What features are now must-haves for you in a car?
For me it's:
>Power one-touch (up and down) windows
Climate control w/ vents in backseat (so many cars skimp on this)
>Leather (the synthetics smell like petrol to me)
>Backup camera
>High end audio system
>CD/DVD player
>Two USB ports
>HOLD function (let's you take your foot off the brake at stoplights while car stays in Drive)
>Power trunk/hatch
This post was just a test btw. Do not reply. Thanks >OP
>>14003975
Well then stop using the board as your own personal troubleshooting tool.
>>14003975
Well then stop using the board as your own personal troubleshooting tool. I might just sit here and reply all day.
>>14003975
>>14003988
>there are 3 posters in this thread
> HOLD function
what car has this? I've never heard of it before
>>14003988
Can you really not read poster count?
>>14003961
Cloth seat master race.
>>14003961
>Climate control w/ vents in backseat (so many cars skimp on this)
>>Leather (the synthetics smell like petrol to me)
>>Backup camera
>>High end audio system
>>CD/DVD player
>>Two USB ports
>>HOLD function (let's you take your foot off the brake at stoplights while car stays in Drive)
requirements for a car? alright
>the weather stays mostly outside the car
> the engine starts when i turn the key
>seats at least 2
i'm not very picky
>>14004027
Honestly climate control for the back seats is pretty nice, I still have a ton of cds, and backup cameras are nice for modern cars with gunslit windows. The rest is eh though
Here's a (you)
>>14004036
>backup cameras are nice for modern cars with gunslit windows
so basically what you're saying is cars with backup cameras are all guaranteed to be shit
i agree
>>14004035
This
>>14004035
>turning the key
I always get keyless entry and start. That is a deal breaker for me. I like to keep my fob in my pants pocket
>>14004048
Given that they're mandated now, I can see greenhouses possibly returning in the future when material technology improves and pillars become thin again.
>>14004068
>paying hundreds of dollars for spare keys instead of cheap mechanical spares for your regular mechanical key
>>14003961
>Power one-touch (up and down) windows
Every car has that, at least on the driver's side.
>Climate control w/ vents in backseat (so many cars skimp on this)
Meh
>Leather (the synthetics smell like petrol to me)
Leather also gets trashed after a couple years if you don't maintain it right.
>Backup camera
Only in modern cars, which have shit visibility.
>High end audio system
Eh, even econoboxes have pretty good audio systems.
>CD/DVD player
An AUX would be better tho.
>Two USB ports
One is enough.
>>HOLD function (let's you take your foot off the brake at stoplights while car stays in Drive)
>2015
>still driving autotragics
>Power trunk/hatch
Dude, what?
>Advanced front airbags
>Side airbags
>Side curtain airbags
>Electronic stability control
>Good crash test ratings (preferably IIHS Top Safety Pick)
>Comfortable seats (leather preferred)
>Satellite radio
>Steering wheel audio and cruise controls
>Navigation system (built in preferred, aftermarket okay)
>Power windows, locks, etc.
>Backup camera
>Good A/C and heat
>>14003961
400+ hp and rwd is a good start
>>14004105
dont forget touchscreen in your steering wheel so you can watch the big bang theory and browse facebook while you drive right
>Heated seats
>Some form of aux input (Current car uses a tape deck to aux)
I'm trading my car out for an SUV in early 2016, here's the features I'd like it to have
>AWD/4WD
>At least the same number of cup holders as passenger seating, excluding bitch seat.
>One touch up and down
Anything else is icing
>>14004009
It's called a transmission brake
If/when I get a new car to upgrade from my 2007 Chrysler 300C AWD Hemi, there are several "must haves" for me which will may or may not come to fruition due to cost.
Moonroof
Bluetooth connectivity for phone and streaming audio
Power windows & locks
All wheel drive
Power (I have a Hemi, so if I went Chrysler/Dodge route would get it) - so V8 I guess
Heated seats (I used to hate them, but not anymore)
Hitch
Tinted windows (within MA legal limits)
Automatic transmission
Air conditioning (and heat too)
ABS brakes
>>14004068
so what happens when the battery runs out?
>be me
>at work
>manager at restaurant
>we're nearing closing time (It's 10:30 PM)
>lady walks in seeming distressed
>walk off because I'm sure I can't help her
>"manager to the host-stand"
>fuck
>introduce myself and the usual jazz
>she pulls out a keyless fob for a maxima
>"i think the batteries are out, the car won't unlock and it's not working"
>"I really can't help you, sorry"
>leaving around 12:15 AM
>first manager out for closing shift, fuck yeah
>walk up to my truck
>lady is sitting on trunk of her car sobbing
I took her back to her apartment and she got to the dealership the next day.
Giggled hard when my buddy picked up an Altima with the same system a week later.
>>14004089
backup cam and push to start... those are the important ones for me.
Not having to take out your keys all the time is a huge convenience.
and the backup camera makes parking a breeze and eliminates any accidental bumping.
>>14004149
>Less than a month until 2016
>Not keeping a set of jumper cables in your car
She deserved it.
>>14004159
I think you misread the post.
The battery for her fob was out.
No way into the car, the car itself was fine.
>>14004149
Most keyless entry cars still have a physical key for backup. Also passive keyless entey systems use rfid chips that don't require batteries.
>>14004167
Oh, whoops.
Then
>2016 - 22 days
>Not realizing every electronic fob has a hidden key in it
Still deserved it.
>RWD
>V8
>2 Door
>no bullshit like computer screens, cameras and computer sensors
>manual transmission
>12 bolt posi rear end
>dual exhaust
>nice gauge set up
>no plastic trim
>no giant interior panels, giant dash, overall chunky and crowded interior
Too bad they don't exist anymore.
>>14004177
A touchscreen radio (for song information display purposes) is nice. I'll give you the rest.
>>14003961
>Bluetooth Connectivity
>Three Pedals
Everything else is gravy.
>>14004175
>>14004171
won't argue the point about the backup, but the fact remains that you had a pretty lady sitting outside on the edge of nicetown and the hood for two hours.
>deserved it
I don't necessarily care what she deserved, if anything would've happened to her our property it wouldn't be near as much fun to be me.
>>14003961
i don't care as long as it doesn't have fucking wood paneling.
>>14004159
>Car battery dies
>"OK, I'll just boost it"
>"Oh wait, I can''t get my cables out of my car because the locks are electric"
>"How do I open the hood without getting inside my car"
>"Fuck"
>>14004427
maybe if there was a spot under the car where you could clamp leads to another battery on i would consider having keyless entry and shit like that
>>14003961
Power one touch as you call it should be a fucking absolute standard for any power window button in any location.
Convertibles should also have a button that lowers, and raises ALL windows with one click.
Leather - um no. Some people dont like it, and synth leather is shit.
backup camera. Only nice to creep into a parking spot, useless for anything else.
high end audio gear is shit in most cars. Shitty speakers from Best Buy will outperform most car audio systems. anything else in cars as an extra option is overpriced shit that dealers charge thousands of dollars for when you can build it yourself for a 3rd of the price.
optical media is dead
usb ports are nice, but only when they output 2amp each. which they dont.
hold is for faggets
power trunk is for soccer moms.
i bit your bait, and ate it too. now fuck off
Power Windows
Keyless Entry
Air Conditioning
Reverse Parking Camera
Remote Starter
AUX/USB port
>Electric Windows
>Electric Locks
>Heater/AC
>USB or similar connection for an MP3 Player or Flash Drive
>Power Inverter to charge my Laptop off of.
Central locking, heater, din slot radio. The rest are neat bonuses, like aux ports, electric windows or indicators that automatically blink three times when you tap them.
>>14004727
>have DC from car battery
>invert it to AC
>rectify it to DC again to charge laptop
It was amerifat tier.
Heated mirrors heated leather seats and steering wheel. Bonus for heated wiper jets and wiper parking area. Auto climate control, premium sound, awd
I shouldn't be surprised that there's so many faggots on 4chan.
>Three Pedals
>RWD
>50/50 Weight Distribution
>Independent Rear Suspension
>No front license plate
>Topless
>Lightweight Engine
>A smile
>>14007882
>>A smile
so close
>>14003961
that picture
how do you mix those two up
>>14004035
Engine doesn't even have to start the first time I crank it. Third or fourth try is ok in my book.
For any car it has to be
Manual
Rwd or awd
Affordable
Fun to drive
If it has a v8 option thenit has to be a v8
I dont really care about anything else really. I can get on without a/c even though I'll probably regret it later and theres always after market radios and whatnot
>>14003961
>manual transmission
>manual locking hubs
>manual windows and locks
>cupholders
>diesel
>ability to pull 12k+ lbs
>stereo
>good non abs brakes
>>14003961
fun
cheap
The engine is not fucking under the god damned cowl, and I could pull it out with a few bolts and a lift. Easily.
>>14003961
Why do you need that shit in your car?
>>14003961
>Radio
>No P/S
>Engine
>4 or more cylinders
>good weatherstipping
> >120k miles
>rwd or awd
>stick
>fuel economy
>>14004427
>mfw when my car's hood opens from the outside
>mfw anyone can open my hood at anytime
>Holds stability at 150MPH on smooth-ish highways
>able to hold a flat corner safely at 0.75G +
That's about it.
>>14008160
if we take out the RWD portion of your post, you have a very good "pick two of three" going on here.
> stick and AWD
bad economy now because of computers shifting around the torque to the front, whereas standard trans its generally about 50-50 and adjusted based on what wheel starts to slip. computers manage it for auto, computers watch and react on standard.
>Fuel economy and AWD
see previous. lol cvt and jelly shifting with your paddles or gear selector
>Stick + fuel economy
bye bye AWD.
