What 'extra feature' do you appreciate the most in your car?

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BatmanNate

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
The fact that it can pull 0.91g on the skidpad and gets 30mpg!

<-- Miata owner :)


That fact that it can pull .94g on the skidpad, does 0-60 in the 5's, does the quarter in the 13's, and gets 28mpg on the highway.

<-- MR-2 Turbo owner :D


This car doesn't have as much gimmicky cool stuff as my Supra did though. I miss the mirror defrosters and the gas mileage computer.
 

erikistired

Diamond Member
Sep 27, 2000
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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Apparently some people don't understand the words "extra feature"

Yeah, the thread is going Off-Topic.

I meant the little small things not usually found.

is your car 4x4? besides i drive a jeep, this is about as "extra" as you get.
 

SWScorch

Diamond Member
May 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Is that why your hands smelled like armor all? Dude, love your car but don't LOVE your car.. :D

I'm sorry, I just get so choked up when I think about her... And now she's sitting in a junkyard, rotting away, all alone... Surely you must know the attachment a guy has to his first car :)
 

Doggiedog

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I got a self dimming center rear view mirror with built in compass.
Great when some A-holes have the high beam on behind me.

I appreciate my very bright HID lights in my SUV so I can blind the hell out of people. :)























j/k
 

Black88GTA

Diamond Member
Sep 9, 2003
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Power side bolster adjustment on the seats. You can adjust the size of the seats to fit exactly to you :D.
 

Ornery

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Massive moonroof. Ultra quick ventilation without being blasted by wind through open windows.
 

halik

Lifer
Oct 10, 2000
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image of being loaded ... :-D (i drive an a4 that i paid 3500 bucks for )
 

SportSC4

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Aug 29, 2002
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hmm, i like my auto headlights but those come in a close 2nd.
I really like how my steering wheel automatically goes up and toward the dash when i take my keys out of the ignition.
 

Joemonkey

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Mar 3, 2001
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my jetta has all kinds of little extra features... above the rear view mirror, inbetween there is a little tiny sun flap you can pull down that is almost flush with the top of the rear view mirror in case the two big ones don't take care of it

steering wheel is tilt as well as telescopic

putting key in ignition and unlocking and holding in position rolls all windows down, holding in lock rolls them all up

ability to lock (as in with a key) my fuel door, interior trunk release, and ability to fold down rear seats

gas cap that has notches cut out so you can hang it off the fuel door while fueling
 

upsciLLion

Diamond Member
Feb 21, 2001
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Four wheel drive. If I had AC, that would be the most appreciated. My next car is going to have AC.
 

UnixFreak

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Nov 27, 2000
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I don't think most of you are getting the "extra feature" thing but oh well.


My favorite extra feature is, the drivers side fender is pushed back (the truck was in a wreck before I had it) so there is a loud POP when you open the door. This is cool because when it's sitting outside my bedroom window and someone breaks into it, I will hear that distinctive "pop" and it will wake me out of a dead sleep. (It happened before when my ex was dropping off my coat in there on night)
 

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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Homelink transmitter is pretty cool. Autodimming rear view mirror is right up there though.

Almost forgot, I love the radio controls on the steering wheel in the Maxima! That is a great feature...Actually, all these features are on my wife's car...
 

MaxDSP

Lifer
May 15, 2001
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<----Mitsu Galant owner, good luck finding "features" :p

I did drive a 93 Dodge Intrepid for quite a while and one thing I loved about it was the overhead center, displayed outside temp, mpg, compass, mpg, no of miles left in the tank, etc. I never understood why Toyota or Honda didnt have something similar in their cars, even now. Would it really cost that much? Even my dads Dodge Caravan has the same system.