Window nets are required in motorsport and are also referred to there as safety roller cage nets. The articles are used in various races where the vehicle has no windows and there is a risk that the drivers could be thrown out of the vehicles ...
Continue reading "Info: Can the panic function be retrofitted in the car?
A panic function in the car is useful to attract the attention of the surrounding area or the emergency call station or to stop a vehicle thief with an alarm tone. The panic function is usually coupled with an alarm system and can also be retrofitted in older vehicles ...
Continue reading "Retrofitting self-driving function (autonomous driving)
Recently updated on May 6, 2021 at 02:21 a.m. Many people dream of having their car chauffeur them using autopilot. However, this dream is not that easy to realize. In principle there are only four options left here. …
Continue reading "Retrofit automatic traffic sign recognition?
With the integrated traffic sign recognition in the vehicle, you can save yourself expensive fines. If your vehicle does not yet have traffic sign recognition, you can usually retrofit it very quickly and easily using software, an app or a dashcam. But what are ...
Continue reading "What is the power loss and the drag power?
Info AHS Prüftechnik The power loss: With a conventional power measurement using eddy current brakes on the test bench, due to the measuring principle, only the power that arrives directly at the measuring point, i.e. the eddy current brake, is displayed. In the vehicle documents, however, the engine power is always ...
Continue reading "First aid kit / first aid kit - it has to be put in!
Recently updated on March 10, 2023 at 07:44 a.m. A small box with the potential to save lives - the first aid kit. However, this potential can only be exploited with complete content. In addition, according to StvO § 35h, paragraph...
Continue reading "Mode of operation / tips - unsprung masses on the vehicle
Recently updated on May 5, 2021 at 07:50 a.m. The unsprung mass acts directly and unsprung on the road. Most people don't look into the mass in more detail because it works in secret. However, the masses should be given more importance...
Continue reading "Prewashing the car with foam? Helpful or unnecessary?
Recently updated on January 10, 2023 at 07:14 a.m. How do you wash your car correctly and how do you best prepare the car for the subsequent car wash? We did a little bit of this with our article “Car wash / hand wash / …
Continue reading "Classics for the hat shelf - everything that used to be!
When the space between the rear seat and the rear window became a storage space in the 50s, the generation of cars had only just freed itself from the headgear obligation of their fathers. The result: creative housewives designed the hat rack with ideas according to their ideas. The car was ...
Continue reading "Can the start-stop system be permanently deactivated?
Recently updated on September 16, 2023 at 06:31 a.m. Many new cars are now equipped with a so-called automatic start-stop system, or SSA for short, or stop-start system ex works. Although many drivers are dissatisfied with the system, you cannot turn it off permanently,...
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