Monday, September 22, 2008

Driving the Chevy HHR

Your car is parked in J-8.

Wow, that is ugly. Ah well, I'm just renting it for 10 days. Let's get the seat in the right position. There's the control to move it up, and now let's tilt the seat back. Nope, that adjusts the lumbar support, which is actually too high up and I can feel the metal bar digging into my spine. Ah I see. I guess that tilts the entire seat, not just the back. This is seriously uncomfortable.

Classic Chevy: pushing the gas makes it louder, but doesn't make it go. The handling is rather sloppy too. The tires are flexing even in fairly light turns.

Time to wait at an intersection. The roof is too low and forward. I can't see the light.

Time to make a left turn. The A pillar is blocking my view of the oncoming traffic.

Time to make a right turn. The B pillar is blocking my view of the traffic from the left.

Is there someone in the lane to my right? All I see is the rearview mirror.

I'd like to put my phone in the cupholder, but the slot for cup handles lets my phone fall out.

Let me check myself out in the vanity mirror. The mirror is angled to the passenger seat unless I pop the blind out of its holder.

Fine. I want some music. Here's a button with musical notes on it, but that doesn't turn the radio on.

And why is there a tiny white light in a hole in the ceiling that doesn't seem to turn off for any reason?

How did someone create this car?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Microsoft, can you spare a dime and let Gergely rent a better made car?

Mandi said...

You suck at updating your blogs. Just thought I'd let you know. :-)

amckenny said...

That's exactly why National's Emerald Club is such a wonderful thing... you choose your car on the lot - no special assignments. It's like Southwest Airline's boarding policy... except pleasant.