here is an extended copy of that microsoft list:
>If Microsoft built cars.....
>
>1. A particular model year of car wouldn't 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. You'd have to
> restart it, and for some strange reason, you'd just accept this.
>
>4. You could only have one person at a time in your car, unless you
> bought the Car 95 or Car NT Version, but then you'd have to buy
> more seats.
>
>5. You would be constantly pressured to upgrade your car. Wait a sec,
> it's that way NOW.
>
>6. Sun Motorsystems would make a car that was solar powered, twice as
> reliable, five times as fast, but only run on 5% of the roads.
>
>7. The oil, alternator, fuel, temperature, engine warning lights would
> be replaced with a single "General Car Fault" warning light.
>
>8. People would get excited about the "new" features in Microsoft
> cars, forgetting completely that they have been available in other
> brands for years.
>
>9. We would be still waiting on the "6000 SUX58" model to come out.
>
>10. We'd all have to switch to Microsoft Fuel (tm).
>
>11. Lee Iacocca would be hired on as Bill G.'s chauffeur.
>
>12. The US government would be GETTING subsidies from an automobile
> manufacturer instead of giving them.
>
>13. New seats will be forcing everyone to have the same size bum.
>
>14. Ford, General Motors & Chrysler would all be complaining because
> Microsoft was putting a radio in all its models.
>
>15. The new Car 95 and Car NT would be advertised as now having
> advanced features like tyres and an engine, totally ignoring the
> fact that these would normally be considered essential items.
>
>16. Each car would have a fabulous paint job and lots of chrome work,
> but asolutely no interiour or boot space.HANG ON THIS SOUNDS ALOT LIKE
MY SERIES II ALPINE!
>
>17. Even though the spedometer in the car is calibrated up to 200 Km/h,
> for some reason you never seem able to get it to go any faster
> than 50.
>
>18. The Car's manual tells you there is a spare tyre in case you
> have a flat, but one isn't supplied with the standard vehicle.
>
>19. The car is supposedly compatible with a bewildering array of
> accessories, but when you actually purchase one they never seem
> to fit just right. Not that real cars are any different!
>
>20. It looks and runs like a small four, but for some reason consumes
> fuel like a big V8.
>
>21. The car would be promoted zipping along on the "Information
> Super Highway". But in reality, would simply be responsible for
> pollution and congestion of the world's electronic roadways.
>
>
>
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