daveinva
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Just a little teasing thread.
Been thinking about things on the Spyder that people don't like, cause more problems than they're worth, contribute to *serious* problems that give people headaches. In my ignorance, I tend to think these things are, or should be, simple fixes for the manufacturer, i.e. we're not talking items that add hundreds (let alone thousands) of dollars to the price or years of redesign, but minor little tweaks that could/should appear in any model year.
To kick off the thread, here are three ones right off the top of my head:
1. Improved battery connectors. If the firstpiece of advice in every single problem thread on Spyderlovers is "check your battery connections," than perhaps BRP could save itself-- and its network of dealer mechanics-- hundreds of hours of headaches (oh, and customers hours of travel/labor costs) by simply making it easier for the battery to be more tightly connected (or, conversely, make it so the Nanny isn't so twitchy when the connectors are loose).
2. A factory/dealer standard option for a dash-mounted 12v plug. I'm surely not alone in never having once used my dealer installed frunk plug, but like many other Spyder owners I certainly use constantly the plugs I later mounted in the dash. So why would BRP not have a standard option for a dash plug instead of a frunk plug of limited (at best) utility?
3. A line-in jack for the RT radio. Who designs a factory radio that requires a thousand dollar cellphone/CB harness upgrade (or complex series of aftermarket installs) to beam tunes via Bluetooth to a helmet when a 35 cent headphone jack in the dash can accomplish 90% of the same goal? Perhaps a company that'd rather have you buy the thousand dollar upgrade... nahhhh.
Been thinking about things on the Spyder that people don't like, cause more problems than they're worth, contribute to *serious* problems that give people headaches. In my ignorance, I tend to think these things are, or should be, simple fixes for the manufacturer, i.e. we're not talking items that add hundreds (let alone thousands) of dollars to the price or years of redesign, but minor little tweaks that could/should appear in any model year.
To kick off the thread, here are three ones right off the top of my head:
1. Improved battery connectors. If the firstpiece of advice in every single problem thread on Spyderlovers is "check your battery connections," than perhaps BRP could save itself-- and its network of dealer mechanics-- hundreds of hours of headaches (oh, and customers hours of travel/labor costs) by simply making it easier for the battery to be more tightly connected (or, conversely, make it so the Nanny isn't so twitchy when the connectors are loose).
2. A factory/dealer standard option for a dash-mounted 12v plug. I'm surely not alone in never having once used my dealer installed frunk plug, but like many other Spyder owners I certainly use constantly the plugs I later mounted in the dash. So why would BRP not have a standard option for a dash plug instead of a frunk plug of limited (at best) utility?
3. A line-in jack for the RT radio. Who designs a factory radio that requires a thousand dollar cellphone/CB harness upgrade (or complex series of aftermarket installs) to beam tunes via Bluetooth to a helmet when a 35 cent headphone jack in the dash can accomplish 90% of the same goal? Perhaps a company that'd rather have you buy the thousand dollar upgrade... nahhhh.
