Good Interaction

As promised, here’s another VW post.

Last night my family and I decided to head down to Home Slice for pizza and then Jo’s for coffee. At one point in the evening, we parallel parked, after which I heard ssssssssssssss. Awesome…a flat tire.

It was night and thus dark. I pulled out the jack, tools, and spare and got to it. The good interaction came when I had to position the jack. I’d changed a flat on this car a few times before and remembered what to look for to position it correctly. There are little arrows on the bottom of the sides of the car to indicate the right position:

The triangles are an excellent indicator. Though it shows them in blue, they just match the color of the car, so you can’t see them. They are however punched into the body, so you can feel them. This was particularly useful yesterday because, as I mentioned, it was nighttime. So not only did VW engineers think most people would need jack position indicator, they also knew we’d be changing tires in the dark.

VW gets another interaction point!