Ravenwood - 10/03/03 01:00 PM
I've decided to do a Friday Five this week:
1. What vehicle do you drive?
A kitten stomping, gas guzzing, overpolluting SUV.
2. How long have you had it?
Two and a half years.
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle?
The stereo. Not only is it an in-dash 6-disk CD changer, but the radio can automatically searches for "Oldies", "Rock" or whatever type of station you want.
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle?
Well, enviroweenies find it intimidating, but that really should be filed under "coolest feature".
5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now?
That is one of the biggest bullshit questions there is. Money is always an object. Choosing between a $90,000 Hummer and my Ford with $70,000 shoved in the glove compartment, I'll take the Ford every time. Besides, think of all the guns I could buy with the extra dough.
Damn, I need a stereo like yours instead of one that refuses to seek anymore (and there is no manual tune-in dial).
Posted by: bogie at October 4, 2003 6:19 AMOuch. Yeah, I was pretty amazed when I read the book about it. The salesman never even told me about it, but then again, I did buy the car over the internet. Still, it displays the name/call letters of the radio station, and can seek for the different "types" of radio stations. (country, talk, etc..) Of course, the radio station itself has to encode their signal with a sideband frequency that has that information, otherwise it won't know it's there.
The funniest thing was when I showed it to someone, and she said, "What if there's a commercial? How does it know what kind of music is playing?"
Sigh.
Was she blonde?
Posted by: Tazteck at October 4, 2003 8:47 AM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
