Re: another no Audi content stuff

[Robert Houk - SMCC Bos Desktop Hardware <rdh@UrQ.East.Sun.COM>]

   >Also, no matter where you drive your Audi (!) in New Jersey, you can't 
   >pump your own gas. That's right, the price Tim mentioned is for "full 
   >service" since it's against the law to self-pump in New Jersey.

   our friends in Orygun have the same "protection" against their own
   stupidity.  but, as with all well-intended laws, there are ways around it :)

   through a local fuel distributor, the puget sound bmw club got us onto a CFN
   card-key system.  these are card-lock pump systems that network around the
   country--kinda like atm systems for fuel pumps.  they cater primarily to
   commercial trucks--folks who don't want to carry lots of cash just to pour
   ...

[From a previous life] In the not-too-distant future, expect to see little
gizmos you can mount directly on your car (as in, possibly, a small "ring"
that mounts around your gas filler tube) that is recognized by the gas
station pump: you drive up, fuel up, and drive away -- no cards, no pins,
no fuss, no cash; just a monthly bill in the mail.

					-RDH