The talking car approach is treading in dangerous territory—if a show features talking cars and the vocal talents of Larry the Cable Guy, my own mother being showrunner wouldn't motivate me to watch.

I hope the cars speak. Annoying. Elevator. Voices. With sarcastic, snarky timing.

Or, you know, Marvin the robot style whinging.

Or "I can't do that Dave."

"A door is not a jar; a door is a door."

I do this still...

re: Sunday/Monday, maybe there isn't a strong lineup on that Sunday evening, so they figure they'll catch some of the "24 crowd", or people that are looking for something to watch. Then they'll come back for Monday night.

My friend's car (or rather it's alarm) would tell people "Please step away from the vehicle." Then, "If you do not step away from the vehicle..." I can't remember what it said after that, because most people stepped away.

Then, "If you do not step away from the vehicle..." I can't remember what it said after that, because most people stepped away.

The fault with those sorts of alarms is that there wasn't the option to record your own statements. "If you do not step away from the vehicle, the zombies will be released in 30 seconds" probably would have been better than whatever the actual alarm said.

There was a guy in my college apartment complex with a talking car. His personalized plate said "PITBULL". The car would say "you are too close to the vehicle! step. back!" BFF and I were coming home drunk one night and she said "let's set off the alarm! I'm not going to let some car tell me what to do!" so, we went over to the car. didn't set off the alarm. we touched it. didn't set off the alarm. finally, she lifted the door handle and that did the trick. We ran off, laughing hysterically.

There's a car in Europe somewhere which reminds drivers to slow down. With "Please slow down". My Drive fanfic head has a contestant speeding down the freeway, not paying attention, slamming into the reservation, bashing the car up, screaming to a halt, half alive - a beat - and then "Please slow down" from the car before cutting away.

Yes, I'm not a writer.

I used to hear car alarms that would say, "Help me - I am being tampered with!" (Then if you still tampered with the car, the alarm would go off.)

Neighborhood kids just loved to bump into cars to get them to talk. Maybe that's why car alarms don't talk anymore.

But still - I think they should have expanded on the idea:

"Help me - I am being tampered with!"

Then other cars could join in:

"Hey Joe - are you OK?"

"Hey kids - leave Joe alone!"

"Someone notify the police!"

The fault with those sorts of alarms is that there wasn't the option to record your own statements.

I'll bet you could nowadays. "If you do not step away from the vehicle an annoying series of noises will begin. Everyone in the office buildings within a five block radius will hate you and the owner of the vehicle."

Yeah. The zombie thing is probably better.

But still - I think they should have expanded on the idea:

"Bad touch! Bad touch!"