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If Microsoft made cars...

post #1 of 5
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OK, we've all heard this joke before. But it's time for a fresh twist.

If Microsoft made cars...

-Despite the fact that the Windows Vista Car is being sold as an "all-new" car, complete with Intel or AMD dual-injection engine, it would contain 20-year old components under the hood.
-Gas mileage would be atrocious, at 10 mpg city/12 highway under new 2008 EPA rules despite the more fuel-efficient dual-injection engine.
-The navigation system would crash in tricky situations.
-When airbags are about to deploy, it would say "Airbags are about to deploy. Cancel or allow?".
-To turn off the car, you would have to press the Start button.
-When you crash, you would be subjected to the Blue Windshield of Death.
-The stereo would only play WMA files.
-Microsoft cars would only run on Microsoft Windows Live Gas, sold in six varieties:
  • Windows Live Gas Starter (a poor-quality gasoline sold only in third-world countries to fight counterfeit Microsoft gas)
  • Windows Live Gas Home Basic (a low-quality 87-octane gas with minimal detergent additives for personal cars only)
  • Windows Live Gas Home Premium (a decent-quality 93-octane gas with extra detergents to keep your engine clean)
  • Windows Live Gas Business (a decent-quality 87-octane gas with detergent additives)
  • Windows Live Gas Enterprise (sold only to fleets)
  • Windows Live Gas Ultimate (a 94-octane gas with a ton of detergent additives and engine boosters that nobody needs)

-The slogan would be "Zune-Zoom-Zune".

Any other jokes?
post #2 of 5
When you're about to make a turn, and you turn on your turn signal, a small bubble would pop up alerting you that you're about to make a turn. You close the bubble, and make the turn. Five seconds later the same bubble pops up. You have to open the bubble, then click cancel, or it will continue doing this.

Every time you start the car, a bubble pops up saying that you've started. No shit Sherlock.
- Rich
post #3 of 5
Various recording devices hidden throughout the vehicle reporting all your activities back to MS. This helps them "improve the product" and "creates a more enjoyable overall driver experience."
post #4 of 5
The steering wheel would look just like a steering wheel-- except when you tried to turn the wheel you'd be in for a suprise. You can only tilt the wheel up, down, left and right to navigate. (ala the Zune's clickwheel)
post #5 of 5
They'd crash.
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