Rarely seen factory fitted optional extras

[donkmeister]

AC43 said:

And convenience pack so you can set the seats and steering column to move out of the way.

I like it but I disabled that feature after I squashed a colleague with very long legs who I forgot was sat behind me!

[chris285]

Sat nav in mk1 Leon - not common and dash trim goes for silly money on ebay and the likes

Mk1 Leon Cupra R Recaro seats - not sure if these were an option but not that common I think early models only, mk4 golf had these in a different trim more commonly but on the leon the black with red stitching is much less common. Again go for stupid money when about, and i've only seen a few about and 1 in real life

[J1JPE]

Remote control for Pioneer stereo on 90s Honda Accord.

Company car speciced to use up my allowance.

Hilarious to pass the pebble sized device to back seat pax while driving if they complained about the song on the radio

[Nik da Greek]

"Mod Top" patterns on 1969/70 Mopars. A pattern aimed at trendy kids with flower power vibes ...who just happened to want a world-altering Hemi in their life. Chrysler couldn't even find an automotive supplier who could provide the patterns they were after so the materials had to be sourced from a manufacturer of shower curtains. You could spec matching interior upholstery to go with the roof.

...not many people did

[Triumph Man]

It looks like someone has parked it under a tree!

On another note, lumbar adjustment on BMWs. Shocking that on premium cars, not even manual adjustment is available standard. It's electric or nothing, and not many people seem to spec it.

[Outrun]

These factory wheels on a Ferrari 355:

[Outrun]

These factory wheels on a Ferrari 355:

[MissChief]

Fiat Multipla's had an option of a fridge instead of the middle front seat. Never seen nor heard of anyone that has it. And I was in the members club for a couple of years!

[E36Ross]

JordanTurbo said:

One more rare option that's just popped into my head, is built in children's booster seats in the rear seats.

Seen them advertised and in brochures a few times, but never actually seen a car that they've been specced on.

Have seen these on an E39 5-Series.

[shandyboy]

When we bought our smart forFour I noticed it was quite well-specced (for a smart car anyway) - satnav, auto-wipers, auto-lights, headlight-wash, trip-computer, 5th seatbelt, yadda yadda yadda...

But there was a weird metal bar thing attached to the front of the passenger seat which people caught their feet on as they got in/out. I had it removed when it went in for a service - they said it was the bracket for the fire-extinguisher option! They'd never actually seen it "in the wild" so suggested it was probably a demonstrator car early in it's life.

I kept the bracket just in case...

[W00DY]

My 300TE has electric memory, orthopaedic, heated seats which crucially means it also has a telescoping memory steering column. No manual adjustment for reach was ever offered on the W124 so it's a god send for the taller amongst us. It also has 4matic 4WD which is perhaps more of a model than an option, but at a £10k premium in 1992 it's definitely rare!

My E39 528i has double glazing which is certainly rare on 6 cylinder cars (less so on 540is and M5s)

[leefee]

Have you ever had cause to look at the front springs on your 4-matic? They are pretty unique.

[GrizzlyBear]

I have only seen one Porsche Panamera with the full set of Porsche luggage, I seem to remember it cost a few grand.

[ecsrobin]

MissChief said:

Fiat Multipla's had an option of a fridge instead of the middle front seat. Never seen nor heard of anyone that has it. And I was in the members club for a couple of years!

A fiat multipla is a rare car without a fridge in the front.

[tankplanker]

Tuvra said:

Loads of cars now come with Panoramic sunroofs, some as standard, like the 5 series GT a colleague has just ordered.

Rare Options? Leather again would be my suggestion: MK7 Golf R, it's £1,750 for the Vienna leather or £2,615 for the Nappa leather

The nappa leather seems to only come with a carbon "print", bit of a beauty in the eye of the beholder going on:


If they offered it without the print I might have gone for it, but I went with the Vienna leather. The Vienna leather is "ok" and nothing more as it feels like pleather, at least it should be hard wearing.

Climate/acoustic glass seems to be a rare option on cheaper cars, I wouldn't be without it.

[scubadude]

I have velour seats with recline function in my Caterham, so rare no one on the club forums knew what the lever did, nor did previous owner so they where stuck fast, I loosened it with WD40 suddenly the seats recline.

[W00DY]

leefee said:

Have you ever had cause to look at the front springs on your 4-matic? They are pretty unique.

It's pretty awesome and perhaps slightly frightening when you do the sort of journeys I like to use a 200-thousand mile, 24 year old car for!

[E24man]

Here's some rare-ish OEM Munich stuff;

E24 rear air-con....



E34 Touring rear blind...



E38 rear entertainment console....

[31mph]

Bonus points for using pictures of your own cars

Great stuff

(and great cars )

[nct001]

Automatic (side mirror) blind spot detector.
Champagne fridge
Solar sunroof
Airmatic on certain mercs
Massaging seats
Radar cruise
Any colour other than white silver/grey or black on an ex fleet car