r.camlin
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- First Name
- Rob
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- Apr 26, 2019
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- New Jersey
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- 2019 Civic Hatchback Sport
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Hello.
I’ve gathered you all here today so that we may commiserate over the worst feature of modern cars ever conceived.
The automatic “all windows down” thing.
I keep my keys in my back pocket. Because of this, there have been several occasions in which I've walked outside to my car only to find ALL of my windows ALL THE WAY down. And it's almost always at the worst times, like overnight on a humid day, or when the neighbor is mowing his lawn. Yes, before anyone says it, I’ve since gotten into the habit of taking my keys out of my pocket before I sit down. But still.
Why would anyone need this lame party trick? I've seen people say that it's to cool the cabin down before getting in, but that would take forever anyway and meanwhile you have all your windows down, exposing your car to the elements for who knows how long until it reaches an okay temperature. Also, if it's hot in your car, and it's hot outside, would it really make that big of a difference? And why on Earth do they not include a feature to automatically wind them back up without having to get in and start the car?
It's absolute nonsense and I wish I was in the meeting when they decided this was somehow a good idea.
That's all. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
I’ve gathered you all here today so that we may commiserate over the worst feature of modern cars ever conceived.
The automatic “all windows down” thing.
I keep my keys in my back pocket. Because of this, there have been several occasions in which I've walked outside to my car only to find ALL of my windows ALL THE WAY down. And it's almost always at the worst times, like overnight on a humid day, or when the neighbor is mowing his lawn. Yes, before anyone says it, I’ve since gotten into the habit of taking my keys out of my pocket before I sit down. But still.
Why would anyone need this lame party trick? I've seen people say that it's to cool the cabin down before getting in, but that would take forever anyway and meanwhile you have all your windows down, exposing your car to the elements for who knows how long until it reaches an okay temperature. Also, if it's hot in your car, and it's hot outside, would it really make that big of a difference? And why on Earth do they not include a feature to automatically wind them back up without having to get in and start the car?
It's absolute nonsense and I wish I was in the meeting when they decided this was somehow a good idea.
That's all. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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