Silly trivial things to laud it over other cars

[Audi 525i]

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]

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]

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

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

[Rob81]

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]

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

[cptsideways]

PumpkinSteve said:

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

Is that a bit like French girls with hairy armpits?

[myles1972]

An 'i' always won me over.

[Hairy Bob]

I often ponder if car aerials are good or not.

[Riley Blue]

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

[CampDavid]

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]

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

[surveyor]

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]

Bigger wheels!

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

[M3Charlie]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Dusty964]

A 16v badge.

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

[Zwolf]

drivin_me_nuts said:

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

[drivin_me_nuts]

Zwolf said:

drivin_me_nuts said:

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

Indeed so