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It's been raining heavily recently and I discovered my car has "rain-sensing wipers." Why? How inconvenient is it to turn a stalk to activate the windshield wipers? Now that cars are turning into computers on wheels I'm sure auto makers are adding more and more "convenience" features that serve purely to break at some point and triple the price of the associated spare part, should you choose to replace it. What new stupid features do you hate?
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-hood mounted machine guns
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Feb 16, 2017 21:21
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Touch screen climate controls, touch screen pretty much any controls really
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Feb 16, 2017 21:22
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uh rain sensing wipers are really good and useful OP Looks like you are the r-word feature in your car OP!
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Feb 16, 2017 21:22
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Heated floor boards
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Feb 16, 2017 21:23
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-automatically detects that you are drunk driving so it either stops and locks the doors and notifies the police or drives you right to the jail
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Feb 16, 2017 21:24
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im a dracula so i dont need no stinking vanity mirror
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Feb 16, 2017 21:25
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My car has a whistle when I go over 30 mph and I cannot tell where it is coming from. It's not a very good feature.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:25
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Electric handbrakes. Totally unnecessary and cost ££££££££££££££ when they go wrong, plus you have to have a dealer change the pads/shoes.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:25
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Dial-a-Dog posted:Touch screen climate controls, touch screen pretty much any controls really My car stereo is touch screen and I hate it Hmm yes let's use a control that requires you to look at it
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Feb 16, 2017 21:25
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my new porsche turbo has some dumb loving set of preprogrammed favorite radio stations that you can't delete or overwrite and makes me mad every goddamned time I listen to the radio
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Feb 16, 2017 21:26
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also i ordered the wrong tires online and have no money to replace them so i am driving around LA with snow tires so i'm gonna say snow tires.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:27
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Touch screen wheel.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:27
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The "what mpg are you getting" meter that changes by the second. I keep checking it when I should be just driving.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:28
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you can put anything in a gas tank. Water, syrup, orange juice, even not-liquids like marbles and lego men. This is a terrible feature that manufacturers should re-engineer
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Feb 16, 2017 21:28
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Beachcomber posted:The "what mpg are you getting" meter that changes by the second. I keep checking it when I should be just driving. That's not new, it's been around since the 1960s!
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Feb 16, 2017 21:32
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electronic speed limiters, like who wants their speed limited to 155mph?!
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Feb 16, 2017 21:34
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seatbelts
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Feb 16, 2017 21:35
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The metallic voice that keeps telling me to drive into a tree.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:37
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a disappearing "im gay" bumpersticker i can never find it when i get out but then everyone congratulates me on being gay
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Feb 16, 2017 21:37
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I worked with a guy (that was fired for stealing items off client's desks), that was vociferously against self driving cars because to him "a car is a way to show off your lifestyle and a self driving car won't let him do that". I told him he was an idiot and he can just buy a more expensive self driving car than everyone else.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:38
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dings non stop and at an increasingly rapid pace when more than like 5 lbs is on the passengers seat and the seatbelt is not engaged. This is seriously the most bullshit thing like gently caress off car ITS JUST MY drat GROCERIES
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Feb 16, 2017 21:38
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numberoneposter posted:-hood mounted machine guns He said retarded features, not awesome features. Content: My wifes car has this thing called UConnect, which you link to your email account so it can send you notifications about the cars status, service intervals, blah-biddyblahblah. It also emails your wife when you drive her car too fast, apparently. Stupid car. Why do you hate fun? Edit: Also that drat Auto-Stop feature that turns off the engine if you stop for even a second. The feature is fine and actually useful for saving gas when you're in a stoplight dense area, but why... WHY is "ON" the default setting? Pause at a stop sign? Engine shuts off. Stop and go traffic? Engine On. Engine Off. Engine On. Engine Off. Engine On. Engine Off. Engine On. Engine Off. A million goddamn times. Stop at a stop light just as the light turns green, Engine shuts off, then you have to wait for it to restart before you go, and if'n you gently caress it up, you're treated to a herky-jerky launch. First thing I do when I start that car up now is reach over and turn that poo poo off. Jay_Zombie fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Feb 16, 2017 21:44
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Some cars, if you open the door in a jungle, a snake could get inside
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Feb 16, 2017 21:44
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Dial-a-Dog posted:Touch screen climate controls, touch screen pretty much any controls really Thankfully my car has both physical buttons and touchscreen buttons, but I've seen the awful cars with touchscreen only buttons. Jay_Zombie posted:He said retarded features, not awesome features. Lmao, let me guess. Grand Cherokee?
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Feb 16, 2017 21:46
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Holographic pop-ups in front of your windshield that are supposed to advertise insurance agencies when you get in an accident, but instead are filled with porn that keeps popping up on the highway.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:49
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Automatic transmissions.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:49
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The car thinks it's people, trying to shift itself all the drat time e: ^^^
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Feb 16, 2017 21:49
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My car doesn't even fly. It's just unbelievable I live in the future, tyool 2017, and drive some lovely caveman vehicle they was driving 100 years ago. Idk where the outrage is wth others but I am mad as hell about it and not gonna take it anymore 
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Feb 16, 2017 21:50
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rear end posted:Lmao, let me guess. Grand Cherokee? Close. Regular Cherokee, but the Limited trim with all the tech goodies short of the one that makes it park itself. First new car either of us have ever had. Jay_Zombie fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Feb 16, 2017 21:50
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Nooner posted:dings non stop and at an increasingly rapid pace when more than like 5 lbs is on the passengers seat and the seatbelt is not engaged. This is seriously the most bullshit thing like gently caress off car ITS JUST MY drat GROCERIES Unironically this.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:51
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Automatic transmissions. loving THIS. Especially the totally electronic ones. It's like playing Unnecessarily-Bone-Jarring-HardShift Roulette. To add to that, Manumatic transmissions. It doesn't actually let you shift, it just lets you tell the car the highest gear it's allowed to be in. Jay_Zombie fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Feb 16, 2017 21:52
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Automatic transmissions.  see ya later 60 foot time
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Feb 16, 2017 21:53
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rear end posted:Thankfully my car has both physical buttons and touchscreen buttons, but I've seen the awful cars with touchscreen only buttons. Mine has both too, but every time i try to use the touchscreen it just makes me mad imagining that my next car will probably have a featureless slab like that god awful tablet looking thing in teslas
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Feb 16, 2017 21:55
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the push button start thing is loving dumb imho
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Feb 16, 2017 21:58
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Backup camera = Good. Backup camera with sensors that beep constantly like you're about to back over a toddler. = Bad.
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Feb 16, 2017 22:00
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Backup cameras have ruined me. My car has one and now when I drive a car without one and throw it in reverse, I stare blankly at the radio for a few seconds before realizing this car does not, in fact, have a back up camera.
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Feb 16, 2017 22:00
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pro-tip: by wearing reflective sunglasses you can look into the rear view mirror and actually see forward out the car for an extra challenge cross your legs and arms and drive "vampire style" and make liberal use of your four ways because by putting them on you effectively "call" every direction you could potentially move
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Feb 16, 2017 22:02
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holes in the floorboard so you can drive the car by running really fast.
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Feb 16, 2017 22:02
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Ornamented Death posted:Backup cameras have ruined me. My car has one and now when I drive a car without one and throw it in reverse, I stare blankly at the radio for a few seconds before realizing this car does not, in fact, have a back up camera. Those things are worthless. You can't see depth. Just run over the bum crouched behind your bumper trying to do insurance fraud.
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