Bruce Nunnally Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Volvo put together a live demo for the press of a new accident avoidance system. Unfortunately, the demo went the way demo's often go, and did not result in an accident avoidance. The video is in Swedish. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Thats funny. I wish I could understand the spokesmans excuses for why it didn't work. :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Is this video still available, I have only a red x Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Odd; it shows up here still. Direct to youtube: Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Odd; it shows up here still. Direct to youtube: OK, when I go to this link, it tells me I need to upgrade my flash player, Ill upgrade and see what happens Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I nearly fell of my chair when I saw this! This is one great example showing what has happened to many Swedish manufacturers. Somewhere down the road most companies decided that it was actually less expensive to hire insane amounts of consultants with little or no experience/knowledge in what they are doing rather than to have an experienced and devoted staff running the construction...at least in a short term basis. The consultants many times have a limited budget and are often involved too late in the project (usually after a couple of other consultants have tried and failed. The Swedish companies are sold and bought by foreign businessmen who of course have the same goals as the Swedish executives had, make profit and remain in business. The usual way to accomplish this goal is to move the production closer to central Europe (lesser wages for the workers, shorter transports etc) and to keep the engineers based in Sweden because they are cheap. To further reduce the costs companies starts to hire consultants which costs less because the employer don't have to pay "employer fees". Suddenly things like this happens, somewhere along the road the craftsmanship goes down the drain. Consultants in charge..just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 ”It didn’t really work as it was supposed to, what happened?” “We really don’t know, we’re looking over why things turned up this way, but it wasn’t working as planned, as you said. It should have braked as it has done before and our system has been verified to work, now we are searching the cause and making tests but we really don’t know what have happened” “One gets a bit concerned…can this happen out in the streets too?” “No, the systems are verified, something in the test procedure affects the system…but I’ll let you know when I know what actually happened.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 "It didn't really work as it was supposed to, what happened?" "We really don't know, we're looking over why things turned up this way, but it wasn't working as planned, as you said. It should have braked as it has done before and our system has been verified to work, now we are searching the cause and making tests but we really don't know what have happened" "One gets a bit concerned…can this happen out in the streets too?" "No, the systems are verified, something in the test procedure affects the system…but I'll let you know when I know what actually happened." Jan, Thanks for the translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 I really like the way his eyes are wandering around...he looks guilty doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 I really like the way his eyes are wandering around...he looks guilty doesn't he? Yes he does. I had the exact same thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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