Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: OT: Mini Rant About New Car Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 07:49:23 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:49:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="54d7f710f07904e2d33cb0a5057756c1"; logging-data="2340199"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DzrFJ8cF0cJySY1dBqWIY" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:gElzQXeZY42fM785ajSohBtCZuw= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2739 On 8/1/2024 4:52 AM, JAB wrote: > > Well our old one is finally on its last legs with what is probably a > dodgy alternator but they aren't quite sure and it's not really worth > possibly fixing it due to the age of the car vs. the cost. Kinda > annoying as although it's almost twenty years old it only has 50,000 > miles on the clock. Enter stage left the used but only a year and a half > old one. > > Feck me it's like sitting behind a computer with all the controls and > displays it has. The navigation, entertainment and communications > owner's manual is eighty pages long. Do the really think I'm going to > read all of that. The amusing part is that the standard owner's manual > spends four pages explaining how to put petrol in it. So someone is > going to understand all the complications of the location services but > doesn't know what that round flap is for. > > On the plus side it does have some niceties such as displaying the > actual speed limit in case you've missed the sign, not having to take > the key out of your pocket to start it and the top of my list - user > profiles so you can have the wing mirrors and AC adjusted to how you > like them. Now if only we could get a toilet seat that does the same. > > The less said about warning me that my small rucksack in the passenger > seat isn't wearing a seat belt the better. Oh and there's an app because > of course there is. Re: The App. That's so you can change settings on your car as you are driving illegally using your phone. Because EVERYTHING is done via phone app now. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.