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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Default Your cars most useless feature

all cars come with a whole heap of crap these days in terms of features etc

what is on your car that you really find surplus to requirments

I have a sport mode on my tiptronic gearbox - in 3 years of ownership I have never used it, why, if i want to hold a gear I can use the manual mode

and I rarely use "Climate Control", i have the blower on "heat" or the air con on full "cold", or in the tricky Autumn and Spring months - open the window

but memory seats are very handy
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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The "bright" button
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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The little sun viser in between the driver and passenger sun viser on the newage

But I think I 2nd the 'bright' button too lol
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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Got to be the bright button
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:14 PM
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IC waterspray, it does absolutely fack all as we all well know.
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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This!!!!!

My lightweight JDM 100% plastic Cigarette lighter

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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:25 PM
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Hard one on the Citroen, probably any rattles and squeaks but you dont really need the panoramic windscreen to be honest with you.... think id miss it if it wasnt there though
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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My lightweight JDM 100% plastic Cigarette lighter

The flare comes a close second Gaz
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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You should be ashamed of yourself!!! The flare is awesome!!! Lol
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 05:53 PM
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The roof on mine is useless.
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Another vote for the 'Bright' button

I must have pressed it no more than twice in 13 years !
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:13 PM
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The bright button does not count, we all know it was included as a joke
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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The auto dipping door mirror on my M3 when reverse is selected...it dips too far
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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The plastic flap between the virsors as above.
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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The side markers on my bugeye.
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:28 PM
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Aircon and the ashtray - hence why both of them are going
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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Mines the headlight washers so pointless lol
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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mines gotta be the speedo...i never look at the feckin thing..lol
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 07:59 PM
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All the cars i have had has had 3 pedals still have a clue what the middle one is for
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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Parking button on top of the stering column (classic)
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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Useless feature of a 350Z... the Boot.
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 09:58 PM
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The electric seats on my shogun - or any car really - not hard to move the seat with a lever and saves a load of weight (and complications years down the line). Same goes for the electric steering column.
Also the electronic diff on the shogun - give me normal mechanical lsd anytime.
Traction control on my BMW just seems to flash a led and cut the power - again a normal mechanical lsd would transform the car.
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 10:00 PM
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second on the air con.... hence why its gone!!!!

bright button is aw3esome!!!!! gotta love the fun
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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Indicators on my BMW as I never use them....

joking of course
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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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My scooby`s Most Useless Feature Is Probably Me....
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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 09:46 AM
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The bright button and parking light button on the classic, can't think of what was useless on my old A3.
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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 10:13 AM
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My 911's alarm won't set if the glovebox is accidentally left open but if you leave the front boot ajar that's fine
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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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The fuel gauge on my Evo is pathetic the slightest gradient or even turning round a corner can alter the reading massively
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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Dingdongler
Indicators on my BMW as I never use them....

joking of course
BMW's have indicators?
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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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R32: Passenger climate control; what passengers??!!!!
BMW 1: The SOS button (I darn't touch it )
BMW 2: The traffic-master button/**** (**** knows how it works, I never read the manual )
Jag; The handbrake (as its shyte )
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