Cars and things concerning them....
Mr. le Marquis du Galipot (iwmpop) iwmpop@gmail.com
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An older post but still valid....
Automobiles! GOOD AND BAD
NEWS! – “Good News”.
I just saw a report about
something adorable for about 99% of all car Drivers, a new, fully automated
system of parking in that parking place that's too small for mortals to
succeed!
The thing takes over, on the
press of a button, you don't touch anything, and it parks itself! In the report
I saw, it didn't touch anything apart from the free space!
Same system is used/usable
when you can't get your 2nd car into the Garage, AND open the doors to get
out! You just line the car up in front
of the garage door, get out, walk to the back of the car, and press the remote
control button!
It does it all by itself!
Amazing, but what happens if you're still INSIDE the car - can it go into
reverse?
A ladies (but also a Gentleman's)
dream! What are they going to test new licence aspirants on now?
Of course - there is just one
little drawback - the system seems to be available only for certain vehicles,
like BMW, Mercedes and the like!
Shortly they will bring out
an internal cleaning system - fully automated of course-to clean the seats,
empty the ashtrays and the like. (My neighbour could do with one of these systems, both in
her "car" and at home) (obsolete shortly?)
Probably a jump from there to
an automatic outside car washing system, which, on the press of a button, will
foam wash your vehicle, probably as you're hurtling
down the motorway at 100mph!
One way to cover up your
tracks from the traffic cops!
(Did you see where he went, Dave?)
BIG CARS – LITTLE CARS! “Bad
News”.
I never thought about it
before, but all those handy little guys who run "independent" Garages
are having a tough time!
Since the arrival of Car
Computers (to analyse where the problem is, and the performance) they are going
out of business!
The big boys (that means ALL
car producers) don't put updates on line, so the little boys can't update the
details! This means, in turn, that they have to check the whole thing through,
presumably with the description of the problem from the client (just like in
the bad old days) . This apparently takes them hours longer,and costs the client much
more!
On the other hand, the little
guy only charges 75% of what the big boys charge - hourly!
Of course, the big boys have
an offer prepared - the little guys can BUY a sort of subscription which will
be updated immediately. The price roughly (it's different
depending on the make of the
car) starts around 3,000 Euros!
All this, it seems, is
contrary to European Laws, but the big boys, as usual, don't care.
They are always above such
silly things like laws!
My simple question is - what
happens if I'm handy at mechanics and stuff, and I want
to repair my car myself? Do I
still have to buy their subscription? Just to work on my own car?
There are other examples of
big business arrogance, in almost every aspect of modern living, and it seems
that the only way to avoid them is to become - like me ..........a hermit!
19/04/2010 - mr le marquis (iwmpop)
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