Car trends that you hope die

[jamoor]

black on black on black on black on black cars.

[anonymous-user]

jamoor said:

black on black on black on black on black cars.

I own one .. Without the black wheels.

[DegsyE39]

Thorburn said:

Touchscreens.

Infact overly complex in-car entertainment systems in general. If texting, Spotify, and organising your contacts are more important to you than driving then get the fking bus.

+1

[ajprice]

Tailgater said:

jamoor said:

black on black on black on black on black cars.

I own one .. Without the black wheels.

I own one, with the black wheels (well, dark grey wheels).

[StescoG66]

The automatic reverence of anything German........

[Dave Hedgehog]

StescoG66 said:

The automatic reverence of anything German........

The 2 series active tourer stopped that in its tracks

[NDNDNDND]

Dave Hedgehog said:

StescoG66 said:

The automatic reverence of anything German........

The 2 series active tourer stopped that in its tracks

Are you sure? I keep seeing hundreds of the stting horrible things bloody everywhere. I feel a little bit sick every time I see one of the bds.

[henrycrun]

Blinding brake lights and front lights (and pretty much every bright light) on a new car.
Time for some new legislation on max LED power.

[Blanchimont]

ajprice said:

Tailgater said:

jamoor said:

black on black on black on black on black cars.

I own one .. Without the black wheels.

I own one, with the black wheels (well, dark grey wheels).

Uh Oh.

[swisstoni]

I'll get it put right, honest

[anonymous-user]

Blanchimont said:

ajprice said:

Tailgater said:

jamoor said:

black on black on black on black on black cars.

I own one .. Without the black wheels.

I own one, with the black wheels (well, dark grey wheels).

Uh Oh.

But mine is a P38 with stormer wheels and Hella light guards and a bullbar

Edited by Tailgater on Wednesday 17th August 10:37

Edited by Tailgater on Wednesday 17th August 10:37

[Limpet]

Sheepshanks said:

TR4man said:

Those stupid single fog lights that come on as the car turns - appears to be mainly VAG models.

What on earth is the purpose of them?

It might be foggy around the corner.

They work well on wife's Tiguan - can see the edge of our drive when turning in. When reversing in the dark they both come on, which seems somewhat pointless.

Edited by Sheepshanks on Tuesday 29th March 22:55

I only noticed this on my hired CC for the first time last night. I could see no logic to it at all, and put it down to an electronic / software bug as the car is otherwise riddled with them.

[silentbrown]

Black headlinings.

It's like driving in a cave!

[Vitorio]

Dave Hedgehog said:

StescoG66 said:

The automatic reverence of anything German........

The 2 series active tourer stopped that in its tracks

Merc B-class didnt... and those are basically the same stupid car

[Phon_E87]

silentbrown said:

Black headlinings.

It's like driving in a cave!

I think it's rather nice actually. I've gone from white (ish) to black and I much prefer the black.

Threads like this on here always remind me of why I really like Pistonheads; I'm half expecting someone to pipe up - (no pun intended) - and say that they could do without this new-fangled "syncro-mesh" rubbish...

[irocfan]

NDNDNDND said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

StescoG66 said:

The automatic reverence of anything German........

The 2 series active tourer stopped that in its tracks

Are you sure? I keep seeing hundreds of the stting horrible things bloody everywhere. I feel a little bit sick every time I see one of the bds.

truth be told I feel the same way about the 1 series

[Phon_E87]

irocfan said:

truth be told I feel the same way about the 1 series

Why?

[Dave Hedgehog]

Vitorio said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

StescoG66 said:

The automatic reverence of anything German........

The 2 series active tourer stopped that in its tracks

Merc B-class didnt... and those are basically the same stupid car

the A class is FWD thou, BMW tag line is The ultimate driving machine and they compromised the 1 series to make it RWD

[talksthetorque]

Is a 2 series Active tourer still st if it has XDrive?

[Fractk]

Pommygranite said:

Really?

So giving people a choice of a regular run of the mill car with the same performance as something supercar-esque from 20 years ago is a bad thing?

You can still buy n/a big engines cars, you just have more choice.

You don't remember the mid to late 90's when there were no bloody fast everyday cars due to insurance and chav theives?

And what about the fast turbocharged cars from the 80's and 90's that everyone salivated over such as the RS Escort Cosworth, 5 GT Turbo, Audi Quattro, Skyline?

Bit of perspective needed.

That isn't the problem per se. The problem is that lets face it 300+ HP is a lot of power. As you've mentioned it was super car power not that long ago. You can put that kind of power into a tiny econobox or even into entry/mid level coupes but very few understand how to control that power.

Ultimately all of it controlled by the electronic nannies. If not everyone would slide out and crash. So what we're paying for with these cars is mostly the software.

If you want 300+HP and no way to slide out unless you pay for the "drift mode" or "m-dynamic mode" options. Or even pay for a different class of car. Granted you can always disable the traction control but are many of these cars safe with that kind of uncontrolled power?

An 80s Lambo might be considering it was really engineered for it. But I wonder about today's cars. It seems like they put more and more power into them for marketing purposes and then have the electronics prevent you from using it.