Annoying but unimportant features on cars
Discussion
Touch screen control as said above. Should be banned or at least work in conjunction with a controller (iDrive/mmi etc).
Lane departure warning also, I don't understand how a beep is going to help me, however the lane departure assist I had on an i20 recently was impressive. The thing would drive itself which was great given the type of car.
Speaking of Hyundai, they have a blue light to indicate doors are locked on some of them. Just a terrible idea and very distracting at night.
Dimwitted start stop. I had a Nissan Qashqai that sometimes wouldn't start quickly enough so was actually stalled a couple of times. Really frustrating as it then took an age to restart itself. No other car I have driven has had the same issue (yet).
Full beam assist on Vauxhall and Toyota. Just stupid and dangerous. Could not discern what a car coming out of a side junction was, so the system ended up flashing the lights on and off in confusion. Other times the car had almost passed when it dipped and others it just would not undip at all. After a few moment use I abandoned using it.
Lane departure warning also, I don't understand how a beep is going to help me, however the lane departure assist I had on an i20 recently was impressive. The thing would drive itself which was great given the type of car.
Speaking of Hyundai, they have a blue light to indicate doors are locked on some of them. Just a terrible idea and very distracting at night.
Dimwitted start stop. I had a Nissan Qashqai that sometimes wouldn't start quickly enough so was actually stalled a couple of times. Really frustrating as it then took an age to restart itself. No other car I have driven has had the same issue (yet).
Full beam assist on Vauxhall and Toyota. Just stupid and dangerous. Could not discern what a car coming out of a side junction was, so the system ended up flashing the lights on and off in confusion. Other times the car had almost passed when it dipped and others it just would not undip at all. After a few moment use I abandoned using it.
Mike335i said:
Dimwitted start stop. I had a Nissan Qashqai that sometimes wouldn't start quickly enough so was actually stalled a couple of times. Really frustrating as it then took an age to restart itself. No other car I have driven has had the same issue (yet).
This is very annoying in my autobox Volvo. I have to reverse onto my drive and every time I rock up outside my house and stop, the engine goes off, I select reverse and it start up again. Can't it just wait 1 second to see if I am going to do a manoeuvrer before it cuts out?STe_rsv4 said:
Seat belt warning boings (bmw). Yes I know my seat belt is unfastened, I only intend to drive from the car park to xxx, I know tb risks involved in this 4mph journey. I don't need a Fkin constant reminder my seatbelt is undone now f
k off!
It's worse int eh OH Civic.k off!Get in, start the engine...bong bong bong...while you're fastening the seatbelt before you pull away. I'm not even bloody moving! Give us a chance!
In the 86 the annoying thing is no headlight "light" on the dash. You have to look at the stalk to see if you have your lights on. Which you can't see through the wheel. I get we wanted it light weight...but...
jamei303 said:
This is very annoying in my autobox Volvo. I have to reverse onto my drive and every time I rock up outside my house and stop, the engine goes off, I select reverse and it start up again. Can't it just wait 1 second to see if I am going to do a manoeuvrer before it cuts out?
Our automatic Clio does it, it drives me up the wall. Start-stop.
Touch screens.
Electric handbrakes.
Beeps and bongs, a warning light/message is often enough.
'Eco'-button and 'city steering'. Both seen in low powered Fiat city cars with light steering, e.g. Panda and 500. I don't want even lower power and lighter steering, more the opposite in fact. That being said, I still love them.
Touch screens.
Electric handbrakes.
Beeps and bongs, a warning light/message is often enough.
'Eco'-button and 'city steering'. Both seen in low powered Fiat city cars with light steering, e.g. Panda and 500. I don't want even lower power and lighter steering, more the opposite in fact. That being said, I still love them.
Edited by Alfahol Addict on Friday 15th March 09:47
The radio switching off as soon as your turn the ignition off ... maybe you want to sit in the car and listen to it for a while?
On another car the radio not switching off until 30 seconds after you've got out of the car and closed the door...you're never quite sure if it's going to stay on forever and drain the battery.
Why can't it just switch off when you open the driver's door?
On another car the radio not switching off until 30 seconds after you've got out of the car and closed the door...you're never quite sure if it's going to stay on forever and drain the battery.
Why can't it just switch off when you open the driver's door?
Slow said:
STe_rsv4 said:
Seat belt warning boings (bmw). Yes I know my seat belt is unfastened, I only intend to drive from the car park to xxx, I know tb risks involved in this 4mph journey. I don't need a Fkin constant reminder my seatbelt is undone now fk off!
Basically every car does this now. So damn annoying when im just going down my driveway to put the bins out, or to the yard to grab something. I highly doubt im going to be needing my seatbelt at 20/25 mph on my driveway.... k off!
For anyone that has to manoeuvre or drive cars on private land at low speed, these constant bongs are extremely annoying. My sailing club is the classic example - a long driveway with gates to lock/unlock at each end, and speed bumps that mean you have to crawl down there. Wearing a seatbelt on a straight road devoid of cars or people at 10mph is ridiculous.My vote goes to the indicators on my E90 3 series, which have an annoying habit of self cancelling halfway through a manoeuvre. You approach a roundabout, indicate, start to slow, then as soon as you move the steering wheel to take the roundabout, they switch off. Even if you switch them back on again, they turn off. I've taken to driving one handed and holding them on. Solved for the F30, but after 150k miles in E90s (I'm on my second), it's beginning to grate somewhat.
silentbrown said:
Audi A4 : Radio/music starts playing whenever you start the car, even if you'd turned it off last time you were in it.
Dumb combination of stop/start and auto handbrake logic so when you come to a stop in traffic, the engine cuts (which I like), and the brakes stay on until you touch the accelerator (which I also like). Except that when you release the footbrake, then engine restarts, thus defeating the stop/start system.
It's an Audi thing. The same in previous model of A8. At least Mercedes has hold function and you can take off your foot from the brake.Dumb combination of stop/start and auto handbrake logic so when you come to a stop in traffic, the engine cuts (which I like), and the brakes stay on until you touch the accelerator (which I also like). Except that when you release the footbrake, then engine restarts, thus defeating the stop/start system.
Regarding audio, I just switch it to Jukebox which is empty, before leaving the car. The only way to make sure music won't start next time.
Next generation A8 is no go due to touch screens...
Edited by PenelopaPitstop on Friday 15th March 10:02
RobM77 said:
My vote goes to the indicators on my E90 3 series, which have an annoying habit of self cancelling halfway through a manoeuvre. You approach a roundabout, indicate, start to slow, then as soon as you move the steering wheel to take the roundabout, they switch off. Even if you switch them back on again, they turn off. I've taken to driving one handed and holding them on. Solved for the F30, but after 150k miles in E90s (I'm on my second), it's beginning to grate somewhat.
Strange, mine work fine. I always indicate when manoeuvring and find the BMW stalks to work best. I think they have reverted back to the old fashioned way now though on newer modelsjjones said:
Blue light on the dash of my subaru xv that tells you the coolant is not up to temperature. Dark morning, first 7-8 miles a car coming the other way you think you have your headlights on because of this damn blue light. Horrendous, I would like to poke the designer in the eyes and kick the person in the sponge/balls who approved it!!
Mike335i said:
Speaking of Hyundai, they have a blue light to indicate doors are locked on some of them. Just a terrible idea and very distracting at night.
You'd think that would be obvious to designers. I have a fishing bite alarm with an intense blue LED on the front of it. Completely ruins your night vision when it goes off, I had to cover it with tape. I'd have hoped people designing car interiors were a bit more familiar with ergonomics.Mike335i said:
RobM77 said:
My vote goes to the indicators on my E90 3 series, which have an annoying habit of self cancelling halfway through a manoeuvre. You approach a roundabout, indicate, start to slow, then as soon as you move the steering wheel to take the roundabout, they switch off. Even if you switch them back on again, they turn off. I've taken to driving one handed and holding them on. Solved for the F30, but after 150k miles in E90s (I'm on my second), it's beginning to grate somewhat.
Strange, mine work fine. I always indicate when manoeuvring and find the BMW stalks to work best. I think they have reverted back to the old fashioned way now though on newer modelsMike335i said:
Full beam assist on Vauxhall and Toyota. Just stupid and dangerous. Could not discern what a car coming out of a side junction was, so the system ended up flashing the lights on and off in confusion. Other times the car had almost passed when it dipped and others it just would not undip at all. After a few moment use I abandoned using it.
My 16 plate grand Cherokee was the same. By the time they'd turned of the other drivers retinas were burnt out and the time they took to come on again meant you couldn't see for half your journey. The matrix led lights on my rs6 though are amazing and a whole other level.
PenelopaPitstop said:
silentbrown said:
Dumb combination of stop/start and auto handbrake logic so when you come to a stop in traffic, the engine cuts (which I like), and the brakes stay on until you touch the accelerator (which I also like). Except that when you release the footbrake, then engine restarts, thus defeating the stop/start system.
It's an Audi thing. The same in previous model of A8. At least Mercedes has hold function and you can take off your foot from the brake.Edited by PenelopaPitstop on Friday 15th March 10:02
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