Kay’s New Land Dinghy

After selling Kay’s old car on Craig’s List, with an elapsed time from posting the listing to counting four thousand dollars in twenties on the hood in the dark, she made it a whole three weeks before she simply had to have another car. Who am I to disagree?

Enter another gold car into the family yesterday, in addition to my gold Murano and our gold golf cart…  I guess we have a gold standard…

This morning I made it my mission to pair my Bluetooth phone to the car’s ‘in-house’ hands free phone system, as well as figuring out seat/mirror/steering wheel memory system and it’s six speed transmission – selectable for full auto or ‘slap-shifting’ (can’t wait to put that little feature through its paces), etc. etc. etc.

We’re not yet sure how we feel about this push button start/stop thing yet. Not putting a key into a slot is reminiscent of losing the foot switch on the floor to start a car in the thirties (and forties?), and now regaining it, but about three feet higher on the dash. But the remote has to be in the immediate vicinity, or the car won’t start.

I do like the intuitive way you unlock and lock the car – just get anywhere near it with the ‘remote’ (key fob) in your pocket or hand, and the car does the rest. Plus the position of the driver’s seat, steering column, outside mirrors and foot pedals automatically adjust to whomever’s remote is closest. So once you get in the car, after the steering column descends from its ease-of-entry position, everything is just as you left it, even though another driver may have made changes.

I also like the feature we also have on the Murano – especially during SW Florida summers – hold the unlock button down on the remote and the windows roll down to let the heat escape.

Well, we haven’t bought a car in years, so for all we know, all this stuff is pretty much standard on any higher end car. Cool to us right now, though!

Cheers. Gene