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Pursuant to the hilarious thread about temperature setting displays changing their level of apparent illumination in darkness and through polarized sunglasses where many of us confessed to temporary stupidity, I have a story to make everyone else feel/sound/look smart.
My car came back today with Platform 10.2 after being gone for three weeks. When the transport driver dropped off the car, he left it running while I signed for it. I jumped right in, excited to experience the upgrade, and drove off and ran it through its paces for about 20 minutes (and yes, it is amazing as may others have said).
I then noticed I was down to my last few drops of fuel, so I drove to a gas station miles away from my home and refueled. When all was done, I pressed the "Start" button and saw the message "No Key Detected". I had been driving around for almost 20 minutes without the key and with no indication that anything was wrong!
Panicked, I called the transport driver and while explaining to him that I was profoundly retarded, his truck suddenly came down the road right in front of the gas station (he had no idea where I was at the time and I was nowhere near the delivery point). He was only about 10 seconds from entering the highway and leaving me stranded.
Long story short, he stopped quickly, I got the key back and all is well. Lesson learned: You can drive a 12c without a key as long as the engine is running. Please don't tell my neighborhood teenagers.
My car came back today with Platform 10.2 after being gone for three weeks. When the transport driver dropped off the car, he left it running while I signed for it. I jumped right in, excited to experience the upgrade, and drove off and ran it through its paces for about 20 minutes (and yes, it is amazing as may others have said).
I then noticed I was down to my last few drops of fuel, so I drove to a gas station miles away from my home and refueled. When all was done, I pressed the "Start" button and saw the message "No Key Detected". I had been driving around for almost 20 minutes without the key and with no indication that anything was wrong!
Panicked, I called the transport driver and while explaining to him that I was profoundly retarded, his truck suddenly came down the road right in front of the gas station (he had no idea where I was at the time and I was nowhere near the delivery point). He was only about 10 seconds from entering the highway and leaving me stranded.
Long story short, he stopped quickly, I got the key back and all is well. Lesson learned: You can drive a 12c without a key as long as the engine is running. Please don't tell my neighborhood teenagers.
