We borrowed my future sister in law's S.U.V. this weekend to go pick up some new furniture that we bought from IKEA. We got ourselves a nice desk and a huge bookshelf for the office and library respectively.
It was a Ford Explorer and we enjoyed driving it.
When we got to IKEA, we went in, purchased our goods, and then went to wait for the items to be brought out.
IKEA has a loading dock where people back their cars up to to enable drivers the luxury of just plopping their items into the back. It is a neat little set up.
After a good 30-40 minute wait, muh honey went and got the car.
At no time in our driving the car up to this point were we required to ever back up...until she backed it into the space.
When she got out of the car, she asked me..."Did you hear the beeping?"
I told her that I didn't but she should go put the car in reverse again and I will see if I can hear it. She didn't hear the beeping either at that point.
We loaded the car up and went on our merry way.
Long story short, we bought something else from the store (the bookshelves) and went through the aforementioned process again.
The beeping occurred again. For this... I had to get in the car and listen. It was a steady beep that got more rapid as it approached the dock.
Our two college educations (master's in muh honey's case) allowed us to figure it out. The bumper has sensors informing you when you are about to cream something! Jesus... they really have thought of everything.
Remember the old days when you would just put your right elbow on the seat next to you, turn your head to the right and LOOK to see if anyone was behind you?
Even I remember those days.
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