Ultrasonic parking aids ...

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> Well, the tidbit that caught my eye was the ultrasonic parking
> aid.  Sounds like this is a rear-mounted sensor that is set up
> to give you distance info... are there other cars that have this,
> or is this another Audi first?
> 
... I've seen a BMW cage commercial that showed someone maneuvering a BMW 
amonst some expensive vaaaaaaaaahses using some IR or ultrasonic device 
to give distances.  Hell, you could buy a kit from Polaroid several years 
ago to build your own ...

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)

Speaking of commercials ... I must say I really like those new MBz ones ...