavorable yen vs. dollar currency exchange; rapidly declining [higher % drops than GM and Ford for Dec 08] sales figures; and the challenge of marketing a smaller than a Yaris, Corolla and any Scion car at a higher price point.
Oh, just stop. At least you said "today", thus giving a nod to the fact there will be a US spec iQ at some point. I suppose we could do away with all DOT requirements and start importing EU spec Trabants and Yugos - NOT! Just as happy to have my 100% US spec fortwo with all its safety features "required" by our regulations. Of course, if somebody wants to stick it to the man, they can always disconnect the airbags, pull fuse #11 and never put on the seatbelt - that'll show 'em!
I hope Toyota realizes that those seats will only fit small children, and children tend to grow. My opinion is that Smart chose wisely to just use that space for cargo and make the two seats really big vs. sacrificing comfort for everyone.
On the bright side, mom can tell the little cretins, "don't make me come back there" and mean it... without unhooking her seat belt.
I hope Toyota realizes that those seats will only fit small children, and children tend to grow. My opinion is that Smart chose wisely to just use that space for cargo and make the two seats really big vs. sacrificing comfort for everyone.
On the bright side, mom can tell the little cretins, "don't make me come back there" and mean it... without unhooking her seat belt.
The seats pictured are not from an iQ, and the iQ seats (front and rear) accommodate me at 6'2" with no problem. It's tight in the back, and I wouldn't want to go far back there, but it's nice to have the option to seat more than two if necessary.
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