I sometimes let someone else drive my car. Not that often, but it does cause the occasional problem. For instance, I'm a good six to eight inches taller than this other person. They have to adjust the seat closer to the steering wheel to drive, and they sometimes forget to return the seat to its original position. Just yesterday, I had to wrench my hips around just so I wouldn't bump into the steering column. My knees hit it anyway. It wouldn't be that much of a problem, but I don't really like to adjust my seat until I'm actually sitting down, as it is easier to reach the controls that way. Almost as bad, they sometimes adjust the seat way too far back, as if I was well over six feet tall. While I don't hurt myself, I do wind up messing up anything in the floor behind me. Next, there is the sun shade. It's summer, and I like having some sort of visor up by the windshield to keep the car a little cooler. However, this person frequently messes up the passenger side of the screen, causing it to slip a little. While that doesn't affect the temperatures on my side, it does make it harder to put the screen away easily so I can drive. If the screen is set up properly, it can be taken down without any fuss, but there always seems to be a problem whenever it isn't set up right. After this, I can now start the car, only to find more problems. Whenever one of the car's features sends out a notification, the feature turns on the radio console to use its speakers. Well, this person doesn't know how to turn the radio off properly, even after numerous attempts at showing them how. They just leave the radio on, and asking me to go back out to shut it off. What's worse, they accidentally mute the radio instead of turning it off. This risks draining the battery, especially when I turn the motor on. Another problem is the digital information display. This person has an irrational fear of tires going flat at the worst possible moment. They check the tire inflation every chance they get into the car, even if when they don't really feel anything is wrong. They've also have starting worrying about the electrical system and the battery life as well. Half the time I start the car, the information is still there, instead of something more immediately useful, such as the speedometer. It's not like I'm going to note what the tire inflation, battery charge, or even oil life when I don't need to. Finally, I can drive. Or not. This person has one last bad driving habit. They don't 'zero out' the steering wheel to straighten the tires. Frequently, there is a slight turn to the wheel that could cause the car to turn in that direction even after I straighten the tires out. Worse, this person has even had the steering wheel upside-down, and I don't notice it until it is too late. I've pressed the wrong buttons on the wheel, and it has led me to think something bad is happening. I've even almost gone into traffic in front of another vehicle because the wheels were turned in the wrong direction. As the primary driver, my needs take precedence. They keep saying that they are going to change and remember to set the car back to my standards, but they keep doing it. I'm just fortunate that they don't read this blogcast, or I would be in trouble for mentioning them, even though I never mention them by name. If they need, then I could be in even worse shape the next time after they take my car.
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