What's the most annoying feature on your car?

[white_goodman]

Blib said:

I have similar with Mrs Blib's SEAT Ibiza. The spare key only unlocks the driver's door. I have to put the key in the ignition and turn it on before I can open the other doors and boot with the console button.

I seem to remember (on the Fiat 500 at least) that if you turned the key clockwise again, it unlocked the other door and the boot.

[slash79]

The most annoying feature on my car (Saab 9-5 Aero) is the auto wipers. There's no intermittent wipe on my car, just auto, on constant and fast constant.
Oh you can adjust the 'sensitivity', but this is a fruitless task because if there's one droplet of water over the sensor, it thinks I'm driving through Mumbai during a colossal monsoon downpour!!!
Wonderful car apart from that! Oh and the fuel consumption........

[craig2003]

The armrest on my Audi RS4 is rather annoying, both the height and that it obstructs the gear stick. Not keen on the auto headlight wash when the lights are on dip, a separate switch would have been better and the seats are a bit difficult to get out of, really good though when sat in them I have to say

[TheAngryDog]

Ari said:

What the hell do you expect the cup holder to do about it!!?

Either drink some so the cup isn't full or don't drive like a tt, don't expect the cup holders to rewrite the laws of physics for you!

FFS.

Honestly, they're dog turd. They don't have a recess and hold the drink near the bottom, so top heavy containers just fall over

[ClarkPB]

If I slide my drivers seat forward to get access to the rear (Civic Type R) it doesn't click back into its original position which leaves you fidgeting about to get it how you like it again, really annoying!

[tali1]

ch108 said:

Vauxhall soft touch indicator and stalk controls. I've got used to them now but what's wrong with conventional stalks? Just messing about for messing about sake.

No temperature gauge. Apparently just a warning light that will come on when its too late. I know modern cars don't overheat as much as they did years ago, but still nice to have the warning that something might be amiss.

Door pockets not exactly wide enough to hold anything.

Used to have a 1990 Fiesta a few years back. Stereo was mounted low in the centre console. You couldn't eject a cassette (remember them?!) if in fifth gear as it just wedged against the gearknob. You had to change to fourth if you wanted to take the tape out.

Edited by ch108 on Tuesday 17th December 23:56

Yeah agree about those silly indicators and no temp guage.And my Zafira has dopey aircarft handbrake and elec door mirrors in elec window panel
And as an mpv Zafiras are rubbish for stowage areas.
My rover 75 temp warning light was tucked in corner obscured by steering wheel- i smoked the blasted thing, unlike my 307 which had brilliant warning "STOP THE CAR " right in driver's vision