What is?

[real4star]

The most pointless optional extra ever offered by a manufacturer?

[Contigo]

real4star said:

The most pointless optional extra ever offered by a manufacturer?

Heated steering wheel.

Nice in the winter for about five seconds and then it's just annoying.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Winter tyres.

[zeduffman]

Why couldn't you just put the question in the title?

[rijmij99]

+1 for heated steering wheel, also heated door mirrors and front parking sensors, i mean if you can't see the front of your car how are you safe to drive

[CAPP0]

to the heated steering wheel. The finest extra accessory ever devised.

[Fun Bus]

rijmij99 said:

+1 for heated steering wheel, also heated door mirrors and front parking sensors, i mean if you can't see the front of your car how are you safe to drive

I don't find either of those pointless.

[AVA101]

I was thinking about this exact topic earlier today. Gotta be either the Lada Niva's optional snow-plow (though having said that, it could've come in pretty handy over the last few weeks...) or the Fiat 500L's coffee maker.

[V88Dicky]

Dunno if they're optional extras, but foglights that come on when you turn or indicate. How very pointless, looks stupid too.

[VinceM]

The notion that metallic paint should be an optional extra, then come resell time, "well sir no metallic paint means its worth not a lot"

[kambites]

V88Dicky said:

Dunno if they're optional extras, but foglights that come on when you turn or indicate. How very pointless, looks stupid too.

I'd argue that having fog-lights at all is pretty pointless.

[ruff'n'smov]

[Lemonyfresh]

V88Dicky said:

Dunno if they're optional extras, but foglights that come on when you turn or indicate. How very pointless, looks stupid too.

THIS. looks like the car is broken whenever i see one with it (usually Seat Leons?)

Or possibly the Mini "openometer" - shows how long youve had the roof down for...... Just why??? (Yes i googled it, sue me :P)

[thinfourth2]

ruff'n'smov said:

I see your hand and raise you

[Raize]

The overhead storage on our old Jeep Cherokee was lethal and caused much swearing and sore heads.

[liner33]

V88Dicky said:

Dunno if they're optional extras, but foglights that come on when you turn or indicate. How very pointless, looks stupid too.

They are actually quite useful on unlit country roads

[Urban Sports]

ruff'n'smov said:

Is that an optional extra?

Do BMW offer a full M badge as an option?

[Westy Pre-Lit]

wker lights.

I can see you, you're in bloody big blob moving down the road and it's day time...you are a wker.

[northwest monkey]

V88Dicky said:

Dunno if they're optional extras, but foglights that come on when you turn or indicate. How very pointless, looks stupid too.

I've never even heard of this - are these lights that come on when you put the indicators on?

Do they flash or just come on?

[Contigo]

ruff'n'smov said:

Is that M cars in general or just the annoying M Sport badges, kick plates, skirts and plethora of other ste?