[TenTec] How We Buy Things

[Bill Coleman]

Grant, thanks so much for the sage advice.    I happen to be in test drive
mode, also happen to have plunked down my $$ and luckily for me the radio
hasn't shipped.

A key difference between radios and cars....   not all of us can test drive
a radio.

I suppose you find this whole PTT discussion laughable.  Personally I find a
radio with FOUR ways to connect a key somewhat laughable.  I still don't
know why I would want to ever send CW with my mic PTT switch or my
footswitch.  But if TT put it there and they have a 'superior'
implementation, then it must be the best, huh?

You would be right on if I was asking for 500W output, or a third receiver.
All I want is the damn turn signals to work like I expect them to!

Happy New Year
Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: [TenTec] How We Buy Things


> Last time I purchased a car, I visited a lot of dealers, did a lot of on-
> line research, test drove everything I though I might be interested in.
>
> Found one that met my most important requirements in a price
> range that would leave me enough to eat .... the way most of us
> choose what to acquire in the first place ... and then I bought it.
>
> What I did not do afterward, was begin a long discussion with the
> manufacturer of my car, complaining about features that were not
> available, about the location of controls and gauges on the
> dashboard, about the performance of the engine, about the tire
> pressure monitor that never seemed to work right, etc.  After all,
> engine performance, braking, door locks, headlights, temperature,
> seat position, radio, GPS,  and many other things are controlled by
> several on-board computers that can always have their code and
> parameters modified. So in a sense we all drive "software defined"
> cars .. and more than one very high end automobile the last year or
> two has suffered mightily from software bugs.  How about the
> equivalent of "stops transmitting and requires a reset" on a tight
> curve at 80 mph on the Interstate .. :-)
>
> If something breaks I ask the dealer to fix it.  I have not asked my
> dealer to redesign my car because even though I bought it, I wasn't
> happy with its features.  Not that they would have done anything
> anyway but smile and show me the door, or try to sell me next
> year's model.
>
> So I drive the car I purchased, and it gets me comfortably where I
> want to go, even though it is not perfect in every possible way.
>
> Then there are radios ..... :-)
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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