Gimmick or great ?

darreno'd' · 02-02-10, 08:28 PM

What features have you had on cars over the years, that until you have sampled them you always thought were gimmicks ?

My first one would have been power steering, next, air conditioning, followed by rds radios and heated seats.

john johnson · 02-02-10, 08:31 PM

Heated windscreen , heated steering wheel.... Most dubious , auto wipers... When it rains you turn the feckers on... Simples

Audi Derek · 02-02-10, 08:34 PM

Door mirrors (thats how old I am), out side temp sensor, heated front and rear screens,rear wipe-wash,central locking.

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missfire · 02-02-10, 08:45 PM

self closing tailgate on an E-class Merc.....well the last 2 inches..

cool as hell..! but utterly pointless..!

Emjay · 02-02-10, 08:49 PM

probably being a Volvo driver for the last nine years it must be running lights.

I am now so used not to having to turn my headlights on that I'm a danger to other road users if I'm in a different car in the dark

dandan · 02-02-10, 08:56 PM

heated seats awesome if youve got back pain, also feels slightly like pissing yourself without the cold wetness and of course the shame

stuartmmcfc · 02-02-10, 10:11 PM

remote control c/locking.
when I got my Renault 5 back in 87 I told my Mum you had to wisper "open" into it for it to work. She believed it and used that method on her first car to have it

Tim C · 05-02-10, 09:32 AM

Auto wipers and headlights. I have them on the Navara and thought they would be waste of time.
Now, when I drive the quattro or my wifes car and its dark or raining, I look at the dashboard in a puzzled manner, confused as to why I can't see anything out of the windscreen, and have to try and remember where the switches are.

Oh, and four wheel drive coupled with a turbocharged engine on a road car, they'll probably use it in rallying one day.

amanda · 05-02-10, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by missfire

self closing tailgate on an E-class Merc.....well the last 2 inches..

cool as hell..! but utterly pointless..!

Only on a merc!!!!!!!!..............................the q7 tail gate is fully self opening and closing

darreno'd' · 05-02-10, 11:04 AM

Lazy entry on the Land Rover is great, you set up the seats, mirrors, steering column etc and as long as you use your own key, it adjusts it all as you get in.

02-02-10, 08:31 PM	#2
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	Heated windscreen , heated steering wheel.... Most dubious , auto wipers... When it rains you turn the feckers on... Simples __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

02-02-10, 08:34 PM	#3
Audi Derek “Been raced and rallied” Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bridgwater Somerset Posts: 1,431	Door mirrors (thats how old I am), out side temp sensor, heated front and rear screens,rear wipe-wash,central locking. .. __________________ Vorspurng durch Technik (see it does work)

02-02-10, 08:56 PM	#6
dandan big gimping Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: derby Posts: 1,105	heated seats awesome if youve got back pain, also feels slightly like pissing yourself without the cold wetness and of course the shame __________________

05-02-10, 09:32 AM	#8
Tim C Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Poole, Dorset, England Posts: 1,729	Auto wipers and headlights. I have them on the Navara and thought they would be waste of time. Now, when I drive the quattro or my wifes car and its dark or raining, I look at the dashboard in a puzzled manner, confused as to why I can't see anything out of the windscreen, and have to try and remember where the switches are. Oh, and four wheel drive coupled with a turbocharged engine on a road car, they'll probably use it in rallying one day. __________________ quattro RR - crystal silver quattro WR - 1981 Lombard RAC rally recreation (50% share) Nissan Navara - tow car / service vehicle for above A4 2.0T quattro s-line special edition - wife's http://www.flickr.com/photos/37654549@N06/sets/

05-02-10, 11:04 AM	#10
darreno'd' Mr Sixty Thousand!! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: berkshire Posts: 1,729	Lazy entry on the Land Rover is great, you set up the seats, mirrors, steering column etc and as long as you use your own key, it adjusts it all as you get in. __________________ http://www.oesems.co.uk/

02-02-10, 08:45 PM	#4
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	self closing tailgate on an E-class Merc.....well the last 2 inches.. cool as hell..! but utterly pointless..!

02-02-10, 08:49 PM	#5
Emjay Man Fettler Extraodinaire Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up my own arse blowing smoke Posts: 7,417	probably being a Volvo driver for the last nine years it must be running lights. I am now so used not to having to turn my headlights on that I'm a danger to other road users if I'm in a different car in the dark

02-02-10, 10:11 PM	#7
stuartmmcfc 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,243	remote control c/locking. when I got my Renault 5 back in 87 I told my Mum you had to wisper "open" into it for it to work. She believed it and used that method on her first car to have it

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