I was completely worn out after a long day. I had 60 miles to go through rush hour traffic before I could call it quits. It's times like this that I hate living in LA.
While driving the FX, I noticed a curious noise. I had the seat heater fan blowing and every time I hit the gas, the fan would buzz like a bee as it increased its revolutions. It sounded like a car radio without a noise filter. To double check, I turned the fan off and the noise went away. Back on, it angrily buzzed.
This is what traffic and boredom reduces me to. Sometimes I hate this town.
Scott Jacobs, Senior Photographer @ 29,825 miles
dubaizen says:
10:33 AM, 02/ 3/10
You should try out the rush hour out here in Dubai. Takes almost an hour to travel 6 miles!
prndlol says:
10:35 AM, 02/ 3/10
So the fan speed would increase when applying throttle from the added charge of the alternator like a twenty year old junker?
lowmilelude says:
10:40 AM, 02/ 3/10
If it makes you feel any better, the rest of America hates LA too.
thegraduate says:
11:09 AM, 02/ 3/10
My car will do the same thing with the heater-A/C fan when at idle, fan blowing a little faster when throttle is applied. The difference?
My car is a 14 year old Accord 4-cylinder with 208k miles.
willin58 says:
11:24 AM, 02/ 3/10
60 miles in LA traffic...that's what, 7.5 hours?
rick8365 says:
11:34 AM, 02/ 3/10
"If it makes you feel any better, the rest of America hates LA too."
LOL :-)
jaden82 says:
11:35 AM, 02/ 3/10
I was born in SoCal and every time I hear anything about LA...or California in general, I silently thank my mother for moving us out of there when I was still a toddler. I probably would've hated cars growing up instead of the other way. Living out here in the Midwest, it's not a chore to drive.
300td says:
11:54 AM, 02/ 3/10
Tell us more about the button that turns the snow on and off? Is the feature standard or an option?
throwback says:
01:22 PM, 02/ 3/10
lowmilelude says:
If it makes you feel any better, the rest of America hates LA too.
LOL, quote of the day
mzbamf says:
03:56 PM, 02/ 3/10
Haha wow, I didn't notice before that it had a snow on off button. Biggest technological advance in the history of automobiles!
Next time you have high levels of inconvenient snow remember to blame the local FX50 drivers!
billt9 says:
04:04 PM, 02/ 3/10
My car does the same thing with power steering and A/C.
Depressing the accelerator gives the alternator a sudden boost, and everything gets extrapowered temporarily.
cr_driver says:
02:47 PM, 02/ 4/10
Thank God I don`t live in L.A.!
But what about New York, isn`t that worse?