|
Off Topic Off Topic - General non-Corvette related discussion. |
|
Share | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
02-24-2022, 8:25pm | #1 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: sweatin' on the oldies
Posts: 13,796
Thanks: 8,231
Thanked 3,860 Times in 2,222 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1000483
|
What stupid feature bugs you in your car?
I would like to meet the engineer who thinks it is essential to automatically activate the rear defroster in my Mustang every time I turn the A/C on.
|
||||||
02-24-2022, 8:32pm | #2 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 17,315
Thanks: 4,942
Thanked 23,954 Times in 9,948 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $315482
|
I cannot select where heat nor ac come out of, floor for heat dash for ac no options. Wtf a 44k car new doesn't have what my 64 pickup did.
|
||||||
02-24-2022, 8:33pm | #3 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Washington D.C. area
Posts: 3,487
Thanks: 403
Thanked 547 Times in 324 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $366874
|
The SiriusXM weather radar for the 12" display that doesn't actually ever display weather.
|
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Scissors For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 8:35pm | #4 |
A Real Barner
Join Date: May 2013
Location: On the Gulf Coast
Posts: 5,799
Thanks: 1,910
Thanked 7,516 Times in 2,538 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $555
|
I hate the push button start/stop.... Let me explain....the radio stays on until you open the door when you hit the stop button. One day I had the radio off. I got out the car and forgot to hit the stop button. Went into the grocery store for about 20 minutes. When I came out the Jeep was still running AND unlocked.....
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to zeek For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 8:45pm | #5 | |||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Washington D.C. area
Posts: 3,487
Thanks: 403
Thanked 547 Times in 324 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $366874
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to Scissors For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 9:01pm | #6 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #1
Barn Raising I, II NCM Supporter '11, '12
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: VB Know-It-All
Posts: 10,757
Thanks: 1,812
Thanked 8,649 Times in 2,906 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2299270
|
It doesn't bug me, but the feature that pushes an arm forward to "hand you" your seat belt is kinda silly. I can reach back just fine.
But oh those Germans: Why do in 3 steps what you can do in 12! Long time no see. |
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Iron Chef For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 10:22pm | #7 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #55
Island14 Cardio Team
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: A sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory
Posts: 14,783
Thanks: 3,753
Thanked 9,208 Times in 4,377 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $23236
|
My wife
|
||||||
02-24-2022, 10:49pm | #8 |
Explosive Salami
Stall Owner #1120.2520 Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Not Ceasing & Desisting on the leeward side of Anger Island
Posts: 52,417
Thanks: 21,783
Thanked 27,998 Times in 11,829 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $9018209
|
I hate thefact that RAM wants you to pay for a subscription to use GPS. Also don't like that fact that most of the AC controls like where the heat/cold air flows from, is only controlled through the touch screen on the radio.
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to DJ_Critterus For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 10:52pm | #9 | ||||||
Barn Raising I
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: There's someone in my head but it's not me
Posts: 4,525
Thanks: 2,695
Thanked 2,060 Times in 876 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $308343
|
2019 Acura RDX... I HATE that the engine shuts off at a stop light unless I remember to press the button to deactivate the feature when I start it. The "feature" is all about EPA points that save Acura $$$. And to sell starters. I'd love to punch out the Acura employee that made the call on that.
|
||||||
02-24-2022, 10:56pm | #10 | |||||||
Barn Raising I
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: There's someone in my head but it's not me
Posts: 4,525
Thanks: 2,695
Thanked 2,060 Times in 876 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $308343
|
Quote:
I hate the fact that 9 times out of 10 when my rear view mirror is filled with a bumper and head lights, it's a RAM pickup. Back off!!!! This is Texas after all. It's for your own good. BTW, brothers in arms with you on the GPS subscription and touch screen menus replacing knobs. |
|||||||
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to TripleBlack For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 10:56pm | #11 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Down the Shore,New Jersey Elev.3 feet.
Posts: 18,611
Thanks: 4,584
Thanked 11,022 Times in 5,147 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1007997
|
I really dislike most of the electronic crap
|
||||||
02-24-2022, 11:13pm | #12 | |||||||
Barn Stall Owner #115
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Sussex, Wi
Posts: 6,235
Thanks: 1,688
Thanked 4,977 Times in 2,249 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $610854
|
Quote:
I have a Auto start stop eliminator unit in my '19 Edge ST. Love it. www.autostopeliminator.com/ Someone must have a similar product for Acura. |
|||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to MikeB For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 11:29pm | #13 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Washington D.C. area
Posts: 3,487
Thanks: 403
Thanked 547 Times in 324 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $366874
|
Which Ram do you have? My 2020 1500 Limited w/ the 12" at first seemed to require a subscription to use the GPS, but it turns out that there's an "offline" (i.e. traditional) option if you press one of the on-screen buttons near the bottom rather than using the search field at the top.
|
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Scissors For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 11:35pm | #14 | |||||||
Barn Raising I
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: There's someone in my head but it's not me
Posts: 4,525
Thanks: 2,695
Thanked 2,060 Times in 876 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $308343
|
Quote:
Actually I did find a product that defeats (reverses the operation - install it and it's off until you press the button to enable so it doesn't actually defeat the feature). Actually it's the wife's car and she likes it. Until we have to replace the starter. |
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to TripleBlack For This Useful Post: |
02-24-2022, 11:59pm | #15 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NorCal Sierras
Posts: 13,084
Thanks: 4,248
Thanked 3,864 Times in 1,754 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $4635916
|
Lane assist sucks! Rented a a giant GMC SUV in Nebraska and if you change lanes without a blinker it vibrates the truck and puts you back in the lane. There was no one around for miles and I thought I hit someone/something. Hated that thing, everytime you got near a parking curb it vibrated. F that I'll just go until it sounds expensive on my own
|
||||||
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to MEANZ06 For This Useful Post: |
02-25-2022, 1:33am | #16 | |||||||
Barn Raising I
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: There's someone in my head but it's not me
Posts: 4,525
Thanks: 2,695
Thanked 2,060 Times in 876 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $308343
|
Quote:
I thought I would hate lane assist and never thought I'd use it but I kinda like the implementation on the Acura RDX. It occasionally gets confused with construction lane markings but I use it more than I don't. It does "shudder" the wheel when changing lanes without signaling but it's not terribly intrusive. I do make sure the auto braking is off. The warning is fine but it sometimes comes on when driving into the sun with no car in site. Do not want a Dodge Ram running over the top of the RDX due to a false brake activation. |
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to TripleBlack For This Useful Post: |
02-25-2022, 2:35am | #17 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 12,235
Thanks: 5,836
Thanked 3,198 Times in 1,783 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1232517
|
There is something really crazy in my wife's Cadillar SRX. If you load the car with clothing and other things in the back seat and floorboard, you will hear a somewhat loud roar coming from the back. It is like a really bad differential.
It turns out it is a highway noise reducing feature of the audio system. I never found a cadillac dealer who knew that! |
||||||
02-25-2022, 2:45am | #18 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: somewhere round here
Posts: 1,355
Thanks: 802
Thanked 556 Times in 322 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $500
|
Lexus LX470 and LX570 don't display outside ambient temperature unless you specifically enable it each time you use the car.
Raptor does not always display the clock. It's displayed at the top of the multi-function display in the center of the dash. Many modes override the clock display. Raptor allows you to press a button on the key fob to cause the tailgate to open. Not just unlock, but actually open. And it will do it while you're driving if something in your pocket happens to press the key fob open-tailgate button. This actually happens periodically. There is no override that I have been able to detect. There is no annunciator for tailgate ajar, though it might be possible to add one depending on the model year. (By add one, I mean integrated with the electronics of the vehicle. Obviously you can do yourself outside of that.) Once added there is no annunciator override for those times when you want the tailgate to be open. Damn machine makes noise about lots of irrelevant stuff but doesn't tell you that the tailgate is ajar. Raptor chimes when it wants attention. Then you have to figure out what the chime is trying to tell you. Apparently Ford engineers are not informed about the existence of DSP chips that can tell you in spoken words what needs attention. Raptor Crew Cab doesn't have electronics in the rear door exterior handles so you can unlock the doors without a key. You have to use the front door handles to unlock, then open the rear doors. Lexus had all four doors enabled in model year 2000 or earlier. Makes me hate Ford every time I have to unlock the rear doors. Very good for customer relations and brand loyalty. Raptor - inconsistent operation of headlight auto-dimming Raptor came with some kind of beep when locking the doors. Had to override it with Forscan. Raptor came with auto start/stop. Had to disable it with Forscan. Raptor came with artificial engine noise piped in. Had to disable it with Forscan. Raptor won't automatically switch on the front camera when going slow (except in rock-crawl mode). Lexus did that starting in 2000 or so. Mercedes SL 550 - won't allow the air conditioner to run if the top was down. General principles, I despise the fact that car manufacturers are too cheap to provide dedicated controls for lots of stuff and instead force you to navigate through touch screens to get to various controls. |
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to the new me For This Useful Post: |
02-25-2022, 6:57am | #19 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 7,971
Thanks: 195
Thanked 4,388 Times in 2,405 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $15637580
|
I dislike warning lights. Don't need a light telling me I deleted the tire pressure sensors. WTF? They're distracting (especially at night). Least they could do is provide a way to turn them off so I don't need to plaster electrical tape all over the instrument panel.
Check engine light came on years ago. Do you'd think if there really was a problem something bad would have happened by now? |
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Torqaholic For This Useful Post: |
02-25-2022, 7:43am | #20 | |
Explosive Salami
Stall Owner #1120.2520 Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Not Ceasing & Desisting on the leeward side of Anger Island
Posts: 52,417
Thanks: 21,783
Thanked 27,998 Times in 11,829 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $9018209
|
Quote:
I want my horn to sound like this: |
|
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to DJ_Critterus For This Useful Post: |
|
|
Support the Barn: |
Download the Mobile App; |
Follow us on Facebook: |
||