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Audi 525i

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1,250 posts

21 months

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Very childish of me certainly, but since the mid 80s as a kid, I have continually identified minor/ trivial parts of cars to classify these as 'superior' vehicles to those without.

Back in the 80s vehicles with rear headrests and rear belts were always better than those without.

Then it was body coloured bumpers and door handles - clearly a car wearing these would be better than the same vehicle with the plastic equivalent.

More recently indicator repeaters on the door mirrors and daytime running lights are another silly way for me to rate cars.

Do you have any silly ways to rate some cars as superior to others?

mat777

3,012 posts

29 months

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I used to go on body coloured bumpers and alloys instead of wheeltrims. Unfortunately this doesnt really work any more as it's 2012 not 1992

McSam

4,814 posts

44 months

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mat777 said:
I used to go on body coloured bumpers and alloys instead of wheeltrims. Unfortunately this doesnt really work any more as it's 2012 not 1992
hehe

DRLs don't work either, unless you want to be classed among the "newer=better" brigade.

Rob81

143 posts

22 months

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When I was first driving (late 1990's), the following were very important to my peers:

4 speed gearbox vs 5 speed!

Plip

A short rubber ariel vs a long wire one

A third brake light.

PumpkinSteve

1,804 posts

25 months

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Wheel arch liners, that's a big thing for me.
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cptsideways

9,869 posts

121 months

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PumpkinSteve said:
Wheel arch liners, that's a big thing for me.
Is that a bit like French girls with hairy armpits? hehe

myles1972

516 posts

40 months

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An 'i' always won me over.

Hairy Bob

61 posts

15 months

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I often ponder if car aerials are good or not.

Riley Blue

5,216 posts

95 months

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Tilt and slide sunroof, electric of course. Also dual-zone aircon or whatever it's called - my Audi doesn't have it frown

CampDavid

7,713 posts

67 months

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myles1972 said:
An 'i' always won me over.
Ditto, still does. BMWs with badges finishing in an i are ALWAYS cooler than those finishing with a d (not better, cooler though)

Zwolf

22,321 posts

75 months

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"16v" badges, twin exhaust pipes and later on clear indicators when most cars still had gingers.

surveyor

4,549 posts

53 months

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One or two exhaust pipes. Front Fog lights

Back in the 80's you could generally get close to model and spec with these alone on a BMW.

Vilhelm

401 posts

18 months

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Bigger wheels!

Oh wait, that isn't a silly thing anymore.

doogz

18,721 posts

56 months

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Back when I was little, electric windows.

When my Dad's company car (306) had electric windows, instead of windup ones (309) that was all I cared about.

He was annoyed that by making the car heavier, but fitting it with the same asthmatic 1.9 non-turbo diesel engine, they had managed to make it even slower.

M3Charlie

494 posts

27 months

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When I was growing up in the 90's my mates and I always looked at what the speedo went up too. My dad was driving a BMW 328i at the time that went to 160mph. This instantly made it better than my friends dads Passat at about 130mph and other mates at 150mph as in our opinion having the highest speedo ment it was faster and better.

carl_w

4,170 posts

127 months

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CampDavid said:
Ditto, still does. BMWs with badges finishing in an i are ALWAYS cooler than those finishing with a d (not better, cooler though)
Unless it's something like 518i

Mister3man

223 posts

16 months

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Electric windows for me.

I remember the first car I got with them, deliberately putting a window down just before I arrived at a mates house so I could put them back up in front of him.

drivin_me_nuts

13,785 posts

80 months

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The word Alpina was, is and for ever shall be a more evocative combination of letters than the solitary M.

Dusty964

5,459 posts

59 months

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A 16v badge.

Or the ABS badge- carried on by certain korean manufacturers for far too long

Zwolf

22,321 posts

75 months

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drivin_me_nuts said:
The word ALPINA was, is and for ever shall be a more evocative combination of letters than the solitary M.
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