The Magic Key

 

Do You have a magic key?

Perhaps I should give a few more details to you. Our car needed to go into the shop and insurance told us to go to a car rental location and pick up our temporary vehicle. Upon arrival, the helpful employee brought the vehicle to us. It was a fairly large (compared to our car) Crossover.

The helpful employee showed us how to operate this rather complicated moon rocket. First, there is no key…only a black fob with pictures of our wishes on one side. Want to open the door? Press a magic button. Want to open the rear hatch? Press another magic button. Oh, and by the way, one can open the hatch by a button on the driver’s side, a button on the hatch, and by waving your foot under the hatch! This sounds like magic to me!

The front seats almost adjust themselves to your innermost desires. The driver’s dash looks similar to Elon Musk’s SpaceX control panel. I was content to leave the current view alone…no! The vehicle began showing me many possibilities for the driver to view. For someone who needs to see speed, rpm, gas, AC and if my lights are on, this vehicle insists on showing multiple lighting levels, autopilot, multiple methods of listening to radio, pandora, and who knows what other listening stations!

Driving in traffic becomes a lesson in flashing lights on each side mirror, musical beeps when cars approach from the front and rear, and the steering wheel seeming to have a mind of its own. I tried to turn left, and the vehicle said “NO!” and actually tried to turn right!

Filling the vehicle with gas was actually familiar. I was afraid the gas location would throw the gas gun out if I chose an inferior gas station!

The magic key is a reality! When the key or fob comes anywhere in the neighborhood of this vehicle, musical beeps begin to happen, and doors seem magically to open. Do I believe in magic? With this vehicle, I do!

The Magic Key.

Ken

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