« previous next »
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4   Go Down

Author Topic: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have  (Read 5170 times)

Offline EV Dan

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 13660
  • Carma: +480/-383
    • View Profile
  • Cars: '21 Venzaurus
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #40 on: March 30, 2021, 11:07:06 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on March 30, 2021, 09:51:47 pm
Quote from: Fobroader on March 30, 2021, 07:18:22 pm
Our GX has a cd player, currently has my slipknots greatest hits in it



Seems like a lot of effort for 2 songs.   ;D

One could just as easily carry a box full of suspension components back in the trunk  :rofl:


To give credit where it's due the current crop of Toyexus cars can read *.flac files so technically if a person can rip CDs or find these files elsewhere, it will be a lot more convenient than having a CD player, as one USB stick would hold thousands of songs.
Logged
Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach the man to fish and he wakes you up at 5 in the morning.

Offline Arthur Dent

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 9251
  • Carma: +186/-80
  • Gender: Male
  • 42?
    • View Profile
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #41 on: March 30, 2021, 11:34:57 pm »
Flip up headlights  :(
Logged

Offline Seafoam

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 5842
  • Carma: +89/-202
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #42 on: March 31, 2021, 07:59:02 am »
^^^Some  worked better than others.
Logged
2023 Honda Civic EX-B
2004 Mazdaspeed Miata

Offline Railton

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 13713
  • Carma: +243/-156
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2017 Infiniti QX60 Touring, 2010 Infiniti G37S 6M, 2020 Hyundai Kona 1.6T Trend
10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #43 on: March 31, 2021, 08:39:09 am »
Fender mounted turn signal indicators. For those drivers who never look at their instrument cluster or with the radio on too loud and aimlessly drive down the road oblivious to their turn signals being on!
Railton
« Last Edit: March 31, 2021, 08:47:00 am by Railton »
Logged
Do you realize that in about 30 (updated as requested) years, we'll have millions of old ladies running around with tattoos?

Offline JohnnyMac

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 9719
  • Carma: +110/-455
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2022 Honda CR-V Sport, 2022 Honda Civic Si, 2020 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid XLE (traded in), 2020 VW Jetta GLI (Traded in), 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited (sold), 2016 VW Golf R (Sold)
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #44 on: March 31, 2021, 08:51:48 am »
Dual exhaust tips that actually connect to the exhaust and are not just decorative. 
Logged

Offline tortoise

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 14973
  • Carma: +235/-453
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #45 on: March 31, 2021, 09:16:41 am »
Quote from: rrocket on March 30, 2021, 05:56:57 pm
Here's a feature cars used to have:

Cassette decks!!

If you drive a 2007 Highlander you still have one.  I really need to get a tape for it.
Logged
Only the slow and dim know where they're going in life, and seldom is it worth the trip. - Tom Robbins.

Offline WRX_Pilot

  • Auto Obsessed
  • ***
  • Posts: 587
  • Carma: +18/-60
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: '15 Mini Cooper S
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #46 on: March 31, 2021, 10:47:30 am »
My '91 MkII Golf had programmable wipers... as in you could set the delay.  Press once for on, then again to set at desired delay.  Best part was, it was just a relay so you could grab one from any old pick 'n pull and upgrade yourself!

On the other side, Rain-sensing wipers are the devil... always too fast or too slow at the wrong time... you can toss them in the garbage IMHO.
Logged

Offline JohnnyMac

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 9719
  • Carma: +110/-455
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2022 Honda CR-V Sport, 2022 Honda Civic Si, 2020 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid XLE (traded in), 2020 VW Jetta GLI (Traded in), 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited (sold), 2016 VW Golf R (Sold)
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #47 on: March 31, 2021, 10:51:10 am »
Quote from: WRX_Pilot on March 31, 2021, 10:47:30 am
My '91 MkII Golf had programmable wipers... as in you could set the delay.  Press once for on, then again to set at desired delay.  Best part was, it was just a relay so you could grab one from any old pick 'n pull and upgrade yourself!

On the other side, Rain-sensing wipers are the devil... always too fast or too slow at the wrong time... you can toss them in the garbage IMHO.
I love my rain-sensing wipers, you can adjust the speed to your desired speed/frequency.
Logged

Offline kings10

  • Learner's Permit
  • *
  • Posts: 243
  • Carma: +15/-3
  • Gender: Male
  • member
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2005 Lexus RX330, 2015 Ford Mustang GT, 2016 Hyundai Sonata
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #48 on: March 31, 2021, 10:52:30 am »
Quote from: Railton on March 31, 2021, 08:39:09 am
Fender mounted turn signal indicators. For those drivers who never look at their instrument cluster or with the radio on too loud and aimlessly drive down the road oblivious to their turn signals being on!
Railton
I retro fitted the hood vent turn signals that came only one year on the 2016 Mustangs. Probably the most unsatisfying mod on the car. I can only see the driver's side signal, but I guess my passengers can enjoy the other signal. Now, I only drive down the road obliviously with my right turn signal on!
« Last Edit: March 31, 2021, 10:55:43 am by kings10 »
Logged
"Failure is never quite so frightening as regret." - The Dish

Offline Fobroader

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 35380
  • Carma: +1424/-2114
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2022 Honda Ridgeline, 2021 Lexus GX460, 2018 Kawasaki Versys X300
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #49 on: March 31, 2021, 10:53:40 am »
Quote from: WRX_Pilot on March 31, 2021, 10:47:30 am
My '91 MkII Golf had programmable wipers... as in you could set the delay.  Press once for on, then again to set at desired delay.  Best part was, it was just a relay so you could grab one from any old pick 'n pull and upgrade yourself!

On the other side, Rain-sensing wipers are the devil... always too fast or too slow at the wrong time... you can toss them in the garbage IMHO.

100%, we own a car with one and I've rented a few cars with this feature, no thank you, at all, ever. I would rather not have to pay extra for the windshield just to have this auto wiper idiocy.
Logged
Lighten up Francis.....

Offline Bubba

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 19012
  • Carma: +381/-442
  • Gender: Male
  • Vice President, Autos.ca Arizona Operations
    • View Profile
    • My photo site
  • Cars: 2013 Toyota Corolla LE
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #50 on: March 31, 2021, 11:54:40 am »
Quote from: Fobroader on March 31, 2021, 10:53:40 am
Quote from: WRX_Pilot on March 31, 2021, 10:47:30 am
My '91 MkII Golf had programmable wipers... as in you could set the delay.  Press once for on, then again to set at desired delay.  Best part was, it was just a relay so you could grab one from any old pick 'n pull and upgrade yourself!

On the other side, Rain-sensing wipers are the devil... always too fast or too slow at the wrong time... you can toss them in the garbage IMHO.

100%, we own a car with one and I've rented a few cars with this feature, no thank you, at all, ever. I would rather not have to pay extra for the windshield just to have this auto wiper idiocy.

I didn't like them on my Mazda3. 

"always too fast or too slow at the wrong time"   Yep.
Logged
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson

Offline Railton

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 13713
  • Carma: +243/-156
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2017 Infiniti QX60 Touring, 2010 Infiniti G37S 6M, 2020 Hyundai Kona 1.6T Trend
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #51 on: March 31, 2021, 02:13:14 pm »
Whatever happened to warning lights alerting you when a taillight or headlight was out?
I remember some Japanese cars had dashboard warning lights that would advise you of this on startup.
In the 70's (maybe even the 60's) some makers like GM put a fiber optic line from each of the tail and stop lights that ran up onto the insides of the rear roof C pillars. When the lights were on there was a tiny little red light for each rear bulb on inside of the rear roof C pillar that you could see in the rear view mirror - it was three tiny red lights on each pillar as I recall. When a bulb was out one of the rear indicators would also be out. I think that there was a similar yellow indicator for the parking light in front.
The C3 Corvette models in the 60-70’s had a bundle of fiber optic cables run from each light to a display down by the gearshift on the console.
Railton
Logged

Offline tortoise

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 14973
  • Carma: +235/-453
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #52 on: March 31, 2021, 02:17:02 pm »
That's usually handled in the MFD in modern cars.  The Golf has told me what light is out.  Which is nice, since I've replaced 4 bulbs (2 headlights, a tail lamp and a reverse lamp) already.
Logged

Offline Frontier1

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 3367
  • Carma: +25/-245
    • View Profile
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #53 on: March 31, 2021, 03:19:40 pm »
Some early 60s Dodge models had shift selector in the dash, interestingly this is now appearing again today, I can think of the Honda Accord.
Logged

Offline rrocket

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 75831
  • Carma: +1253/-7199
    • View Profile
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #54 on: March 31, 2021, 03:27:15 pm »
Quote from: JohnnyMac on March 31, 2021, 08:51:48 am
Dual exhaust tips that actually connect to the exhaust and are not just decorative.
I prefer the decorative tips.

Easier for an aftermarket exhaust change while keeping car "stock" looking.

« Last Edit: March 31, 2021, 03:28:52 pm by rrocket »
Logged
How fast is my 911?  Supras sh*t on on me all the time...in reverse..with blown turbos  :( ...

Offline dkaz

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 13923
  • Carma: +289/-388
  • Gender: Male
  • Flip flop
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 12 Mazda 5 GT 6MT
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #55 on: March 31, 2021, 04:25:06 pm »
Quote from: Bubba on March 31, 2021, 11:54:40 am
Quote from: Fobroader on March 31, 2021, 10:53:40 am
Quote from: WRX_Pilot on March 31, 2021, 10:47:30 am
My '91 MkII Golf had programmable wipers... as in you could set the delay.  Press once for on, then again to set at desired delay.  Best part was, it was just a relay so you could grab one from any old pick 'n pull and upgrade yourself!

On the other side, Rain-sensing wipers are the devil... always too fast or too slow at the wrong time... you can toss them in the garbage IMHO.

100%, we own a car with one and I've rented a few cars with this feature, no thank you, at all, ever. I would rather not have to pay extra for the windshield just to have this auto wiper idiocy.

I didn't like them on my Mazda3. 

"always too fast or too slow at the wrong time"   Yep.

The auto wipers on the first gen 3/5/6 definitely behaved better than the second gen 3/5/6. You need to have good wipers either way but the first gen system seems to work as intended 90% of the time while the second gen works 80-85% of the time.
Logged

Offline Golly

  • Auto Obsessed
  • ***
  • Posts: 571
  • Carma: +12/-10
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 05 Miata, 16 Malibu Premier, 19 Buick Enclave Avenir
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #56 on: March 31, 2021, 10:28:23 pm »
swivelling front bucket seats, ala 1975 Olds Cutlass.  My younger sister had one
Logged

Offline blur911

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 13629
  • Carma: +242/-779
  • Nasty Weasel
    • View Profile
  • Cars: and bikes by age:BMW, Porsche, Subaru, Suzuki, Suzuki, Mazda, Jaguar, Kawasaki, Porsche, GMC, Suzuki
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #57 on: March 31, 2021, 10:40:46 pm »
Remember when you could get rich Corinthian leather interior?  :'(

Logged
Mr Pickypants

Offline quadzilla

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 23499
  • Carma: +391/-634
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2022 Rock'n Rolla Nightstalker
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #58 on: April 01, 2021, 12:23:01 am »
Were 8-track tape deck ever standard in a car? I remember my dad put a quadraphonic 8-track in his van which I thought was super cool.
Logged

Offline rrocket

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 75831
  • Carma: +1253/-7199
    • View Profile
Re: 10 Features You Forgot Cars Used to Have
« Reply #59 on: April 01, 2021, 12:32:59 am »
Quote from: quadzilla on April 01, 2021, 12:23:01 am
Were 8-track tape deck ever standard in a car? I remember my dad put a quadraphonic 8-track in his van which I thought was super cool.

Yep..they were standard.


FWIW, you can now get a turntable in a car!!

Lexus IS "Wax Edition".   https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/lexus-is-wax-edition-is-a-one-off-that-can-play-vinyl-records/ar-BB1eXVx6
Logged
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4   Go Up
« previous next »