Heated car seats are the best invention since sliced bread.
The fact that they begin to work their magic before I’ve even left the gate of our complex on a damp fall morning warms my cockles and fills me with joy.
I’ve given up being radiated through a sunroof to be warm within Vancouver’s mist from the bottom up and I have no regrets. Heated seats were the number one request for my latest vehicle.
I once gave my equally heat challenged girlfriend a ride home in my Ford Fiesta. As soon as we sat down, I had the seat warmers engaged, the satellite radio tuned into the spa channel (yes there really is such a thing!) and my sexy interior disco lights turned to a warm purple glow.
“This is just like being in a spa!” my guest declared before she even knew what was happening. And I couldn’t agree more. Driving this way makes being stuck in traffic a pleasure.
I’m not sure why I don’t fall asleep with all this relaxation going on. Probably because I know that I could die at any moment should the various drivers around me care to do something crazy, like run a red light. Tends to keep me on my toes and makes it all the more necessary to have the cleansing spirit of the spa with me at all times to keep my blood pressure in check.
It recently got me thinking…what other cool spa-like features could be installed into new cars?
How about a back massager built into the seats? Are you listening Ford Canada? And don’t think that they should only be in the high-end models. Road rage would be a thing of the past if they were built into all the cars. People would LOOK for traffic jams to get into.
With cars being able to park themselves, why not have an autopilot that can drive the car for me after I’ve been to an actual spa when I’m too comatose to drive? That would be handy.
Perhaps the car could brew a nice soothing cup of tea or coffee while I drive. It could be under the radio. Like some of the new coffee makers today, I would just place my cup under the spout and press a button. The heat could be borrowed from the seat warmers and the water could come from the air conditioning. All I’d need to do is load a little capsule full of tea or coffee and voila.
As a thank you, I’m hoping that Ford Canada will send me a pair of nice fuzzy spa slippers that have the word “FORD” emblazoned on them. That and give me 15% of the action every time a customer chooses the “spa” package.
What snazzy features would YOU build into a car?
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