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   Your Name to ghost_topper@hotmail.com   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   16 Mar 14 08:59:21   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , George Kerby   
    wrote:   
   > On 3/14/14 7:30 PM, in article lg06v0$5jk$2@news.datemas.de, "Alan Baker"   
   >  wrote:   
   > > On 2014-03-15 00:10:16 +0000, Your Name said:   
   > >> In article , George Kerby   
   > >>  wrote:   
   > >>> On 3/14/14 4:43 PM, in article 150320141043575546%YourName@YourISP.com,   
   > >>> "Your Name"  wrote:   
   > >>>> In article , George Kerby   
   > >>>>  wrote:   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> On a side note, it has always struck me as silly that car radios do   
   not   
   > >>>>>> have an automatic volume control that inceases as the car speeds up   
   and   
   > >>>>>> decreases as it slows down to account for things like tyre noise.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> Ummmm... I don't know where you have been, but that has been a feature   
   > >>>>> on   
   > >>>>> most better automobiles for the past decade or so.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Maybe it is on over-priced models from Mercedes, etc,   
   > >>>   
   > >>> You ever hear from a little Korean company called Hyundai?!?   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Methinks not...   
   > >>   
   > >> I have never seen such a system in any car, including Hyundai models,   
   > >> that I've ever driven or been in. A Google search does seem to indicate   
   > >> that it does exist though.   
   > >   
   > > And there's you're first problem:   
   > >   
   > > You assume that you not knowing something means that that thing can't   
   exist.   
   >   
   > Typical european arrogance...   
      
   I'm not in Europe, so you're wrong again.   
      
   As for automatic volume control, when I looked for such a system there   
   were none, but that WAS a few years ago now. Obviously someone else   
   since then stole my idea, again.  ;-)   
      
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