The 'Fancy / Rare Options on Average Cars' Thread
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.TommoAE86 said:
S10GTA said:
How to ruin a good looking car 101.
I'd remove the stance/stretch/arches and spoiler but I like the hardtop. Figglesworth said:
TommoAE86 said:
S10GTA said:
How to ruin a good looking car 101.
I'd remove the stance/stretch/arches and spoiler but I like the hardtop. kapiteinlangzaam said:
The Poxhalls/Opels with the integrated bike rack are quite common here in Euroland.... Renault also offer it on some models.
My Ovlov XC90 has a 2.5keuro paint job and a 2k+euro standalone diesel heater for the cabin and engine block (very rare outside nordic countries).
My dad had an L322 six cylinder diesel Range Rover with that. The remote from it was a Volvo remote.My Ovlov XC90 has a 2.5keuro paint job and a 2k+euro standalone diesel heater for the cabin and engine block (very rare outside nordic countries).
mk2 Corsa with sat nav and climate control isn't very common. Those half leather seats are pretty good, but not THAT rare.
Only the full leather ones were heated.
I've heard it was possible to have a factory phone kit in the glovebox that took a SIM card, but I've never seen one. The Irmscher bodykits and alloys are also fairly rare as factory fit.
Vauxhall has always seemed to offer some pretty cool options that almost no one chooses because they're more typical for a more expensive car.
THe diesel S-Type Jaguar had a webasto auxiliary heater that came on automatically under 5C and in true JLR "f
k it that'll do" fashion belched thick black smoke out from under the front nearside and then sucked said thick black smoke into the cabin and filled it with smoke. There was even a TSB on it that basically said "pull the fuse on the auxiliary heater if the customer complains".
People used to regularly try and get my attention in the street on cold days to tell me my car was on fire. I don't know if they carried the fuel fired heater over to the XF but put the exhaust somewhere sensible, or just realized that such complications were only for proper car manufacturers and gave up.
Sadly you couldn't set it on a timer or from a remote.
k it that'll do" fashion belched thick black smoke out from under the front nearside and then sucked said thick black smoke into the cabin and filled it with smoke. There was even a TSB on it that basically said "pull the fuse on the auxiliary heater if the customer complains".People used to regularly try and get my attention in the street on cold days to tell me my car was on fire. I don't know if they carried the fuel fired heater over to the XF but put the exhaust somewhere sensible, or just realized that such complications were only for proper car manufacturers and gave up.
Sadly you couldn't set it on a timer or from a remote.
DKS said:
I was flicking through my Corsa manual the other day and noticed it mentions electric sunroofs, in the Combi van too!
Also noticed they all have infinitely variable wiper delay. Wipe once, then flick to intermittent to set the interval. How many people know that?
I use the variable wipers all the time. Truthfully I'd prefer it to have 6 or 7 settings instead.Also noticed they all have infinitely variable wiper delay. Wipe once, then flick to intermittent to set the interval. How many people know that?
A friend had a 1.8 SRi with the electric sunroof, but I've never seen it apart from that
Honda CR-V 2002 had the option of a shower which clipped onto the tailgate. I've never seen one but it's on page 6 of the UK model brochure http://hondakarma.com/data/attachment-files/2014/0...
PGN said:
Honda CR-V 2002 had the option of a shower which clipped onto the tailgate. I've never seen one but it's on page 6 of the UK model brochure http://hondakarma.com/data/attachment-files/2014/0...
My CR-V has a few rare options. Whoever bought it new ticked quite a lot of the options boxes for it, no they didn't option the shower, but they did order the style pack (wheel arch extensions, side steps, front skid plate & bumper/grill protector), privacy glass and most of the other internal options.If the price list of the options from the time is what they paid they must have been keen on the CR-V.
Ive never seen another CR-V on the net or on the road with all the options fitted to my car (its the things I noticed when I first saw the car and knew I had to get it if I could).
My 1995 Volvo 850 T-5 estate has some fairly rare factory options. Thinking about it, it must have virtually every boxed ticked when new.
It has:
- Driver and passenger electric heated seats with memory;
- heated REAR seats;
- dual-zone air conditioning
- flush-folding steel dog guard which folds agains the headlining.
It has:
- Driver and passenger electric heated seats with memory;
- heated REAR seats;
- dual-zone air conditioning
- flush-folding steel dog guard which folds agains the headlining.
When I had my Glanza(s), being JDM imports there were a plethora of 90's Japanese options and accessories available, some rarer and more pointless than others, that myself and other owners were always on the hunt for.
One that always eluded me was the Electronic Toll Collection System. Similar to what we have for the M6 Toll etc, but bigger and more Japanese.
They had these for the Tokyo toll roads and such. Would be completely useless in the UK apart from hearing a female Japanese voice say something to you at random moments, I still wanted one though
One that always eluded me was the Electronic Toll Collection System. Similar to what we have for the M6 Toll etc, but bigger and more Japanese.
They had these for the Tokyo toll roads and such. Would be completely useless in the UK apart from hearing a female Japanese voice say something to you at random moments, I still wanted one though
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