Features on cars that you no longer see but you miss
Discussion
I'll start then.
Downward pointing exhausts on diesels.
I was just walking around town on my lunch and walked past an E46 330d with downward pointing exhausts. I don't know why but this looks so much cooler than the new fake exhaust tips.
I also rather miss the hand-brake as we know it. Dying out on a lot of cars and being replaced with a button, which is useful and offers more room in the front but there is something unsatisfactory and dull about it.
Downward pointing exhausts on diesels.
I was just walking around town on my lunch and walked past an E46 330d with downward pointing exhausts. I don't know why but this looks so much cooler than the new fake exhaust tips.
I also rather miss the hand-brake as we know it. Dying out on a lot of cars and being replaced with a button, which is useful and offers more room in the front but there is something unsatisfactory and dull about it.
The sun-roof is becoming a very rare item, and personally I'd take one over air-con any day
What happened this concept btw?:
Xaero said:
Thin A-pillars.
Agreed. In some ways I prefer the idea of seeing an obstacle and avoiding it, rather than relying on the extra rigidity when said obstacle flips me over! [/tongue-slightly-in-cheek-mode]What happened this concept btw?:
Washers that automatically put the wipers on, I'd like to choose to put a goodly amount of water on the screen first, if I want to.
Afterwipe for above, I'd like to choose if I get a smeary mess or watch a small stream of washer water head up the screen. I thankfully don't have this or auto wipers, they would drive me mad.
Directing the air at the screen without the A/C coming on and the fan going full blast, I'd like to choose.
Proper direct fresh air into the cabin produced by a 'ram' effect rather than having to have the fan on.
Dipsticks, I'd like to be able to choose to actually check my oil level and top it up rather than guess. I've got one but it seems newer cars are increasingly introduced without them.
A proper spare wheel, I've got one but it seems many newer cars don't.
Proper hydraulic mechanical power steering. Seems to becoming rarer and rarer.
The first few are niggles on my current old car, the latter ones would put me off changing my current old car to a newer one.
Afterwipe for above, I'd like to choose if I get a smeary mess or watch a small stream of washer water head up the screen. I thankfully don't have this or auto wipers, they would drive me mad.
Directing the air at the screen without the A/C coming on and the fan going full blast, I'd like to choose.
Proper direct fresh air into the cabin produced by a 'ram' effect rather than having to have the fan on.
Dipsticks, I'd like to be able to choose to actually check my oil level and top it up rather than guess. I've got one but it seems newer cars are increasingly introduced without them.
A proper spare wheel, I've got one but it seems many newer cars don't.
Proper hydraulic mechanical power steering. Seems to becoming rarer and rarer.
The first few are niggles on my current old car, the latter ones would put me off changing my current old car to a newer one.
Johnny 89 said:
Good one.. What's the newest car with a cigarette lighter? We have a 2008 Mazda 6 with one! Actually I'm not sure if a previous owner just got it and put it in the power socket.. Can anyone confirm?
I'd imagine the 13th Duke of Wyborne could have one on his 2016 Mulsanne, but for oik mobiles like mine they've been missing for at least 10 years. Part of their efforts to "de-normalise" smoking, no doubt.
AH33 said:
Johnny 89 said:
Good one.. What's the newest car with a cigarette lighter? We have a 2008 Mazda 6 with one! Actually I'm not sure if a previous owner just got it and put it in the power socket.. Can anyone confirm?
I'd imagine the 13th Duke of Wyborne could have one on his 2016 Mulsanne, but for oik mobiles like mine they've been missing for at least 10 years. Part of their efforts to "de-normalise" smoking, no doubt.
Oh and you can buy them on almost all cars - 'smokers pack'.
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