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To: Swordmaker
The catch is that you have to send the car back to Apple if *anything* goes wrong, even if you need tires. No user-serviceable parts at all, and no local service centers. Also, you'll only be allowed to travel on the Apple-approved network of roads. Non-approved roads won't show up on the in-car navigation, and attempting to travel on an unapproved road will void your warranty.

Oh, and Apple will record all your journeys, including the number of passengers, speed, time at destination, and so on.


16 posted on 08/25/2015 2:26:38 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Little Pig

Har, har, har....


20 posted on 08/25/2015 2:29:23 PM PDT by Cold Heat (For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
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To: Little Pig
Also, you'll only be allowed to travel on the Apple-approved network of roads.

You stirred a memory.

I remember reading a science fiction story with a similar story line. It was delivery trucks and they ran on rails. But the rails were different sizes going to different locations, so one had to have an adapter to change wheelbase width or one could only use certain roads (tracks).

Also one had to deal with the truck bed vs. the loading dock. Some were male, some female, so if you had a male bed and the location had a male dock, you had to have an adapter.

The story was a a satire of the PC - IBM situation. Remember having to get adapters for your keyboard, mouse, printer cables every time IBM put out a new PC ?

23 posted on 08/25/2015 2:36:17 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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