Things that smack of cheapness
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Inspired by learning that the new BMW X7 doesn't have keyless sensors in the rear doors (what, my 11 year old Discovery has that), what other things just smack of cheapness in car? Another one of mine, although a bit petty, is that VW seem incredibly reluctant to clad the inside of the door pillars in their cars (well the Golf and Passat) with a trim - so you get faced with painted metal.
Cars that have the rear foglight on the O/S and the exact opposite side is the reverse light, especially when one is obviously white/clear and the other is red, it looks odd and it smacks of cheapness.
VAG group cars (seems to be predominantly them) which have the same stereo head unit regardless of whether there is nav or not, the nav button is still there, you press it and it comes up with a message that nav isn't available, it is almost taunting you that you have a lesser spec car.
VAG group cars (seems to be predominantly them) which have the same stereo head unit regardless of whether there is nav or not, the nav button is still there, you press it and it comes up with a message that nav isn't available, it is almost taunting you that you have a lesser spec car.
ChocolateFrog said:
Haptic steering wheel buttons.
Hateful things that must be cheap because there's no other reason to make something so nasty that's used everyday.
God yes, I drove a Cupra Born a few months back, I kept on changing things and settings when driving it by my hand when it brushed over he steering wheel controls, you'd hear a little noise and wonder what it as you'd inadvertently changed or activated.Hateful things that must be cheap because there's no other reason to make something so nasty that's used everyday.
I read that in future models VW are going back to proper buttons and switches.
HTP99 said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Haptic steering wheel buttons.
Hateful things that must be cheap because there's no other reason to make something so nasty that's used everyday.
God yes, I drove a Cupra Born a few months back, I kept on changing things and settings when driving it by my hand when it brushed over he steering wheel controls, you'd hear a little noise and wonder what it as you'd inadvertently changed or activated.Hateful things that must be cheap because there's no other reason to make something so nasty that's used everyday.
I read that in future models VW are going back to proper buttons and switches.
ScoobyChris said:
At some point, the spec of the M135i/M140i changed such that the passenger side mirror glass no longer had the auto-dimming coating... Can't see it saving all that much!
Chris
My Mercedes AMG is the same - thought the passenger mirror had been broken and replaced with cheap aftermarket at first Chris
Doors where the window frame forms the A post and roof rather than sitting inside an aperture. Examples include:
Various Dacias
Mk3 Cavalier
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W220 S Class
E36 3 Series
Always looks cheap and nasty. All touch screen interiors exist for no other reason than cost, I am sure, they are bloody awful.
Various Dacias
Mk3 Cavalier
|https://thumbsnap.com/1osA7ZCp[/url]W220 S Class
E36 3 Series
Always looks cheap and nasty. All touch screen interiors exist for no other reason than cost, I am sure, they are bloody awful.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 1st December 15:15
AndyNetwork said:
The no cost option of having a rear wiper - In other words, you are paying for it, but unless you ask for it, we're not giving it to you.
(Skoda Superb)
Why would you want a rear wiper on a saloon? Another thing to go wrong, and the airstream clears the rear screen on a saloon. I guess the free option is there for those who think ‘I really MUST have a rear wiper on my saloon’(Skoda Superb)
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