Obsolete motoring gizmos/nik naks

[Eighteeteewhy]

I just found one of these..



I remember getting them free with AA membership etc.. And never being that good. I suppose the maps themselves are getting rarer these days with sat navs in most vehicles these days.
So what else do you see less of these days or inventions that never really took off?

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[GC8]

Radar detectors.

[corozin]

Furry dice

[Getragdogleg]

I want one !

[Ian Geary]

in no particular order:

- personal CD player to cassette adapter (the auxiliary cable of the early 90s)

- black box with buttons that make police car type noises / key fobs that beep when you whistle (80s stocking fillers)

- seat cover sets to hide drab vinyl interiors (which tend to be better now, and side airbags now make impractical)

- static electricity things hanging off the rear bumper (god knows who dreamt them up)

- and for me what is the biggest shame: lack of bolt on spot lights (ignoring pathetic bmw-mini attempted nostalgia)

Ian

[BrewsterBear]

Original, gold chain, stick a pin in the back, Feu Orange. My dad used to have them in his cars when I was but a nipper. Memories of that smell in a Vauxhall Viva make me all misty eyed. Of course the Viva had more holes in it than the air freshener when you threw it away.

[Thin White Duke]

What about Stop Locks? Very rare to see one fitted to a steering wheel these days.

[m3jappa]

Ian Geary said:

in no particular order:


- static electricity things hanging off the rear bumper (god knows who dreamt them up)


Ian

What were these actually meant to do? Something with car sick iirc.

I seem to have seen a few about recently too, more so than in recent years. Weirdos.

[Bungleaio]

m3jappa said:

What were these actually meant to do? Something with car sick iirc.

I seem to have seen a few about recently too, more so than in recent years. Weirdos.

They keep the car earthed so when you get out and touch the door you don't get a shock.

[KiaOra]

Wooden beaded car seat covers

"Waving hands", stuck on with a rubber suction cup

Those door edge protectors which look like little hands / fingers

Fake mobile phone antennas

Headlight covers that made a standard rectangular headlight look like twin round ones

[Bungleaio]

I had something like this in my nova. Worked a treat for keeping the tapes in

[John145]

Pop up headlights...

[GC8]

Fischer C Box. Im looking for a CD version for my car now, although it is an eighties relic.

[Ozzie Osmond]

It'll be a while since you've seen one of these in your car,

[GC8]

That eight track tape will be about as popular as Jimmy Saviles autobiography!

[Matt Harper]

GC8 said:

Radar detectors.

What? Essential equipment for me.

[Drive Blind]

proper gauges,

oil pressure, oil temp, voltage, coolant temp, turbo boost

in the olden days even a Nova SR dash looked like a WW2 bomber with all the needles.

[d3m0n]

What about the mooning man thing that would drop his cacks at the squeeze of a bulb thing

[Vee8ight]

Ozzie Osmond said:

It'll be a while since you've seen one of these in your car,

What? A Gary Glitter?

[Mastodon2]

Bungleaio said:

They keep the car earthed so when you get out and touch the door you don't get a shock.

And to stop the petrol filler nozzle sparking in contact with your statically charged car and igniting the petrol vapour, causing a fire / explosion. Not sure how much of a risk this really is with cars, but it's enough of a risk with planes that they are degaussed on landing before fuelling.