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... maybe things aren't going so well right now (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago

Explanation: During the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire went through a prolonged crisis known as... well, the Crisis of the Third Century. Everything that could go wrong, essentially, did. Plague, invasions, secession, coups, civil wars, military rule, hyperinflation, corruption, banditry, breakdown of law, religious fanaticism, rising popularity of trousers...

The Empire survived, but only barely - and in a form hardly recognizable to the Principate of the first two centuries AD.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Your explanation is cool, but what do the lights mean, funny man?

[-] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago

Oh, I don't know, I gave up basic life skills in exchange for historical trivia.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Older cars test all the dash indicators when you start them by turning them all on so you can check for burnt out bulbs.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Not just older cars. Every car does this when you turn the ignition on.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Do new cars still have individual lights for these things, or do you just get, I dunno, a dialog box or something?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

The symbols are standardized, they even show up if your instrument cluster is just a screen. But they no longer have to be individual bulbs or LEDs.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Okay! I'll give it a shot. From the top down

  • Steering wheel with exclamation mark - Power steering problem
  • Green Key - unsure, maybe something about the key fob battery?
  • Lines around an ! - Tire pressure warning
  • Car with wavy lines and OFF - traction control off
  • Car with wavy lines - unsure, maybe traction control failure?
  • Red car with doors open - Doors not closed/latched
  • Red car with trunk up - trunk or hatch not closed/latched
  • H with what looks like a little boat - that's a temperature gauge, engine over heating warning
  • C with what looks like a little boat - unsure, maybe coolant is low?
  • Green leaf - unsure, maybe something related to Eco mode?
  • BRAKE - either indicates break issues or that your emergency/parking break is engaged
  • Oil can - low on oil
  • Blurry circle thing with text inside - that's ABS warning, break related
  • The square red light at the bottom - battery warning, probably low battery
  • Engine - the money light. When that comes on you're about to pay money to a mechanic. When it flashes, you're about to pay a fuckload of money to a mechanic

But yeah, as someone else said this typically happens when you turn your car on for diagnostic purposes.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

The blue c with a boat thing indicates cold fluids, like your oil will be thicker in winter until it warms up.

I don’t know any of the other ones you weren’t sure about, though I think the wavy lines one is just telling you that traction control is being used due to the conditions. I occasionally see that light come on when it’s slick.

Winter brings out all the fun dash lights!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

That Diocletian should come back from retirement

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

History really does repeat itself huh

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

wait I'm not supposed to collect the funny colored symbols?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Course you are, they're like achievements

this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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