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March 24, 2009
Hi y'all
HN1X7013_500, originally uploaded by John Cornicello.
Tonight I'm in Louisville again, doing a case in the morning. I rented a car, a burnt orange Chevy HHR much like the one you see above. It is one the gaudiest cars I've ever driven.
Now, about fifteen years ago - the day of the famous May Day goal, in fact - my parents won a new car in a raffle. It turned out to be a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and it was a car I hated.
Why did I hate it? All the controls in it made no sense. Buttons weren't where I was used to them being. When I did find a button, it had a symbol on it that gave no clue as to what the button did. It had all these fancy indicators that cluttered the dashboard.
That's what I felt like driving the HHR today. Pulling out of the airport, I wanted to roll down the window. I spent about a minute feeling along the door, looking for the button. All I could find was the control that changed the mirrors. I was so flustered, I had to pull off the road to find the button. Know where it was? On the dashboard, next to the stereo. Who puts a button to control the windows there? Chevy, that's who.
Why you gotta be this way, Chevy? What possible advantage is there to this, and when is some poor schlub going to crash his car because the window button isn't where it's supposed to be?
entry no. 1334
Posted at March 24, 2009 09:26 PM
Comments
Never rent a VW! I rented a Passat for work a few months back, and I couldn't figure out anything at all. All of the buttons had strange graphics on them that made no sense whatsoever!!!
I adore my newish Honda. All of the buttons are perfectly placed. :)
Posted by: Candi at March 28, 2009 04:50 PM