Re: Beware of high tech running amok

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:59:45 -0500, "Ed White"
<cewhite3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
>And it's unnecessary, just like many of the other high-tech, high-cost
and 
>mostly useless features being foisted on gullible buyers as manufacturers

>think up ways to sell vehicles with faddish technology for technology's 
>sake.
>
>Among them:
>-- Rain-sensing wind****eld wipers: They usually don't work, and besides, 
>what's wrong with setting the interval yourself?
>-- Auto-dimming mirrors: You can't see anything but headlights at night.
>-- Keyless push-button ignition systems: How about inserting a key and 
>twisting it?
>-- Radar cruise control: It slows you so the guy next to you can jump in
the 
>lane in front of you.
>-- Air-conditioned and heated seats: They're not needed if you sit on 
>good-quality cloth instead of trendy leather.
>-- Surround-view cameras: What's wrong with looking around?
>-- Proximity warning systems: You can't tell whether it's picking up 
>something in back or near the front fender.

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Gee, no remote control for the radio? Oh, the humanity!!! ;)

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