turbo2ltr
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I like experimenting. For instance, just screwing around I found a bug in an Chevy HHR rental car drive-by-wire code that would allow me to have the pedal floored and the engine at idle. Some great coding skills GM has there. Grant it, not too many people would bounce it off the rev limiter and floor it at exactly the right moment after it hit, but the bug was there none the less, and very repeatable....even when driving. Imagine having your foot to the floor and the car not going anywhere.
In any case, I haven't found any real bugs in the LEAF per say. This is just some stuff I learned that people wouldn't normally do...but curiosity got the better of me.
It is possible to "neutral drop" the LEAF. No it doesn't smoke the tires, but it definitely takes off faster than just mashing the throttle. Works in reverse too.
If you put it in reverse while moving forward (I was doing 10-15mph at the time), it just beeps at you. I haven't tried park yet, nor do I want to. Putting it in reverse was an accident, I was trying for eco and zigged when I should have zagged.
If you apply the parking brake while moving, it does apply, and it also beeps at you continuously. I haven't confirmed, but I believe it applies it slower than it would when stopped.
You can power brake the car. I was a little surprised at this one as it would be trivial for the car to not apply power if you are on the brake. But you can pretty much apply full power while also on the brake. When I was doing testing, I didn't want to regen at all and with a little two foot driving and watching the power meter, you can keep the ball on the zero.
While at speed, the car EASILY stops even with full motor power applied. No runaway cars here.
That's all I got for now.
In any case, I haven't found any real bugs in the LEAF per say. This is just some stuff I learned that people wouldn't normally do...but curiosity got the better of me.
It is possible to "neutral drop" the LEAF. No it doesn't smoke the tires, but it definitely takes off faster than just mashing the throttle. Works in reverse too.
If you put it in reverse while moving forward (I was doing 10-15mph at the time), it just beeps at you. I haven't tried park yet, nor do I want to. Putting it in reverse was an accident, I was trying for eco and zigged when I should have zagged.
If you apply the parking brake while moving, it does apply, and it also beeps at you continuously. I haven't confirmed, but I believe it applies it slower than it would when stopped.
You can power brake the car. I was a little surprised at this one as it would be trivial for the car to not apply power if you are on the brake. But you can pretty much apply full power while also on the brake. When I was doing testing, I didn't want to regen at all and with a little two foot driving and watching the power meter, you can keep the ball on the zero.
While at speed, the car EASILY stops even with full motor power applied. No runaway cars here.
That's all I got for now.