i love working around home or gathering wood. I love to listen to music from the car but the new cars just make this kinda hard. To listen to the radio i need to leave the keys in the car. the car beeps constantly if the keys in the car and im not, telling me that im not in the car (thanks, i didnt know!)
Same goes if i wanna listen to the radio with the door open. car beeps constantly til the doors shut.
The other thing is the seat belt beeper. I deliver wood in the ute (holden colorado) on my street. Seat belt beeper beeps constantly. im in and out of the car delivering wood so i cant be stuffed putting the seat belt on and off. ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.....
Same goes if you have say, some thing heavier on the passenger seat. Ding, Ding, Ding Ding. I then have to put the seatbelt on my groceries...
Im cutting the wires under the seats today. dont need the car telling me about seat belts. i have a brain. it works. But as for the car radio and working along side the car , well i just cant do it without listening to , Ding, Ding , Ding , Ding...
Problem with cutting the wires though is that it messes with the cars computer a bit. I know for a fact i did it in my last car, a Forrester and the seatbelt sign remained on constantly. Maybe it could affect the airbags as well?
Im getting a hack very soon. wind down windows, radio, no beeps, no frills. Why on earth do we need this crap installed in cars. As if there isnt enough beeps, noises, rings, notifications as it is.
Something boat related. I was on the boat at anchor the other week and there was a bird noise. THis noise gave me a slight feeling of anxiety. Why? Because McDonalds have stolen it from samsung, who stole it from nature and put it on one of their ads - no lie, to be used as a sound we now identify as being just a notification sound. McDonalds have used it in their ad, and as a result, im at anchor in port hacking in the middle of nowhere really and get the "ive got a message, email" feeling when my phone was OFF.
Im so close to reinstating the old nokia phone. Long life battery - no notification sounds etc...
Rant over....Sorry... 
Hi Steve
Before cutting or disconnecting anything it might be worth checking as some warning beepers can be programmed to not operate
I used to work at Toyota and it was possible to disable the seat belt warning beeper (If you were in the drivers seat with the belt off) from operating on Hilux's through a simple procedure using the trip meter button that the owner could do
This procedure was not supplied by Toyota Aust be was actually found on the internet
Also sometime dealers can disable warning beepers (key in ignition etc) using their diagnostic tool but they will normally not disable anything that may have safety implications like seat belt warning beepers
Regards Don
Didn't you know that, as a subject of Australia, you are not allowed to think for yourself, this is why we have bureaucrats, as well as all these alarms on all our mechanical and electrical products, the new world order is ensuring that we are all as well trained as Pavlov's dogs, hear the beeper put on your seat belt, hear the buzzer close the door, hear the lovely little birdie sing and go to maccas and spend money, I'd say it was subliminal messaging but it's just to in your face to be subliminal. 
I disconnected the plugs under the seat of my little hilux ute and that solved the problem of the seat belt beep. The beeper for the key in the ignition is still annoying me though. It seems that Toyota can put these beepers in place but cannot supply the hilux 2wd workmate ute with intermittent wipers and a dash light dimmer which seem much more important. 
I disconnected the key beeper in my van as soon as I bought it. Not hard to do, you just permanently connect the terminals of the switch.
There will be instructions for your car in a forum somewhere.
There are also dummy seatbelt attachments that you can just click into the passengers seat seatbelt clip, as if it were a seatbelt. Eg:http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:799499
These are free if you have access to a 3D printer, and very easy to reverse (ie you just unclip it from the seatbelt).
When I fiirst read this without my glasses I thought you where ranting about beer in cans!
According to the Public service you people would be disconnecting things which would be against the austalaian complicance law
Your very naughty boys 
The public service has to justify there existence you know I just keep thinking its budget time for them and any excess they have will be used so next financial year they get more of your dollars I think that makes them feel better
Today l am a fortunate man, as all three of my pet hates are fully satisfied, because l hate cars, fools and cold weather.
The second point this time covers all bureaucrettins.
And it is as cold here as my mother-inlaw's hug, to boot. 
Select to expand quotesirgallivant said..
Today l am a fortunate man, as all three of my pet hates are fully satisfied, because l hate cars, fools and cold weather.
The second point this time covers all bureaucrettins.
And it is as cold here as my mother-inlaw's hug, to boot.
Guess the Bureaucrettins forgot to add smoke detectors to that car.
Sounds like theres a few here that feel the same about "personal" alarms in cars. Im gonna look into getting rid of them 50k for a car and its filled with **** i dont want. Doesn't have a cd player though! Too modern for that.
Select to expand quoteBruski068 said..sirgallivant said..
Today l am a fortunate man, as all three of my pet hates are fully satisfied, because l hate cars, fools and cold weather.
The second point this time covers all bureaucrettins.
And it is as cold here as my mother-inlaw's hug, to boot.
Guess the Bureaucrettins forgot to add smoke detectors to that car.
As long as you don't smoke in it
Select to expand quotesirgallivant said..
Today l am a fortunate man, as all three of my pet hates are fully satisfied, because l hate cars, fools and cold weather.
The second point this time covers all bureaucrettins.
And it is as cold here as my mother-inlaw's hug, to boot.
I to hate all three
I'm selling my Toyota ceca next month for 2k it has windup windows no alarm if you leave your lights on.....and costs me nothing to run since I brought it 15 months ago.
Back pack , zodiac and foot ford here we come!
I still love the old diesels.
No gimmicks, no regular service cost to talk about except oil and filter. For 150-200.000kms. Than a fuel pump rebuild for $700 and another 150-200.000kms.
How about my bike? No ding- dong bells but five! so called 'safety features' before you can start it.
Ignition key. Fair enough.
Kill switch. Hm, ok. 
Sidestand switch. It's becoming ridiculous. 
Clutch swith. What the heck?! Unless you pull the clutch, it would not start. 
Gearbox cut out switch. If it is in gear, despite the clutch being pulled in, it would not start. F@#$ off! 
x10
Idiots drive cars! Last two switches disconnected.
This is all the doing of the bureaucrettins to save us from ourselves in the name of safety.
They are not even able to tell the sublime from the ridiculous! Struth!
Gee, it felt good!
Select to expand quoteDonk107 said..
Also sometime dealers can disable warning beepers (key in ignition etc) using their diagnostic tool but they will normally not disable anything that may have safety implications like seat belt warning beepers
Regards Don
The catch is I had a pollution bit go wrong last week in my ford and they charge me $44 just to use the diagnostic tool to find out what was wrong!
Select to expand quotenswsailor said..Donk107 said..
Also sometime dealers can disable warning beepers (key in ignition etc) using their diagnostic tool but they will normally not disable anything that may have safety implications like seat belt warning beepers
Regards Don
The catch is I had a pollution bit go wrong last week in my ford and they charge me $44 just to use the diagnostic tool to find out what was wrong!
you can get yourself an OBD reader so you can see the codes yourself...
