wha? where'd u come from? Lurker! Tangorre, Michael wrote: >>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>"The new Mazda Sassou while being `cool and promoting a >>positive state of mind' has a most important feature, that >>every geek will love. >>Instead of the classic key it uses a usb flash drive for starting up. >>The key can also be used to transfer things like driving >>instructions or music to the car's hard drive." >>Ugh. While this is kinda neat, I can think of at least a >>dozen reasons why this is a bad bad idea. I don't that kind >>of trust in technology just yet.... >>And, as someone pointed out on the forum, a simple static >>shock could render a (probably) expensive key useless. > > > Mazda's suck. I own a 2003 Mazda 6. I bought it brand new off the > showroom floor. I have kept up with all service and it has been in the > shop 14 times since I got it for electrical problems: headlights/fog > lights all burnt out, then just headlights burnt out, then just fog > lights burnt out, the A/C fan died once due to failed control unit, the > rear deck BOSE subwoofer was fried, cooling fans ran ALL the time and up > to 10 minutes after the car was off, the battery died (just last week) > from the fans always being on (yet warranty only covered 40% of the > battery cost. > > Moral of the story: Mazda electrical sucks period. I wouldn't introduce > another electrical anything into their cars. Honda Accord v6 Hybrid > coming up! > > >
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