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most pointless feature in a car

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    #32
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    My honda has a button that lowers the aerial to half height.. thats gotta be up there :)


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    #33
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    The most pointless feature in any car is the nut behind the wheel :D


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    #34
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,223 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Kali wrote: »
    My honda has a button that lowers the aerial to half height.. thats gotta be up there :)

    I think that was a feature they developed for the NSX. God knows why I know that.


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    #35
    Jimbo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭Jimbo


    Gearchanging paddles/buttons on an automatic. I have used mine twice in two years. You have to keep checking the dash to see what gear your in, bloody dangerous


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    #36
    joolsveer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭joolsveer


    Cigarette lighter and ashtray. Dangerous as well as pointless.


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    #37
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,427 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    the cigarette lighter is very good for lighting cigarettes though, and the ashtray makes a great ashtray.


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    #38
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    joolsveer wrote: »
    Cigarette lighter and ashtray. Dangerous as well as pointless.
    I use my cigarette lighter socket for powering my phone charger / GPS and the ashtray for loose change.


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    #39
    mthd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭mthd


    my car has a little drawer on the dash for holding credit cards :D


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    #40
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    mthd wrote: »
    my car has a little drawer on the dash for holding credit cards :D
    Probably designed for countries using credit card size driving licenses, ie USA, Australia etc. Not a good idea to leave them in there unattended :eek:


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    #41
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    My car has the least pointless thing ever. A clip on the insde of the windscreen on the drivers side for holding pay and display tickets.:D it's qualiy.


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    #42
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,427 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I like the little clear plastic clip on VW cars that holds your parking ticket against the windscreen (I presume that's what it's for) that's useful, so is a card holder in the dash (handy for putting multi storey parking tickets into on the way out)

    EDIT: That's bizzare what just happened there! I swear I didn't read Stekelly's post


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    #43
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,147 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Kali wrote: »
    My honda has a button that lowers the aerial to half height.. thats gotta be up there :)

    I think we have a winner :D
    KTRIC wrote: »
    I had it in my Mk11 900 CS, along with loads and loads and loads of nice little toys :D

    ToysRgood :D


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    #44
    It BeeMee
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭It BeeMee


    Electric windows on anything other than the driver's door.
    I mean, feck it, the passengers have more spare hands than the driver....usually....


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    #45
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,425 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    Stephen wrote: »
    My Civic has the air conditioned glovebox too. There's a vent you can close in there if you don't want it cooled. I really wouldn't miss its electric mirrors though. Set them up on day one and they've never been touched since.

    I wouldn't agree, I often dip my passenger side mirror when reversing into tight spots, to guard against my paranoia of kerbing the alloys!
    I also find the auto-dipping mirror and auto wipers pretty useful, despite being very very skeptical before experiencing them.

    My favourite feature in my last couple of cars is Climate control, simply fantastic. Anyone who says its a waste of time or no use in "our climate" is talking bonkers IMO.


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    #46
    Tropheus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭Tropheus


    Rear seats Porsche 911. Useless for anything more than storage. Passengers would need to have their legs amputated.


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    #47
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,147 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    ksimpson wrote: »
    Rear seats Porsche 911. Useless for anything more than storage. Passengers would need to have their legs amputated.

    You obviously don't carry (small) children as passengers, ksimpson ;)


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    #48
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,828 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Sun Roof

    Often noisy when open...in the middle of the the day the sun blazes in,so you have to close the blind.....

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #49
    Green Hornet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭Green Hornet


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    My favourite feature in my last couple of cars is Climate control, simply fantastic. Anyone who says its a waste of time or no use in "our climate" is talking bonkers IMO.
    Must say that I agree. Was skeptical about it before I had it but its great.


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    #50
    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,945 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    It BeeMee wrote: »
    Electric windows on anything other than the driver's door.
    I mean, feck it, the passengers have more spare hands than the driver....usually....

    Electric windows on passenger windows are very handy for us non air con car owners, how else do you get air through when stuck in traffic. Electric for the driver doesn't have any real benefit. Any HGV I've been in has a winder for the driver and electric for the pasenger.
    unkel wrote: »
    You obviously don't carry (small) children as passengers, ksimpson ;)

    But with the new child seat rules they aren't any use any more. I'd say it's fun fitting a child seat into one:D


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    #51
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,787 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    JoeySully wrote: »
    on some megeans when you put it in reverse the rear wiper makes one swish across the window :) not a very nice noise when its a sunny day :)
    I know that sound but it only happens when the wiper stalk is left in auto position, just flick it up to the off position on sunny days.


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    #52
    ART6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    Cup holders. All the motoring mags nowadays seem to tell us how many cup holders "it" has. My car has two of them (I am seriously deprived). I have never used them, given the drinking and driving regulations.:o


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    #53
    port
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭port


    I spend alot of time in my car and personally I like all the gadgets and toys,most are a convienence and I wouldnt call any of them useless.


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    #54
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Slightly OT..
    I miss the coolant temp gauge in the wife's Zafira!! how far out does the temp go before the warning light comes on ?
    My fater taught me to drive and it was drilled into me to watch the gauges, now there's none :eek: and I constantly look for it..


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    #55
    towel401
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭towel401


    joolsveer wrote: »
    Cigarette lighter and ashtray. Dangerous as well as pointless.

    that feature is a relic from the good old days when everybody (<SNIP>) smoked. a lot of new cars don't have em


    MODEDIT: unneccesary, offensive remark removed


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    #56
    steve-hosting36
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭steve-hosting36


    The cooled/chilled compartment is very clever, and dead handy for keeping cans/ water bottles chilled on the move. The rear electric blind tho, is 'gadgety' but only useful for the odd time you're driving due east at sunset :)


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    #57
    HJL
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭HJL


    Worst feature ive experienced in a car is the 'one touch' indicators, at least the one on '04 shape Vectra, slightest turn deactivates the indication. Maybe they are better on other cars that have it, but Vauxhall just didnt seem to get it right, if i have to hit the lever 3 times instead of once then this is not a step forward in my book!


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    #58
    fl4pj4ck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,001 ✭✭✭fl4pj4ck


    tits behind wheel


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    #59
    Plug
    Registered Users Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    2 speed reverse ftw! Merc cls have them.


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    #60
    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    fl4pj4ck wrote: »
    tits behind wheel

    fl4pj4ck ...why must you speak, when you've got nothing to say?


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    #61
    sgt.bilko
    Registered Users Posts: 456 ✭✭sgt.bilko


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    I use my cigarette lighter socket for powering my phone charger / GPS and the ashtray for loose change.

    My mode of transport has a ciggy lighter that won't accept phone chargers, gps etc :mad:


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