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Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
The Real Microsoft Car
We've joked about our cars being Microsoft, but it looks like future ones will be! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6240479.stmDS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
8th Jan 2007 4:37 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50976
So there will be 3 new buttons on the dash then:
Ctrl - Alt - Delete 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
8th Jan 2007 4:44 pm
Mossy
Member Since: 01 Jul 2005
Location: Hollyoaks, UK
Posts: 2683
Drive by Mouse?
At least it'll be updated regularly - like once a month D3 HSE V8...
8th Jan 2007 5:03 pm
wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14372
and proberly break down a lot more G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
8th Jan 2007 5:49 pm
DG Site Moderator
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This really is a step forward in mainstream media device integration......see this video demonstration of some of the Sync' features including USB and iPod voice control
Member Since: 08 Jul 2006
Location: coventry
Posts: 200
at least now when you have a car crash no-one will get hurt... although it will crash on a regular basis.... easy solution though, just turn off and turn back on again!D3 TDV8 HSE on order, Should Arrive 2017. If i'm lucky.
8th Jan 2007 8:03 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72994
Why were the glaziers frequently visiting Gates' new house???
They kept having to reinstall the Windows!
8th Jan 2007 9:05 pm
CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 4506
When you crash it'll ask you "Are you sure you want the airbags to deploy?"
or when speeding: "This car has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down"
Member Since: 08 Jul 2006
Location: coventry
Posts: 200
Quote:
At COMDEX recently, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive, but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again, because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. Oh yeah, and last but not least . . . you'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off!
D3 TDV8 HSE on order, Should Arrive 2017. If i'm lucky.
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