Accessories that never caught on

[Thankyou4calling]

On the motorway and saw a car with Alloygators, plastic wheel rim protectors and I realised I'd never seen a car with them. Are there other accessories that have fizzled out or not caught on?

[miniman]

[Eighteeteewhy]

Thank fk!

[stutheo]

There was a car in my works car park with these devices on, Was a Audi A3

[KrazyIvan]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Thank fk!

You kidding me right, these HAVE caught on, pretty much every Minni/Mirca/500/Fiesta/Corsa I see on the way into work has them, along with some dippy looking blond with a vacant look in her heavily made up eyes.



Guy at work has these on his Astra GTC...........

[LotusOmega375D]

I can think of loads. Some of which did catch on for a while, but soon died out.

windscreen suction compass
plastic fins on windscreen wipers
spot light covers
beaded seat car covers
steering wheel covers
door edge protectors
Krookloks
super long radio aerials that stretched to the back of the car
mud flaps (suprisingly rare these days)
S class merc rear parking antennae
proper pearlescent white paint
white-walled tyres
wheel spacers
overiders
chrome tail pipes

pretty much everything Halfords has ever sold then!

[Steamer]

KrazyIvan said:

Guy at work has these on his Astra GTC...........

What on earth is it?!

A 12V door mounted laminator?

[tinkertaylor]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Thank fk!

Sorry but those have caught on, I see those things all of the time!

[jds32]

Steamer said:

What on earth is it?!

A 12V door mounted laminator?

Same thing I asked myself !!

[tinkertaylor]

miniman said:

What are they? I always used to see cars with them but never really thought about it

[jds32]

Earth strap to supposedly stop you getting a shock when getting out of your car.

[KrazyIvan]

jds32 said:

Steamer said:

What on earth is it?!

A 12V door mounted laminator?

Same thing I asked myself !!

Knock yourself out

http://www.doorshox.com/car-door-protectors.htm

At least that's what I think it is, as it look pretty much the same

[Captain Muppet]

LotusOmega375D said:

chrome tail pipes

These are used by pretty much all OEMs now.
It's been a very successful pointless accessory

[PhilTDi]

A brilliant innovation by Ford! Every car should come with these! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr7S_fp0xVc

[Faust66]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Thank fk!

My neighbour's wife is thinking about getting some of these abominations for her Street Ka! She actually asked me why her husband was taking the piss as she couldn’t see what was wrong with the things... “They’re fun and make the car look cute” were her exact words.

I think (and hope) that I might have talked her out of it - bloody pink fluffy steering wheel cover and cuddly toy dangling from her rear view mirror are bad enough...

[Steamer]

KrazyIvan said:

jds32 said:

Steamer said:

What on earth is it?!

A 12V door mounted laminator?

Same thing I asked myself !!

Knock yourself out

http://www.doorshox.com/car-door-protectors.htm

At least that's what I think it is, as it look pretty much the same

Awwww... Disappointed.

When I saw the name 'Door Shox' I thought it might be for electrocuting fat-arsed moms and sprogs that fling their doors into the side of your car.

[Steamer]

Faust66 said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

Thank fk!

My neighbour's wife is thinking about getting some of these abominations for her Street Ka! She actually asked me why her husband was taking the piss as she couldn’t see what was wrong with the things... “They’re fun and make the car look cute” were her exact words.

I think (and hope) that I might have talked her out of it - bloody pink fluffy steering wheel cover and cuddly toy dangling from her rear view mirror are bad enough...

Great way to stop your fella nipping down the shop in your car though!

...I'm just wondering...

If I got huge pair of hairy balls to hang from the underside of my motor, would it stop the O/H driving it too?!

[Eighteeteewhy]

Steamer said:

Great way to stop your fella nipping down the shop in your car though!

...I'm just wondering...

If I got huge pair of hairy balls to hang from the underside of my motor, would it stop the O/H driving it too?!

Knock yourself out!

[y2blade]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Steamer said:

Great way to stop your fella nipping down the shop in your car though!

...I'm just wondering...

If I got huge pair of hairy balls to hang from the underside of my motor, would it stop the O/H driving it too?!

Knock yourself out!

Please tell me they swing about as you drive?

[nickg123]

LotusOmega375D said:

I can think of loads. Some of which did catch on for a while, but soon died out.

windscreen suction compass
plastic fins on windscreen wipers
spot light covers
beaded seat car covers
steering wheel covers
door edge protectors
Krookloks
super long radio aerials that stretched to the back of the car
mud flaps (suprisingly rare these days)
S class merc rear parking antennae
proper pearlescent white paint
white-walled tyres
wheel spacers
overiders
chrome tail pipes

pretty much everything Halfords has ever sold then!

How do you define never catching on though, as there are (and have been) thousands of those products sold (Unfortunately for most of them)! Just about any lad that's 17 and drives (or drove) a Saxo, Corsa, Nova, Astra or such has had one or more of those things listed!