Really Annoying Features On Cars

joggerjayne | 10:52 Fri 03rd Feb 2012 | Motoring

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Car maker people are good at listing the "plus" features on their cars.

There should also be list of annoying features.

Here are some annoying features on my car.

(1) You can't programme the satnav while the car is moving - which is a pain if you're in traffic, and want to know where to go, coz you have to find somewhere to stop.

(2) If you unlock it, and don't open the doors, it locks itself again - so you unlock the car, pick up your armful of bags, go to get in the car, try to open the door with your fingertips, and the sodding thing has relocked itself.

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rowanwitch

cupholders that only take regular takeaway coffee cups

douglas9401

Damn those car manufacturers and their safety features!

ummmm

My boot won't open if the engine is running. It's probably sensible but it's a pain when you want to clear the windscreen and fill the boot.

ummmm

I've just had a lightbulb moment....lol

I could open the boot first :-)

Old_Geezer

Lack of an auto-pilot.

Oh and my alarm which will rearm itself whilst you are in the middle of loading bags and cases in the back and then try to inform the whole county that it is being broken into.

Ankou

mine has a really loud beep when a warning light comes on (refuel, top up window washer reserve etc). if it happens when you are tootling down a country lane it makes you poop yourself.

rowanwitch

Voice systems... 'Tyre pressure check system not working'
'I know its not working you supercilious Renault b****h I had it disabled because it didn't work properly'

'Fuel injector fault please contact your Renault dealer'
I know its why I am parked in the middle of nowhere waiting for the tow truck'

And then you have the voice from the sat nav... at the first opportunity turn around....
And you can shut up the woman from Renault is talking

Tell you what talk to each other I'll get the train home

joggerjayne

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I wonder if there's a car that has ALL of these annoying features?

jno

well, at least my car isn't burying Serbian villages under five metres of snow and killing OAPs all across Europe, unlike the Mini Cooper

http://www.guardian.c...per-cold-front-deadly

rockyracoon

Mines the same Ankoyu, yesterday I was driving along and all of a sudden I hear a great Bong, telling me the temp has dropped below 3 degrees. I thought I had another bloody puncture.

rowanwitch

That has to be the worst idea by an adverting team ever...

Frank97

Mine bongs when I put the keys in the ignition! Why? It also bongs if the keys are in the ignition but the door is open when the engine isn't running, yet remains silent if you are driving along with the door not shut properly. B----y thing.

Squitty

I have got a vectra and you can program the satnav on the move and its bloody dangerous. Or is it me thats dangerous?
I went the wrong way round a mini roundabout while fiddling with it - good job nothing coming.

rojash

I'm not sure that I would class No 1 as an annoyance JJ - more of a safety feature. Which is to say that it may annoy you, but it probably makes the roads safer for those around you :-)

Khandro

One of the tiny bulbs behind the speedo fused making it difficult to see if I was over the speed limit in darkness. The bulb cost was trivial, but the entire dash board assembly had to be removed to replace it costing £200. On the MG I once owned, you could gain access to the instruments by removing a few screws, modern designers seem to be averse to showing screwheads of any sort.

Zacs-Master

Not a feture exactly but still damned annoying....
Mrs Zacs Renault Megane had a lighbuld out, so being the dutiful husband i popped the bonnet......
No chance -about 5mm clearance between rear of lights and wires, devices, metal struts etc. She had to take it to the main dealers where they had to remove the front wheel and get in through the wheel arch! £25.00!!! to fit a bulb!!!!

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nescio

One feature of many modern cars, which I guess must irritate the hell out of anyone carrying out any work on them, is the fact that you cannot start the engine unless you are sitting in the driving seat, with the brake or clutch pedal fully depressed.