What is the most unused feature in your car?
#21
Re: What is the most unused feature in your car?
On the key ? I know people who got the feature but only through an acura (CSX) parts order.
Cheers;
MSantos
Cheers;
MSantos
#22
Re: What is the most unused feature in your car?
Haha... you are going to believe a study by GM that concludes their effective use? I'm sure if the report is true they mean during the transition period to darkness (and early mornings but less so there, because you tend to begin your journey with lights on) where a lot of people drive with no lights on because you can still see the road. As for bulb usage, it's a separate bulb (a DRL bulb).
edit.... so I found this link (I assume you mean this GM study?):
http://www.slate.com/id/2090493/
edit.... so I found this link (I assume you mean this GM study?):
http://www.slate.com/id/2090493/
During transitory lighting periods, drivers should be smart enough to know when to use their headlights. Perhaps DRLs are of some use there, but they're no substitute for educated, attentive drivers. I've been on the interstate and come up behind vehicles that had DRLs but no 'Twilight Sentinel', so they were happily barreling down the road at 70+ mph with only their DRLs lit. If THAT isn't dangerous, I don't know what is. (One time I was forced to dial *55 and report it to the highway patrol as the morons in the minivan ignored my attempts to warn them by flashing my high beams, shutting OFF all my lights, etc. I should have followed them past my own exit to see them get stopped by the OHP.)
On my 2001 Corolla (and, I believe, all Corollas beginning with the 2001 model year), the DRLs are not a separate bulb. They use the low beam lamps (which accelerates their burning out because they are run at a lower wattage than can heat the filaments enough to keep the halogen cycle going.) On other cars (like a lot of Saturns and Chevy Cavaliers), the DRLs use the high beam lamps. Again, not a separate bulb.
#24
Re: What is the most unused feature in your car?
Why a remote for the trunk? The only time you would use it is when you are outside of the car so why not use the key? Too many gadjets allready!
#25
Re: What is the most unused feature in your car?
Edit: And I actually have used the popper from inside the car--it was easier than bending over to hit the remote lever (yes, I am spoiled).
Last edited by kristian; 04-07-2007 at 03:27 PM.
#27
Interesting comments about the remote trunk release
This feature is my wife's all time favorite. When she is leaving the grocery store with 2 sacks of stuff, she loves to come out to the car, and pop the trunk from the remote fob without having to fumble for keys.
Each to his own.
Each to his own.
#28
Re: What is the most unused feature in your car?
All three back seat headrests.
I took them out and left them in the garage the day I got the car.
I drive alone.
They make rear visibility dangerous.
I took them out and left them in the garage the day I got the car.
I drive alone.
They make rear visibility dangerous.
#29
Re: What is the most unused feature in your car?
All three back seat headrests.
I took them out and left them in the garage the day I got the car.
I drive alone.
They make rear visibility dangerous.
Oh, also the brakes.
I took them out and left them in the garage the day I got the car.
I drive alone.
They make rear visibility dangerous.
Oh, also the brakes.
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