# Stupidest product design you’ve experienced **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-product-design-you-ve-experienced/981621 "2023-03-25T02:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 183
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-product-design-you-ve-experienced/981621/183 "2023-03-29T01:37:26Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The bane of my existence are computers that are slower than I am. In my current car I car push the start button, have the engine light off, then move the console shift lever into D and press the adjacent parking brake release switch before the computers have finished waking up and they ignore my parking brake release command. Then I add throttle pedal and there’s no going. Pisses me right off. A mechanic friend advised me a few years ago, that the computers in today’s cars need a few seconds to wake up. He recommended turning the key to the “on position” to wake up the computer, counting to three or four Mississippis, then cranking the engine. That’s what I do–well, really, I listen for three or four “bongs” coming from the “hey, put on your seat belt” warning. Either way, it seems to work. My car works well when I do that, and I don’t get weird or wonky error messages on the display. Once the engine is turning over, I can put on my seat belt and get going. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-product-design-you-ve-experienced/981621)._