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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:14:46 +0100, scott wrote:
>>> Well, no, you just had to stop somewhere in order to open or close the
>>> window.
>>
>> Why? Unless of course you're talking about non-driver's windows when
>> no-one is sitting there.
>
> And unless you are really rich and have a huge car, you can just lean
> over and do the passenger window by hand whilst you're driving.
Or if you drive a sensibly-designed car, the window controls are on the
centre panel rather than the doors. (My Saturn is like that)
Jim
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:47a98896$1@news.povray.org...
You're just slightly out of date.
> And then, about 4 years ago, I purchased the newest car that anybody I
> know has ever had. It was 3 years old. It's so new, in fact, that it has
> *metalic* paint. And electric windows. And power steering. And ABS. It
> even has *air bags*.
The car I have now has metallic paint, power steering, electric windows,
ABS. It's close on 11 years old.
It doesn't have airbags though.
> As far as music goes, most cars come with an AM radio. With mechanical
> tuning buttons. (You know, "radio buttons"?)
Haven't seen one of those for a couple of decades. Haven't seen a radio
without FM for even longer.
> If you're lucky they have
> FM as well. And if it's a really expensive car, there might be a tape
> deck. My current car is unique in that it can play *CDs*. In fact, it
> has a *six* disk changer in the boot. Advanced!
Unique? I bought my car (2nd hand) 6 years ago and it had a 6 CD changer in
the boot, FM radio, tape deck. The car I sold at that time had a 4 CD
changer under the driver's seat, tape deck, FM and AM radio and it had had
that for around 4 years.
Most cars don't have tape decks any more. Who sells tapes these days?
> Sure, I know there are absurdly rich people who can afford expensive
> shiny cars that have all sorts of electronic gizmos in them. But
> seriously, normal people don't have that kind of money...
Ever heard of a loan? Very few people buy cars outright. Most people take
loans from the bank and repay over 3-5 years. I paid off my car (R80 000) in
3 years. Think I was paying around R3500 - R4000 per month. (do the
conversions yourself.).
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On 6 Feb 2008 11:38:27 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:10:24 +0100, scott wrote:
>
>> 7.5 million new cars were sold in the US in 2004, so presumably some
>> people can afford them. A lot of people get given them by their
>> company, and a lot of other people just buy cars that are a few years
>> old (but not decades).
>
>Cars in the US are a fair bit cheaper than they are in the UK. Part of
>the reason for that is the additional cost of actually delivering the
>vehicles to the island - there's not a lot of space for manufacturing
>plants (though there are a few, of course).
>
There are a few manufactories on this sceptered isle, you know :)
We do make some cars and even export them.
Regards
Stephen
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"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message
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> > (Benny's car stereo is somehow able to decode MPEG-1 layer-3 digital
audio
> > from yellow-book CDs. Yes, yellow-book, but red-book. As a result, 1 CD
> > plays for about 13 hours. And the trebble is sufficiently chewed up to
> > annoy me. Apparently the difference is inaudible to everyone else...)
>
> Best invention ever - I would never get a car that wasn't capable of
playing
> MP3s now.
I wish mine did. The music system's a bit too old. It does read CD
rewritables, so that's a plus.
I'd love to be able to plug my ipod/Zen into the car radio. There's probably
some way to do it.
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Stephen wrote:
> There are a few manufactories on this sceptered isle, you know :)
> We do make some cars and even export them.
Really?
It's news to me that *anything* is manufactured in the UK. I thought all
mass-produced goods were imported...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> In the back, for the kids, fine. However, I've recently been horrified
> to see that front-seat players, apparently aimed at drivers, are
> becoming common.
With the traffic situation here I'll take one of those happily. On Monday I
listened to an hour long podcast from start to finish during my drive from
work to the dojo. It's a distance of around 15km, 90% of that on the highway
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:54:34 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>
>> There are a few manufactories on this sceptered isle, you know :)
>> We do make some cars and even export them.
>
>Really?
>
>It's news to me that *anything* is manufactured in the UK. I thought all
>mass-produced goods were imported...
You have too "down" a view of the world. You need to get away from the Home
Counties to get your hands dirty. :)
Regards
Stephen
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:51:26 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>Cars in the US are a fair bit cheaper than they are in the UK. Part of
>>the reason for that is the additional cost of actually delivering the
>>vehicles to the island - there's not a lot of space for manufacturing
>>plants (though there are a few, of course).
>>
> There are a few manufactories on this sceptered isle, you know We do
> make some cars and even export them.
Oh, yes, I know (miss the paranthetical?). But I also know that a lot of
the materials still have to be imported, which adds to the cost -
especially with the increase in oil/gas prices. And that said, petrol
isn't exactly cheap over there.
Jim
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:53:12 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
> I wish mine did. The music system's a bit too old. It does read CD
> rewritables, so that's a plus.
> I'd love to be able to plug my ipod/Zen into the car radio. There's
> probably some way to do it.
The only thing I don't like about my Saturn is that the connector on the
back of the radio is a nonstandard connector, and Saturn can't even tell
me how to hard-wire my iPod to it. So I use an RF transmitter instead,
and that generally works well.
Jim
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> Cars in the US are a fair bit cheaper than they are in the UK. Part of
> the reason for that is the additional cost of actually delivering the
> vehicles to the island - there's not a lot of space for manufacturing
> plants (though there are a few, of course).
We don't really drive cars that are actually made in the USA in Europe :-)
Most cars sold here are either built in Europe from a European make (mostly
French or German) or built in Europe from a Japanese make.
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