Women!!!!!!
Yesterday I was writing a piece for Aussie Motoring about the new Audi Q7 – a high tech state of the art 4 wheel drive that no one in their right mind would ever think of taking off-road.
One of the features of this vehicle is a keyless ignition system that not only automatically unlocks the vehicle if someone carrying the key is standing nearby but also allows the car to be started without actually inserting the key.
I thought that sounded pretty cool and rushed off to find she-who-must-be-obeyed so I could dazzle her with this technical marvel. I didn’t think she would be very interested because cars and high tech stuff are a blokey thing and women just don’t understand those things do they?
She displayed about as much interest as I expected she would and dismissed it with a derisory ” That’s just making those things easier to steal.”
Ha! What would she know – I mean she’s a very astute businesswoman but cars and high tech stuff are blokey things so what would she know?
A few condescending words on my part – but nothing like ‘You wouldn’t understand’ (An auto service manager tried that one on her once and he still crosses the street when he sees her coming) – and the subject was forgotten. After all, what would she know – cars and hi-tech stuff are blokey things right?
Ah … wrong.
Today I just wrote another piece about stealing high tech cars and they’re just as gone in 60 seconds as an old clunker. In fact they’re even easier to steal because the thief doesn’t even have to sidel up to the car and jemmy a door. He just walks up and gets in as if he were the owner. Follow the link to read about Electronic Insecurity.
Of course I admitted my error of judgment to she-who-must-be-obeyed. She’s a fine forgiving woman who managed to last a whole five minutes before she just had to say:
“I told you so!”
Women!!!!!
May 8th, 2006 at 7:06 am
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