scott wrote:

> Recently though, especially with these systems where the engine is 
> switched off every time you stop, the radio system is required to keep 
> working during engine start events.  There are quite detailed specs 
> about what the radio must "survive" in terms of supply voltage 
> fluctuation, because the supply voltage is anything but smooth in a car.

Did you see the one on Fifth Gear where they decided to test the theory 
that a car can survive a lightning strike by... driving a car into a 
giant laboratory and hitting it with lightning, with the presenter still 
sat inside?

IIRC, afterwards the car worked great. But the radio was behaving very 
strangely...

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