VBF-12_Stick-95 Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 Well, I took delivery of a brand new car. It's a nice four door sedan with all the amenities, upgraded XM radio with high end sound system, built in GPS, heated leather seats with profile positioning, sun roof, environmental control system, automatic anti-collision system, anti-lane change warnings, backup assist camera and much more. You get the idea.A funny thing happened though when I took delivery. Just before the salesman gave me the set of keys he said he had to reset something and went in under the hood and after some tinkering he shut it and said I was set to go. Odd, I thought, but I soon forgot about it as I was thinking about all the fun I was about to have.The dealership was close to home so I went there to pick up my wife without playing with anything in the car. When I drove up she was waiting with a big grin on her face. “How is it?”, she asked. “It feels really good so far.”, I responded. We thought we she put the car through all the hoops so she hopped in.I put the car in reverse to turn around in the driveway. I looked at the big 7 inch screen that displays the camera output from the rear. Instead of the view of what was behind me, the screen was black with a little grey lock on it. “What's that”, my wife asked. “Not sure”, I said, “maybe you have to do something in the setup first. Get out the manual.” As she looked through that, I figured I would try out the stereo system. I turned it on and it defaulted to a local AM station. I push the button for FM and three stations were already preset. I choose one. It was a rap station. Now, I am no fan of rap music but I have to tell you the sound was incredible, really nice bass and highs. OK, now for something I like. I tuned to my favorite station. Much to my surprise the screen went black and the little grey lock symbol was again on the screen. “What the heck?”, I mumbled. For the moment I put it back on a different preset station that was playing elevator music.“Well, let's just get her on the road”, I said to me wife. She just nodded. I brought up the GPS, which oddly enough had five reprogrammed destinations in it, and told it I wanted to go to a favorite restaurant location. The location appeared on the screen under the other five locations but it had a little grey lock symbol beside it. My wife looked over at me. “How much did you pay for this thing?”I was speechless. The first selection on the GPS was the dealership where I bought the car. I set it to take me there although I knew the way. When I arrived the salesman was standing out front. “How is everything?”, he said. I explained to him all that had happened and abut the little grey locks that kept appearing. He then told me that in order to make sure drivers know all the basic features of the car the manufacturers have built in a series of task you must perform before you can unlock the other amenities. My wife just gave me “one of those” looks. I held out my hand and dropped the keys into the salesman's. “Keep it”, is all I could muster. Our old car was still sitting where I had left it.My wife and I then got in our old car. We manually rolled down the windows for some fresh air. “Where to?” I asked. “Just get me on an open road”, she replied. I turned onto the Interstate and got the old thing up to 80mph. I turned on the radio and cranked it with some good ol' rock and roll with the wind blowing around us. Life is good. 5
FlatSpinMan Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 I get that it's intended as a joke, but this is the last topic I want to see raised in Free Subject right now.
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