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Article #6910810 things different
From: Tony Ashby
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <1sp1xAAIeqbxEwB1@agashby.demon.co.uk>, Tony Ashby <tony@agashby.demon.co.uk> writes 10 thing different since microsoft >1. A particular model year of car would not be available until after >that year instead of before it. > >2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you'd have to buy >a new car. > >3. Occasionally your car would just die for no reason and you'd have >to restart it. For some strange reason you'd just accept this. > >4. You could only have one person in the car at a time unless you >bought a Car 95 or a Car NT. But, then, you'd have to buy more seats. > >5. Sun Motorsystems would make a car that was powered by the sun, >would be twice as reliable and five times as fast - but it would only >run on 5 percent of the streets and highways. > >6. The oil, engine, gas and alternator warning lights would be >replaced with a single 'General Car Fault' warning light. > >7. People would get excited about the 'new' features in Microsoft >cars, forgetting completely that they had been available on other >cars for years. > >8. We'd all have to switch to Microsoft gas. > >9. The U.S. government would be getting subsidies from an automaker >instead of giving them. > >10. New seats would force everyone to have the same-size butt. > > "Car & Driver" Feb '96 > -- Tony Ashby - save space and Bonsai your pets
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