Another Audi feature

[LL - NY]

I know WHY they program it that way, but as I said, it's JUST like
Microsoft, they assume the owner/operator can't forsee everything
themselves, so they simply assume they know better.  Case in point, the
default set-up for MS Word. It tries to format your text unless you ask it
not to. Like you don't know how you want to use a blank page or something.

Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone!

LL - NY

On 12/25/08, Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
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> LL - NY writes:
> > Ditto on Mom's 2001.5 Passat. Dumb feature IMHO, and Mark, sorry about
> your
> > Dad.
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> > FWIW, my 95.5 UrS will lock itself if you unlock the door with the remote
> > but don't actually open either any door or the trunk. I haven't timed how
> > long it takes, but it can be annoying. I don't know
> > why marketing/engineering think that the decisions of the owner/operators
> > need to be automated,
> > it's like Microsoft all over again. :-(
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> The reasoning is not that the car wants to disobey your command.
> It's in case somehow the car unlocks after receiving a stray signal.
> Rather than have the car sit unlocked, it will re-lock itself after
> a delay if the owner isn't actually there to enter the car.
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