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
i agree with all of them, instead of pop-up headlights,they are just awesome !! ;)
Automatic Volume control works perfect on my 2000 Ford Focus. It does sometimes jump in volume when I pull the parking break. It’s funny as hell when it scares passengers.
Made the cut 😁👍
anyone else hear the voice in their head EJECTO SEATO CUZ
Since I have never driven a car with any of these features I don’t know how irritating they are. But how new the car has to be to have these features in it?
I actually prefer electric seats much more than manual. Yes it is slower but I have a lot more adjustment capabilities. Manual only has a certain number of notches so all you can do is get close. Electric lets you get it perfect. Plus I can go up/down, forward/backwards, tilt it, adjust the back, adjust the lower back support, etc. Manual most I have ever seen is slide back and forth and adjust the back.
Pop ups and electric seats are not bad in my opinion.
Also, parking sensors can be very useful if you don’t deal with tight parking that often.
Yeah its a weird habit but I enjoy driving alone a lot
I can live without all that crap, especially with Start&Stop.
Pop-up headlights are cool, though.
I drive an rx7 my fuel economy cant get worse!