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Old 01-31-12, 08:37 AM
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Talking if apple designed cars...

what do you think?

- there would be one model.
- it would come in black or white.
- there would be one button on the dash + a power button
- or maybe you'd have to swipe your feet from side to side to get it going
- the instrument panel would be all lcd, beautiful, but impossible to read in sunlight
- the wheels would be all aluminum, one piece, and impossible to clean

... add yours
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Old 01-31-12, 08:52 AM
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If the steering wheel came off, Apple would call people out for not holding it correctly
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Old 01-31-12, 09:01 AM
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modding would be jailbreaking.

apps(parts) going to be pricey.
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Old 01-31-12, 09:15 AM
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If Apple made cars they would be lemons. Let em make computers, it's what they do best.

On the other hand, if Microsoft made cars...

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 "CarNT." 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 five per cent 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 car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.
12. Everytime 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.

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Old 01-31-12, 09:16 AM
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lol the post above me:

You do press the start button to shut off the engine in my car with the push start
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Old 01-31-12, 10:03 AM
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doesn't matter how the car looks, it will sell like hotcakes
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Old 01-31-12, 10:35 AM
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Old 01-31-12, 10:43 AM
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^^^^ rofl!
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Old 01-31-12, 10:45 AM
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if apple made cars, you wouldnt be able to change the battery like all other apple products or open the doors or pop the hood. you'd get in through the windows
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Old 01-31-12, 10:54 AM
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you would be limited to where you can drive the car
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Old 01-31-12, 11:07 AM
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It would be way overpriced.
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Old 01-31-12, 11:34 AM
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They'd be the only domestic car company making money

*zing*
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Old 01-31-12, 12:07 PM
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great ones!

oh and the apple car dealers would rock!
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Old 01-31-12, 12:40 PM
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lol people would camp out for them, china would self destruct.
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Old 01-31-12, 05:24 PM
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The engine would be a V8 called "Lion".. hear me roar...
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