Re: Canadian Subaru Outback Wilderness Gets A Key Feature - U.S. Is Left Out

Wilson <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:29:38 -0400
Newsgroups alt.autos.subaru
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 4/23/2021 9:46 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
> Yousuf Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Canadian Subaru Outback Wilderness Gets A Key Feature - U.S. Is Left Out
>> | Torque News
>> https://www.torquenews.com/1084/canadian-subaru-outback-wilderness-gets-key-feature-us-left-out
>>
>> It's a heated steering wheel! Interesting that they won't even offer it
>> as an option on the US models?
> 
> "Customers in the U.S. will have to wear gloves when the temperature
> drops below freezing in the Northeast, Rocky Mountains, and the
> Northwest."
> 
> Um, who the hell goes outside when it is so cold outside without gloves?
> Freezing is hardly so cold to need gloves, or a heated steering wheel.
> If it's sub-zero, you'll have on gloves before you even reach your car,
> like donning them when inside just before going outside.  You'll already
> have your gloves on when you get into your car.  Oh my God, those will
> interfere with using all those gimmicks inside the car.  Yeah, we
> certainly need to maintain the loss of focus on using the gimmicks
> instead of having drivers perform their main function: drive the car.
> 
I suppose you don't like the heated seats or heated mirrors either?