A Bug's Life

This Autoguide article is a fun bit of nonsense.  As a statistician I know that the sums in it are tripe but I think the author would probably agree with me on that.

The author asks, "How Many Punches Has my 18-Year-Old Beetle Inspired?"

Eh?

This is the car in question.

It is a bit yuk but I wouldn't want to punch it.

 

So I started reading the article and it all made sense.  It refers to the Stateside tradition of punching somebody whenever you see a Volkswagen Beetle.  Or "Bug" as they like to call it.

 

It is explained best by The Simpsons: 

I'm sure why a bloke would have a Beetle though, even a Canadian bloke.  You can excuse the colour because his mother would have chosen that when she bought it new.  But anything that amuses me and also gives me an excuse to dig out an old Simpsons clip is OK by me.

Audi '80s

Interesting story from the Detroit Motor Show in Autoguide today.

It's an Audi concept car called the h-tron:

Looks a bit Volvo to me. But it is an Audi hybrid obviously named after a film from the early '80s:

 

A time when Audi made the Audi 80:

 

A time when people were discovering other computer games as well as those featured in Tron.

Like Tetris for example.  Which brings us back to the Autoguide article.  Apparently the new concept has a couple of sensor/scanners in the boot which analyse your luggage and tell you the best way to pack it.  The article calls it "automated car-tetris".

I actually enjoy working out the best way to pack the boot.  That's why I drive an estate car and have a Degree in Statistics.

The concept also has OLED Audi tablets that allow rear-seat passengers to communicate with the driver. 

Can't help thinking that talking would be a better method of communication - like we did in the '80s.

And the car-tetris has been done before too: