Favourite accessory

[cobratwin]

Start button for me, and blue tooth that lets me play music off my phone make phone calls, read's my new texts messages to me, then lets me read a message and sends it as a text.

 

[cobratwin]

I've never had a car with a factory fit start button. Do you just press, and let go, letting the car get on with it, or is it effectively the same as turning the key, that is it keeps cranking as long as the button is held down?

Cheers

C

just hit the button and let the car get on with it.

 

[Tipmethewink]

Start button for me, and blue tooth that lets me play music off my phone make phone calls, read's my new texts messages to me, then lets me read a message and sends it as a text.

What motor is that?

 

[cobratwin]

my 159 Ti ,
the wife's C3 has blue tooth as well but you cant do the text messaging.

 

[CatmanV2]

automatic advance and retard, an excellent accessory

LOL! Very true.

C

 

[CatmanV2]

just hit the button and let the car get on with it.

Thanks, CT

Interesting to know

C

 

[Grinzzz]

Must get an S-class at some stage, one big huge accessory cabinet.

 

[TridentTested]

None of these gizmos bother me. I don't understand why anyone would want so-called "keyless go", putting a key in a keyhole while turning it seems less difficult than putting a key-fob in its designated place then doing a second action with the start button. Perhaps the systems, like Lexus, where the smart card stays in your wallet might save a moment or two but I still don't see the big deal.

Parking sensors are a mixed blessing. The things are too crude; they start beeping at a metre away and go constant for the last 30 cms. That's no good to me, I can see clearly when my car is 30 cms away from something, I need to know when it is 5 cms close. I squeezed it into a multi-storey on Saturday and it was such a tight spot that both the front and back sensors were blaring away constantly giving me no information about proximity, useless. In fact worse than useless because they were irritating while I was trying not to scratch my beauty.

I do miss my turning headlights from my last Citroën. They sound like a bit of a gimmick until you experience them on a country road: they were amazing.

But the gadget I miss most from that car is the Head Up Display. Another mod-con which sounds like a sales gimmick until you use it. Man, it was brilliant. Especially around London with its infestation of speed cameras it was great knowing always what speed you were doing without ever having to look. Somehow it just became subliminal. I see the current Beemers have it. In my opinion all cars should.

 

[MAF260]

Must get an S-class at some stage, one big huge accessory cabinet.

But a whole heap of trouble when they go wrong. A friend of mine bought a new S320 about 4-5 years ago - ticked just about every box on the options list and it came out at almost £80k. It then spent a great deal of time in the garage having various things fixed - mechanical, electricla, bushes, suspension parts etc. and he sold it last year for just over £20k. He now drives an Audi A8!

 

[Ren]

I had a ride in a new X5 in Dubai last week - the parking sensors and reversing camera were awesome ! I can only describe the image on the display as if we had an aerial view of the car ! You could see the shadows of the valet parking guys walking past the car not only at the front but at the sides as well. Rear camera (and front) parking assist was cool as well.

I've got active steer lights on the GT and had them on the VW before - very useful in the lanes I agree.
On the VW, keyless entry and start are so handy. Doors lock automatically as soon as you close the door and walk more than 6ft away. Unlock as soon as you touch the door handle and just sit in and press the start button. Mind you I did once let the misses drive off in the car whilst I still had the key in my pocket ! She soon realised, panicked, and returned ........... would have been funnier if she'd continued onto her destination though

 

[Grinzzz]

I had a ride in a new X5 in Dubai last week - the parking sensors and reversing camera were awesome ! I can only describe the image on the display as if we had an aerial view of the car ! You could see the shadows of the valet parking guys walking past the car not only at the front but at the sides as well. Rear camera (and front) parking assist was cool as well.

Took a spin in the new rangie the other day, cameras were brill, they even rotate in the housings giving you a view round corners

 

[dunnah01]

automatic advance and retard, an excellent accessory

Automatic choke - half my cars still have a manual choke so starting is always a lottery...

 

[RSM Masser]

Rear screen wiper turned on when selecting reverse - in a Rover 820, never heard of it in any other car.

 

[Tipmethewink]

Rear screen wiper turned on when selecting reverse - in a Rover 820, never heard of it in any other car.

My wife would give... actually no, she wouldn't, but she'd be very grateful for a rear windscreen wiper fullstop on her car.

 

[mjheathcote]

Rear screen wiper turned on when selecting reverse - in a Rover 820, never heard of it in any other car.

It does in my BMW Touring..if the front wipers are on.
As well as drop to intermittent when stationary.
Cheers.

 

[Grinzzz]

Think the landy does it too, if the front wipers are on. I'll have to try it tomorrow and see. Think it was a BMW thing first that rover and landrover inherited. The rear wiper, and quite a few other parts, on the wifelets ZTT had a bmw badge on it.

 

[Emtee]

My favourite accessory?...... Wheel bolts that don't need re-chroming every time someone puts an air-wrench on the d@mned things.

 

[Grinzzz]

nowt wrong with a good airy wench, its when they dont use the correct talk limiter or nylon faced socket that winds me up.

 

[CatmanV2]

Rear screen wiper turned on when selecting reverse - in a Rover 820, never heard of it in any other car.

Alfa 147 if the front wipers are on.

C

 

[Parisien]

My favourite accessory?...... Wheel bolts that don't need re-chroming every time someone puts an air-wrench on the d@mned things.

I stand over them whilst they use the hand brace...simples....................................still makes no difference though!!!!!!


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