My Subaru has their EyeSight system, which is a visual cruise control thing with two cameras aiding lane keeping and maintaining the distance between me and the car in front of me. Awesome system. Well, one of the two cameras failed, which KO'd the whole unit, whole thing had to be replaced. Some $2500, surprisingly quick install. Weirdly, the charge to overnight ship it to Phoenix from somewhere in California was on the order 25%! For an aluminum chassis that the whole thing weighs certainly less than two pounds! They base their shipping cost on the part cost, which makes sense on like an engine or something big, but not on something that weighs nothing! I don't know what's going on here, just too strange.
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Date: 2024-02-07 07:09 am (UTC)My Subaru has their EyeSight system, which is a visual cruise control thing with two cameras aiding lane keeping and maintaining the distance between me and the car in front of me. Awesome system. Well, one of the two cameras failed, which KO'd the whole unit, whole thing had to be replaced. Some $2500, surprisingly quick install. Weirdly, the charge to overnight ship it to Phoenix from somewhere in California was on the order 25%! For an aluminum chassis that the whole thing weighs certainly less than two pounds! They base their shipping cost on the part cost, which makes sense on like an engine or something big, but not on something that weighs nothing! I don't know what's going on here, just too strange.