If Microsoft made cars!

In a recent Computer expo (COMDEX?), Bill Gates repeatedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon"

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release with the following
Characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this,
restart and drive on.

4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and
refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought "Ca95" or "CarNT". But then
you would have to but more seats.

6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, and
twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.

7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single
"general car default" warning light.

8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.

9. The airbag system would say "are you sure?" before going off.

10. Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in
until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grab hold of the radio
antenna.

11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps
(now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to
delete this option would immediately cause the cars performance to diminish by 50% or
more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the justice department.

12. Every time GM introduced a new model, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over
again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine.