Comments on: The Chrysler Convertible http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/15/the-chrysler-convertible/ A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months... Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:12:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Hanan Cohen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/15/the-chrysler-convertible/comment-page-1/#comment-93386 Hanan Cohen Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:40:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1123#comment-93386 I would like you to check another "two lines of code" feature in this car. This is something I have been kvetching about for a long time. Turn on the Hazard lights, as if you are at the side of the road at night and want to notify other drivers that you are there. Now, say you want to get back to the road and you use the left turn signal. Does the car indicate in any way that the hazard lights are still blinking and that the other drivers cannot know you are actually returning to the road? I would like you to check another “two lines of code” feature in this car. This is something I have been kvetching about for a long time.

Turn on the Hazard lights, as if you are at the side of the road at night and want to notify other drivers that you are there.

Now, say you want to get back to the road and you use the left turn signal.

Does the car indicate in any way that the hazard lights are still blinking and that the other drivers cannot know you are actually returning to the road?

]]> By: Mihai Man http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/15/the-chrysler-convertible/comment-page-1/#comment-93174 Mihai Man Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:57:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1123#comment-93174 No wonder that the car industry is now in trouble! Most of them are huge, rusting enterprises making efforts to focus on internal improvements but not listen to thei customers. Like you mentioned the dashboard experience at GM. Similar, I did look in Romania for a car that should have a decent GPS incorporated because I didn't want to use my PDA or another external specialized system for this. A waste a time because all the so fancy cars (german manufacters of japanese) beside having huge prices for such cheap systems (starting 2000 EUR) they do not provide the country's map (probably I should buy a car here to travel in Spain with it :) ). That means that the automotive software is at best in the '90. Probably no software company would resist so long having with prices and one product with periodical facelifts (and with no *real* new products). No wonder that the car industry is now in trouble! Most of them are huge, rusting enterprises making efforts to focus on internal improvements but not listen to thei customers. Like you mentioned the dashboard experience at GM.
Similar, I did look in Romania for a car that should have a decent GPS incorporated because I didn’t want to use my PDA or another external specialized system for this. A waste a time because all the so fancy cars (german manufacters of japanese) beside having huge prices for such cheap systems (starting 2000 EUR) they do not provide the country’s map (probably I should buy a car here to travel in Spain with it :) ). That means that the automotive software is at best in the ‘90.
Probably no software company would resist so long having with prices and one product with periodical facelifts (and with no *real* new products).

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