Most useless features on a car.

[Vic]

Cruise control. Should be outlawed IMO.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak

Originally posted by: Linflas
Unless Subaru has redesigned this finally the cup holder in the Legacy. When you use it the cups block access to the radio controls.

QFT!!!!!!

That was changed with the most recent redesign.

 

[MBrown]

Eye lids. Ugh

 

[fbrdphreak]

Slow FWD cars with ginormous wings FTW!

 

[fbrdphreak]

Car bra's!!!! Ugly too, blech

 

[GTaudiophile]

I can't think of one single useless feature on my Mazda 3S.

Edit: Well, perhaps the crappy dead pedal. It should be made of plastic.

 

[jlee]

Oddly enough, I'm happy with the options on my truck - would prefer power locks/windows, though. Can't think of anything that's useless.

Originally posted by: Vic
Cruise control. Should be outlawed IMO.

I love having cruise..

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Volkswagen Beetles have a flower vase mounted on the dash.

/thread

troof

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: AmericanRebel
Those stupid seat belts that move when you open the door on my friends Probe annoy the fvck out of me. I also hate the turn signals on the mirror and the back-up video screens. If you don't have the skill to manuver your vehicle without electronic aids you should not be driving it imo.

Oh God. Do they still make cars with those stupid things in there? I hated those things. I can put my own sealbelt on (and do every time) thank you very much.

Here's a pic of a similar car to mine. See the hole/slot on the left sid eunderneath the fog light switch... WTF is that for? It's too skinny to fit anything decent into. It's too shallow for sunglasses and they'd bounce right out. Maybe my TV remote would fit but no use for that in the car.

And see the cup holders in front of the shift stick? If I have a large soda in there from McDonalds or something, I can't shift into park without denting the cup.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior

Originally posted by: AmericanRebel
Those stupid seat belts that move when you open the door on my friends Probe annoy the fvck out of me. I also hate the turn signals on the mirror and the back-up video screens. If you don't have the skill to manuver your vehicle without electronic aids you should not be driving it imo.

Oh God. Do they still make cars with those stupid things in there? I hated those things. I can put my own sealbelt on (and do every time) thank you very much.

No. They stopped making motorized seatbelts in the 1994 model year, when dual airbags became standard equipment by federal law on passenger cars.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Vic
Cruise control. Should be outlawed IMO.

Why?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Vic
Cruise control. Should be outlawed IMO.

Why?

Inflexibility of speed among individual drivers is a major cause of congestion and accidents. Think prick in the left passing lane doing exactly 3 mph over the limit and won't move or speed up for anyone. Why? His cruise control is on, even in the city, and he don't turn it off for no one. That's bad driving period. The safest driving is continually adjusting to the flow of traffic.

 

[andylawcc]

imo. Sunroof

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Vic
Cruise control. Should be outlawed IMO.

Why?

Inflexibility of speed among individual drivers is a major cause of congestion and accidents. Think prick in the left passing lane doing exactly 3 mph over the limit and won't move or speed up for anyone. Why? His cruise control is on, even in the city, and he don't turn it off for no one. That's bad driving period. The safest driving is continually adjusting to the flow of traffic.

Just because I have cruise doesn't mean I maintain a constant speed regardless of my surroundings.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Vic
Cruise control. Should be outlawed IMO.

Why?

Inflexibility of speed among individual drivers is a major cause of congestion and accidents. Think prick in the left passing lane doing exactly 3 mph over the limit and won't move or speed up for anyone. Why? His cruise control is on, even in the city, and he don't turn it off for no one. That's bad driving period. The safest driving is continually adjusting to the flow of traffic.

You don't have to use cruise control to be an asshole blocking the left lane. I think the type of people who do it would do it regardless of whether they have cruise or not. I don't use my cruise control a lot, but when I do I frequently adjust it for exactly the reason you describe. That's probably why I don't use it much, because I adjust it so often anyway. But it's useful when there's not a lot of traffic.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Citrix
1. Went to Houston 3 weeks ago and rented a Kia Sorrento. the most useless feature on that car was the options in the display where it list the outside temp & direction, well i pushed the button to see what the gas milage was on it and it didnt give me that, instead it listed the altimeter and barometric pressure... :disgust:

2. Went to houston last sat and rented a Cadillac DeVille, nice car and the V-8 Nordstrom engine hauled serious ass, but when I put the car in reverse both the side mirrors would tilt down so i was looking at the ground. I guess that is good if you are parking next to a curb but backing out of parking spot it was most stupid. The other useless feature on the caddy was the steering wheel warmer. Now if they made a steering wheel cooler for those hot summer days where your hand melts to the wheel, that would be cool.

ok, your turn list your most useless features on a car.

you can turn that off, or adjust them to where you want them to go, or only have one mirror do it etc. my dads avalanche has it, and they are great for backing up trailers and stuff.

 

[phantom309]

05 Subaru Legacy GT

"Dual Climate Control" - This means that the HVAC has two identical controls, located 6" apart, on the center of the dash. This is so that the person sitting 8" to your left can theoretically have his/her own "climate". If you're alone in the car, you have to adjust both of them to get the car to change temperature.

Heated seats which take exactly as long to warm up as the car's regular heater does.

My car is also equipped with the "Ultra Vibrating Shift Knob" which might be of some use for extremely lonely female motorists, but which just makes my arm go numb.

 

[ultimatebob]

My car has a center sunvisor that is about 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. It's almost totally useless.

Headlight washers are pretty useless, too, but at least they look cool when you use them

 

[Auryg]

My adjustable antenna

 

[Rogeee]

Backseat driver

 

[cubby1223]

Most useless feature is without a doubt the car alarm. I just had to sit through over an hour of horns-a-blazing from the neighbor's car whilst no one was home :disgust:

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: phantom309
05 Subaru Legacy GT

"Dual Climate Control" - This means that the HVAC has two identical controls, located 6" apart, on the center of the dash. This is so that the person sitting 8" to your left can theoretically have his/her own "climate". If you're alone in the car, you have to adjust both of them to get the car to change temperature.

Heated seats which take exactly as long to warm up as the car's regular heater does.

My car is also equipped with the "Ultra Vibrating Shift Knob" which might be of some use for extremely lonely female motorists, but which just makes my arm go numb.

The shift knob vibrates because it is connected to the transmission via solid metal linkage. This is typical and normal of cars with a longitudinal drivetrain layout. The vibration would only seem unusual IMO if you were used to tranverse layout cars (i.e. most FWD) that use cable shift linkage.

 

[Pepsi90919]

nordstrom?

 

[Juno]

my thermometer next to the rearview mirror. it's so lame.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Citrix
1. Went to Houston 3 weeks ago and rented a Kia Sorrento. the most useless feature on that car was the options in the display where it list the outside temp & direction, well i pushed the button to see what the gas milage was on it and it didnt give me that, instead it listed the altimeter and barometric pressure... :disgust:

2. Went to houston last sat and rented a Cadillac DeVille, nice car and the V-8 Nordstrom engine hauled serious ass, but when I put the car in reverse both the side mirrors would tilt down so i was looking at the ground. I guess that is good if you are parking next to a curb but backing out of parking spot it was most stupid. The other useless feature on the caddy was the steering wheel warmer. Now if they made a steering wheel cooler for those hot summer days where your hand melts to the wheel, that would be cool.

ok, your turn list your most useless features on a car.

brakes, seatbelt, turn signals, i could go on and on and on...