Monday, July 02, 2007

What We Need...

OK, they now have cars that tell you how to get where you're going, cars that sense someone in your blind spot, cars that tell you if you're tailgating, even a car that parallel parks itself. So, when are they going to come out with a car that has no horn? On Thursday, I will have owned my beloved Firebird for five years (only 48,000 miles on it) and I can't recall ever using the horn except to test it the day I purchased it. I prefer the use of my brakes over that of my horn. I've found that my horn does nothing to slow me down or to increase the traffic flow in front of me. Other people are ignorant of those simple facts. If I am fifth in line at an intersection and the person at the head of the line doesn't peel off the split second the light turns green, I resent the person behind ME leaning on his horn. I am armed. And if my horn sounded like a baby goat bleating for its mother, I'd be embarrassed to even use it. I can't think of a foreign car that has a decent horn. And while we're at it, let's get rid of those Mini-Coopers. I have yet to see a dozen clowns climb out of one, so what good are they? (Yes, I know a baby goat is a kid, but if I said a kid bleating for its mother, how would you know I was talking about goats?)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Since you're not into the movies, you wouldn't know the usefulness of Mini Coopers when committing a robbery as was demonstrated in "The Italian Job."

Now when I drive behind one, I think of driving through storm drains. Can't think of a single legit reason to drive through a storm drain, though.

Mark said...

I thought you had a 'Vette.

Lone Ranger said...

I WOULD have a Vette but my mom was still living when I bought that car and I needed a four-seater for when I visited home to haul around my family.