Originally Posted by
runarut
I must not be very adaptable when it comes to cars.
You get off your plane, rum-dumb from travel delays, hobble on over to the car rental place, throw your bags into the pre-opened trunk, and drive off to your hotel in the middle of the night.
After parking the car in hotel lot, you walk around to the trunk. Where is the key hole? No problem. Use the fob. No trunk button on the fob. No problem. Open the driver's door and find the obviously labelled lever. No lever. No problem. Must be a button somewhere with a trunk open icon. No button. No problem. It'll be in the owner's manual in the glove compartment. No owner's manual.
Now what?
This has happened to me a couple of times. Only on Pontiacs.
My solution? Don't allow them to give you a Pontiac. All the controls are screwed up. Also, until and unless I can figure out how the trunk opens, baggage goes in the back seat.
Ever rent a Prius? Took me 15 minutes to figure out how to turn the thing on - there IS no key, you put the whole key fob into the dash. Only National attached this little stick thing that kinda looks like a key. Which didn't help matters.
I guess though, that most car companies do not design their cars around rental companies needs. Maybe they should, I don't know.
Anyway, couple other observations - hand holds on the corners of the seats along the aisle like they have on trains. And better lights - more directional, or not in the ceiling, for overnight flights so one light doesn't light up the whole cabin. And how about some kind of head support in the seats, so you have something to lean your head against. And for those who use headphones, maybe a small light near the seatbelt sign, perhaps replacing that useless no smoking light - that lights up when they are making an anoucement. For that matter haven't we advanced enough technically that we can have special chimes used for Flight Attendant use instead of having to use the no smoking sign just to signal the flight attendants? And finally, why can't the make the fuselage more oval shaped, so you get straighter sidewalls?