Usually I can tell who drove the car before me by various hints. It could be the seat backs slung low, seat moved far forward, or a particular radio station. All are solid clues to pointing to some Editor on staff.
Last night I got into our FX50, and upon start up I was assaulted by a very loud radio and the seat cooling feature on max blowing frosty air up my bum. I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be a joke, or the person before more was roasting and rocking out.
I can tell you I was wide awake after that.
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zoomzoom97 says:
04:20 PM, 08/ 4/09
Random thought: How do the bluetooth capable cars deal with the massive amounts of drivers shuffling back-and-forth?
I'm sure the very simple systems can easily remember each device and offer simple hands-free telephoning, but what about the Sync system etc etc.. Does it remember the position in all of your playlists/audiobooks/music and all of your phonebooks with no issue?
fuhteng says:
04:47 PM, 08/ 4/09
I blame the Canadian or Jacquot.
mjp16 says:
07:32 PM, 08/ 4/09
@zoomzoom97
My MINI is a car with a "simple system". The preferences are set up based on which key you use. If I was listening to FM 99.3 last time I got out, that's what plays when I get back in. Same with come home light settings, volume settings, auto door lock settings, etc.; all programmed to the key.
the_big_al says:
02:08 AM, 08/ 5/09
we used to play trick on people in highschool. If we came across a buddy's vehicle that had been left unlocked (an a lot of us never bothered to even roll up the windows), we would switch on whatever we could, sometimes even the lights so they would have to find someone to jump the battery when they came back out.
One person that got it real bad was a kid who drove a chopped top old datsun with the hood missing. His spark plug wires would go missing and or the rotor cap...
But that wasn't as bad as the answer a girl gave to her prom date. She took his truck, drove to the sidewalk entrance to the school, put it on jack stands and made off with the tires. He had to hunt down the tires to figure out what she said in reply to his asking her to prom.
jeepsrt says:
08:52 AM, 08/ 5/09
At my previous job we use to have work trucks and we would all be in the same area everyday. Whenever we came up on a co workers truck running while they were on an order, we would move it across the street and then park about a block away and laugh as they looked around confused.