What was / is the most ridiculous OEM option?

[alangla]

Rear facing CCTV.

On a Yaris.

Surely anyone should be able to park something that size without resorting to a camera? I take this back if this option was mainly aimed at people who have difficulty in turning their head/neck, rather than just being useless at parking.

[clonmult]

P-Jay said:

Talking dash on the Maestro.

The whole car was ridiculous ...

[TooMany2cvs]

P-Jay said:

Oh, I remember you could order the MK1 TT with a removable hardtop for the Convertible version, I seem to remember it was incredibly expensive and revolting to look at.

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[The Don of Croy]

Honda CRV shower option.

[Wacky Racer]

The Don of Croy said:

Honda CRV shower option.

wtf!!!

[Zwolf]

£95 for colour coded door handles on poverty spec BMWs always struck me as ludicrous.

[brooxy]

Sunroof in a MK1 Clio.

Not saying that sunroofs are a bad thing in principle - however, having owned three MK1 Clios, I never came across one where the Sunroof didn't leak.

I'm sure it would have been better if either:

- Renault put drainage channels for the Sunroof in, so the water didn't pool around it

and / or

- The roof was made of something with a bit more integrity than tin foil

[slash79]

Bloody Auto wipers!!..
My 9-5 Aero has them and they're crap! Can't switch em off either. No intermittent wipe, just auto, on and very on!
Arrrrrgggggg

[Afromonk]

brooxy said:

Sunroof in a MK1 Clio.

Not saying that sunroofs are a bad thing in principle - however, having owned three MK1 Clios, I never came across one where the Sunroof didn't leak.

I'm sure it would have been better if either:

- Renault put drainage channels for the Sunroof in, so the water didn't pool around it

and / or

- The roof was made of something with a bit more integrity than tin foil

I had this problem with my Mk1 but only when going around a corner.
Once you leant round a corner or roundabout it would splash the collected water onto the recipient of that side which was brilliant fun for soaking passengers but st if you had to turn right.
Most people I know who had one with a sunroof ended up sealing it themselves (usually with caulk/epoxy etc) or welding a plate in.

Has put me off sunroofs/rooves for life.

[TNH]

slash79 said:

Bloody Auto wipers!!..
My 9-5 Aero has them and they're crap! Can't switch em off either. No intermittent wipe, just auto, on and very on!
Arrrrrgggggg

Auto wipers are good when installed by a good car company.

[blueg33]

Citroen XM power operated central armrest lid. Gauranteed to take 10 x as long to open as if you did it using your hand!

[tali1]

clonmult said:

P-Jay said:

Talking dash on the Maestro.

The whole car was ridiculous ...

It was a very practical standard issue family car -how can that be ridiculous?

[Seb d]

Tape/CD/MiniDisc head unit in the Hyundai XG30 (I think)?

[LuS1fer]

TNH said:

slash79 said:

Bloody Auto wipers!!..
My 9-5 Aero has them and they're crap! Can't switch em off either. No intermittent wipe, just auto, on and very on!
Arrrrrgggggg

Auto wipers are good when installed by a good car company.

Our Mondeo stops wiping when the car is stopped and idling in traffic, IIRC. Stupid.

[Captain Muppet]

belleair302 said:

...or the rear wash wipe on a 911 not being standard!

Or the optional 911 windscreen with a tinted top, but no standard windscreen available as a no-cost option.

No seats available without spending more money either, last time I looked.

[V8forweekends]

AlexHat said:

The scented air fresheners some Citroen's have. Who would want an air freshener clipped to their vents?

???

Whilst I think it's a ridiculous option, the OEM one isn't "clipped to the vents"

[LuS1fer]

Just remebered the Citroen Pluriel with it's ridiculous side frame removal which had to be left at home at the riisk of being rained on.
Pleut-riel indeed.
Leaked like a sieve too.

[AlexHat]

V8forweekends said:

???

Whilst I think it's a ridiculous option, the OEM one isn't "clipped to the vents"

Ah yes, my mistake. The Citroen one's go into a hole in the dash next to the vent.

[Mr Gear]

Chicane-UK said:

The coffee machine in the Fiat 500L is certainly a novel idea..

This option almost makes me want one.

[BRMMA]

i don't know if Porsche still do it but it used to be the case that if you wanted your interior a colour other than black you paid extra but then if you wanted to keep some of the original black parts you had to pay extra again