10 Irritating Automotive Features That Should Have Been Awesome
Adaptive cruise control
“Some cars just slam the brakes instead of releasing the gas when a car pulls in front of you. It gets annoying.”
Parking sensors
“They annoy the f* out of me. They’re cool for the first week, but after you get used to the length of your car, they’re annoying as hell!”
Automatic windscreen wipers
“When I want them to work they don’t, and when I want them to slow down they go ballistic!”
Plastic engine covers
“Any ‘stylish’ plastic cover in the engine-bay. Especially the the ones you have to remove to change a ruddy light bulb!”
Electric seats
“Electronic moving seats are so slow! I’d rather just do it manually.”
Automatic volume control
These systems seem like a great idea, but the volume never quite adjusts how you want it to…
Stop-start technology
The early systems could be a little jerky, but the majority of manufacturers have perfected their stop-start tech. So we don’t fully agree with CTzen MikeEM.
Pop-up headlights
“Whenever you press the button, your fuel mileage goes down! (Insert hate comments here.)”
Electronic parking brake
We genuinely feel sorry for the teenagers of the future. They will never get to experience the pure unadulterated joy of pulling massive skids around their local car-park. And good luck impressing the ladies with your electronic parking brake!
Passengers
Not really a ‘feature’ as such, but we were surprised to find out how many CTzens would rather ride alone!
So, do you agree with your fellow CTzens? Are there any features you think we missed? Let us know in the comments below! You can also find our original community question here.
Comments
Lmao passengers
Agree with the rest of them though
“Ejecto Seato Cuz!” lol
Lol passengers
Dude I hate passengers. Top four things I say.
1.)Put your feet on my dash and I will kill you
2.)slam my doors and I’m gonna reap your freaking soul.
3.) Hell no you can’t eat in here!
4.) Please don’t don’t get anything dirty I just detailed it.
I agree about the passengers, lol. Especially when they eat there (my friend was once waiting almost an hour at a train station, then got into my car and started eating a baguette…REALLY?). Also they distract me and finally…weight reduction!
Just a question: Is it possible to just remove the plastic cover permanently from the engine or will there be problems if you do so?
Electronic e brakes wont happen for teens. I mean. The best car I would maybe ever get is a rustbucket E36 or E34…
The only complaint I have is stop-start. That feature is pointless. Doing damage to the engine isn’t worth it to lower emissions a tiny little bit.
Stop start feature
AKA cooking the engine for better fuel economy