Categories: uncategorized
Date: 13 February 2007 11:02:08
Ok so the YayMobile stopped working. Is the problem a flat battery? Why no! The battery is fine! I can listen to music, have the air-con on, put my windows up and down. That is not the problem. Could it be the starter motor? No, because when I turn the key, it doesn't even TRY to start. It just sits there. Could it be the rest of the engine? Well it's unlikely as it's not even given a chance to try.
The problem is that the computer that controls everything, doesn't want the car to start. So it won't. When the NRMA guy used a thingy to make the starter motor go, it still wouldn't work because the car didn't want to give fuel to a strangely activated starter motor.
It's a software issue! I blame Windows Vista.
And see, all the roadside assistance people are mechanics. But cars don't break down because of mechanical faults anymore. They break down because their software has frozen. And mechanics aren't equipped to deal with that! Why should they be?!