2020: Toyota Cars Will Turn Themselves Off If You Forget

[Intuit]

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28035147/toyota-automatic-park-auto-engine-shutoff/

2001:
Good Samaritan: Hey dude, you left your lights on.
Driver: Thanks for the warning, but they'll turn themselves off.

2021:
Good Samaritan: Hey dude, you left your car on.
Driver: Thanks for the warning, but it'll turn itself off.

 

[Business6]

2025:
Good Samaritan: Hey dude, you left your car on.
Driver: 01001000 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01010011 01101011 01111001 01101110 01100101 01110100

 

[Intuit]

01001100 01101111 01001100

 

[Quisp]

What if my kid or dog's in the car with the A/C on while I'm having a drink?

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[Clint Beastwood]

Is this really that much of an issue? I.... :shrug: I don't even know what to say.

 

[Intuit]

What if my kid or dog is in the car with the A/C on while I'm having a drink?

Sue Toyota for failing to switch the car off in an emergency... oh wait... that was the sudden acceleration issue...

 

[TyphoonFiST]

This is people fighting Natural selection! No offense but if you leave your vehicle running and then close the garage door....Whose fault is it? Toyota's or the person who decided not to follow or read the owners manual on turning vehicles off when in a confined space?

 

[TyphoonFiST]

Sue Toyota for failing to switch the car off in an emergency... oh wait... that was the sudden acceleration issue...

Or the floor mat got caught underneath the acceleration pedal and it propelled my car forward......C'mon...this has all been user error and the manufacturer taking the fall for peoples stupidity..

 

[PunkST]

Maybe if the car had an exhaust tone you wouldnt forget to turn it off.

 

[Intuit]

You know the EU has regulations, forbidding cars from being too quiet. One of the reasons is, low vision and blind pedestrians (as well as some animals) rely on cars being loud enough to hear on approach.

@TyphoonFiST - Yeah, totally agree. The manufacturer just turns around and passes on that cost to the consumer. I hate having to pay for all the dirty bombs that the government mandated, be standard now. None of the crash test dummies wear glasses, I'd rather not have them shoved through my eyeballs. Glasses go flying off face, only go get shoved right back in it by the dirty bomb... and probably offset so one of the temples are making eye contact.

 

[Blindeye_03]

Or the floor mat got caught underneath the acceleration pedal and it propelled my car forward......C'mon...this has all been user error and the manufacturer taking the fall for peoples stupidity..

This happened to me with my Focus ST - I put the floor mats in wonky and put it OVER the gas pedal. Did I die or crash? no. I put the car in neutral and shut it off, then got out and fixed it. lol.

 

[Intuit]

You passed up A LOT of money bud.