SailorGirl
Well-Known Member
My new car. My shiny blue 2019 Elantra with only 25,000 miles on it. Let me count the ways. I hate thee freely, I hate thee purely, I hate thee with a passion I did not know I possessed. I hate your gizmos, your bells, your whistles, your shiny blue lights. I hate your pop up messages, I hate your little pictures, I hate your two inch thick owners manual.
I hate your chapter on keys. I hate that I read all 15 pages and still have no idea why the key seems to stick a little when I remove it from the ignition. I hate that you lock yourself. Did it ever occur to you that I don't lock the door on purpose? No, because as much I care about you, is much as you don't care about me.
I hate the way you consistently scare the bejesus out of me. I hate that I tried to figure out on my own why that red triangle shaped red light that shone so brightly near my heat on the way home in the dark for the first time, was a beacon of fear nestled among all the blue lights. And that when I googled red triangle shaped light on the internet, instead of calling my normal chain of support, that all I could come up with was it was the engine light of death. I didn't sleep well that night because of you.
And this morning at 5:30 you did it again. You sent me a message on my screen. I was too startled to read the whole thing. Front End Collision Warning something disabled? What does that mean? Why is it disabled? This was followed up with another orangy triangle and a little teeny tiny picture that stayed for a minute or two then disappeared.
You're killing me. I hope you're happy.
I hate your chapter on keys. I hate that I read all 15 pages and still have no idea why the key seems to stick a little when I remove it from the ignition. I hate that you lock yourself. Did it ever occur to you that I don't lock the door on purpose? No, because as much I care about you, is much as you don't care about me.
I hate the way you consistently scare the bejesus out of me. I hate that I tried to figure out on my own why that red triangle shaped red light that shone so brightly near my heat on the way home in the dark for the first time, was a beacon of fear nestled among all the blue lights. And that when I googled red triangle shaped light on the internet, instead of calling my normal chain of support, that all I could come up with was it was the engine light of death. I didn't sleep well that night because of you.
And this morning at 5:30 you did it again. You sent me a message on my screen. I was too startled to read the whole thing. Front End Collision Warning something disabled? What does that mean? Why is it disabled? This was followed up with another orangy triangle and a little teeny tiny picture that stayed for a minute or two then disappeared.
You're killing me. I hope you're happy.
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I've never had one that lit up before. I was at the drive through at chick fil a and had the heat on full blast because my hair was wet. After a few minutes, I said what's that noise, looked around and said omg it's me. Looked down and saw this BIG red glowing button near the heat and thought my car's overheating. Turned the heat off and the button was still glowing seemed to get bigger and redder the more I stared at it. Tried to push it hoping it would turn off - nada. Honest to God OTR, I shook all the way home, counted the miles until I made it. and damn near kissed the ground when I got out.
