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I'm 6'5", my wife is 5'6". I listen to a particular radio station in the car, she listens to the CD player. I smoke so I leave the drivers window open a wee bit, my wife doesn't smoke and prefers the windows shut, etc, etc, etc. And quite frankly, it's a pain in the ass changing all these settings in
the car whenever I have to drive after she's used it (and vice-versa).
OK, so you can already buy cars that are equipped with seat-position preset buttons, so you can have different driving positions for yourself and your partner, but take that idea forward and add on presets for climate control/temp, radio/CD, mirrors, steering wheel position, anything you want. The majority of the features in modern cars are now operated electronically, so I can't see it taking a lot of effort to automate them.
Possibly controlled by a car's onboard computer?
Toyota's Mood Car
http://edition.cnn....4/spark.clever.car/
Not quite changing colour though... [kmlabs, Mar 16 2006]
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Seems like a good idea. Can't think of any reason not to bun it! |
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I think that most high end luxury cars have this feature where the settings are embedded into a smart chip in each key. So when the husband drives the car, the car inherently "knows" who is driving and it will retrieve the last known settings. |
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Personally I dont think that I would ever use such a feature simply because if I had the heat on last night, it might not be as cold today. Or if I was listening to one radio station last night, I am likely to want to hear something else this morning. |
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What happens if you get the wrong key? "Arrgh, it's crushing my legs!" |
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To really annoy another driver, turn the stereo volume RIGHT UP, just before switching off. |
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Will it turn the car PINK when it's my turn to drive? |
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[xandram] has inspired my next idea - 'Mood Cars' that change colour dependant on how raged up you are..... |
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[BigDog] I think Toyota have already baked that - I'll try and find a link... |
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