Non EFI, but could not resist sharing!!!

[Greg Hermann]

>>      At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly 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
>> $25 cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon."
>>
>> In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
>> stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be
>> driving cars 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 maneuver 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
>> "Car95" or "Car NT" but then you would have to buy 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 5%
>> of
>> the roads.
>>
>> 7.  The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be
>> replaced by a single "general car fault" warning light.
>>
>> 8.  New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
>>
>> 9.  The air bag 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 lift the door handle,
>> turn 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 or want them. Attempting to delete this option would
>> immediately cause the car's 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.