Any car
My pet peeve is no light around igniton key holes on any car.
My present Japanese barge cost £26k in 1999 and everytime I sit on cold leather seats I curse them not being heated and also steering wheel only adjusts in and out and not up and down -
I only bought this barge 18 months ago
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Any car My pet peeve is no light around igniton key holes on any car.
Some Fords use to have a mini-torch on the key which you could use to find the door keyhole (before central locking) and the ignition keyhole, if needed.
I'm sure I've seen a car with a light around the ignition keyhole, can't be sure, but it might have been a Rover 25 or a Triumph Acclaim.
Can anyone confirm that?
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Probably the Acclaim as it was mostly a Honda.
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Probably the Acclaim as it was mostly a Honda.
Yeah, it rusted like one, too.
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Yaris diesel
1. Starting off: engine boggs down under 1500rpm when cold.. you need a firmpush on accelerator and sllip the clutch - not too much as wheelspin. OK when warm.
2. Does not like big road humps (but what does?).. especially rear suspension.
3. Whistle from door at >speed limit
4. The clear plastic cill protectors get black mould in the small edge gaps.
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On past cars:
Bonnets you have to prop up with a rod
Tiny windscreen washer reservoirs
Lousy quality radio reception and/or cassette/CD player
Boots/hatchbacks that have to be opened with a key
No rear electric windows
Soft engine mounts (or whatever) that cause driveline shunt
My current BMW 320d (E91) has nothing fundamentally irritating. Having read all the above posts, I'm just relaising how well I chose (and how I need to beware when I choose again...).
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That should haver read no light round ignition switch on many cars - most of our Mazda's have a had a luminated ring round switch - it was so bad on 92 Clio ( recessed switch) I fitted a LED into shroud round ignition switch operated by switching side lights on.
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Focus 2 auto wipers. They never seem to be at the right speed regardless of sensitivity setting, also if it stops raining and wipers stop but you forget to switch them off, the next time you start the engine they wipe - frozen screen = wrecked blades.
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£37k an the coat hook was an option! Guess what, the didn't tell me!!
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I'm pretty sure my car is an early one where you cannot change the temp setting without having metric units, & therefore litres. kmh etc.
If there is another way, pray tell. Perhaps I've had 3 yrs with degree F for no reason.
Thanks
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I am sure my 05 Focus 2 shows Deg C and imperial units, SWMBO is out with the car and the manual at the moment but I will check later.
Edited by Old Navy on 14/04/2008 at 20:44
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Legacy - would like to be able to dim the instruments a bit more, on a very dark night they're a tad too bright.
A new satnav dvd is too expensive.
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VW Golf 1.9Tdi Sport
1. The fact it's not a GT Tdi
2. The fact it's mine until 2010 and I want a Scirocco.
3. The VW ipod kit that doesn't tell you the name of the track on the screen, just a number.
4. The fact that when you've put a water bottle in the water bottle holder between the seats, you can't put the hand brake on.
5. The useless hole in front of the gear lever that doesn't have a cover on it. Nowhere to hide the sweet wrappers.
Edited by PoloGirl on 14/04/2008 at 20:54
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When you have the temp. setting on the display F/C press the end of the stalk in and that should change C-F and vice versa.
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Probably the Acclaim as it was mostly a Honda. my acclaim didn't have one it was an L though.
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The central locking on the Honda. Click once to unlock and use the key to open the boot. Place keys on the floor of the boot, take something out and carelessly slam lid. 5 seconds later, central locking re-activates because you haven't opened a door, helpfully sealing keys inside boot.
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I'm ok with the Focus temp display now.
Severe case of RTFM. I've only put up wiyj it for 3 od years .............
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Citroen Berlingo
If one sprays water from the washer jets onto the front windscreen, the wipers go over the window automatically before the water hits the window.
The fact that if the front wipers were on and one put the car into reverse, the rear wiper would go automatically. (I use the past tense because the rear wipers don't work at the moment.)
Ford Ka
The clock. It is an attractive analogue clock, but I prefer digital. (I've just about gotten used to this though.)
I'd add "the rust", except I suspect that it isn't actually a design feature. Of course I may be wrong.
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Few things annoy me on the Berlingo, but like Tyro it's wiper related.
Above around 30mph the interval wipe speeds up to something not far short of ordinary speed one. So at 60 in fog or light drizzle it's too fast and drags over the screen
And while I think about it, the stupid dog guard that has rattly recess fittings at the top and lower mounts that have to be "trapped" behind the rear seat backrests. It looks as though it should be a tool free quick release but in practice it needs spanners and screwdriver to remove/re-fit and swings around if the rear seats are folded.
Citroen - compare and contrast with the simple and elegant lower peg/upper bolt mountings in a Xantia estate - stays in place seats down and can be moved forward if fido needs freedom of the entire load space.
Edited by Bromptonaut on 14/04/2008 at 21:54
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No complaints regarding my 1yr old Kia Rio, however my last car was a 2001 Citroen Xsara Mk2, and my current car is perfection when compared to the Cit!
My issues with the Xsara were:
1) Wooden feeling brakes, even after a complete overhaul.
2) Poor visibility
3) Creaking from the car headlining
4) Rattling rear seat backs
5) Whining auto-air-con fan/ sensor
6) Fog lights which were difficult to turn on / off quickly
7) The original Dipstick measure (on the end of the coathanger style rod) migrated south into the sump - never ever had to buy a replacement dipstick for a car before!
8) Centrally located e/w controls - fiddly to use
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The fact that my Mazda 626 does NOT have heated seats. That leather is pretty damn cold some mornings, and I am grateful I do not suffer from the Farmer Giles aka Sieg Heils. Those of you darn sarf might refer to them as the Chalfonts (St Giles).
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Hilux
One 10 watt interior light bulb in that cavern (had to get some more int lights fitted)
One reversing light on n/s, useless in our driveway (ditto above)
Makers sat nav that takes so long to program we don't.
Mirrors motorised but not heated. (bad oversight that).
Nothing else really.
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Focus 1 2.0 Ghia
Steering wheel rim too fat. Headlamp flasher stalk operation is illogical.
Washer bottle filler neck goes through two 90 degree bends so cannot see the level filling up and cannot hose out the contents.
Front fogs on before rear fog
MK 2 Mondeo saloon
Lights switch can be switched to parking using a knee.
Pathetic storage around the driver.
Front fogs on before rear fogs
>>Bring back the old 'aeroflow' system on the Mk2 Cortina,
Oh yes yes !
various
No glove compartment light.
Single reversing light
Yaris
No boot light. No keyhole in passenger door.
Fiat UNO.
Turning off the ignition turns off all lights.
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>>Fiat UNO.
Turning off the ignition turns off all lights
Not if you turn the key further back one position, the sidelights come on without the instrument illumination!
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2008 Mercedes C Class
Duplication of buttons - there are 9 buttons on the dash which i will never use as they are on the steering wheel.
To change from radio to cd I have to press a button on the dash - not on the steering wheel.
To change between FM and MW I have to press a button on the dash - should be on steering wheel.
I have to manually open the lid on the central lcd screen
No current fuel economy figures on the computer
Turning the audio to auxiliary input requires faffing around in the settings.
To open the boot from inside, the button is low down near the driver side storage bin.
Satnav not standard - scandalous.
Leather not standard - ditto
Glovebox tiny
Rear legroom dreadful\for its size.
Makes me drive like an old man.
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>>Fiat UNO. Turning off the ignition turns off all lights Not if you turn the key further back one position the sidelights come on without the instrument illumination!
Yes I know that but what a stupid dangerous design. I guess it was a misguided idea to save flattening the battery :-(((
I was glad to deliver the rot box to the scrap yard.
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A Fiat Tipo graced our drive in the 80s - a 1500 diesel. Fine handling with the interior space that was Tardis like. One of its features was the disappearing lights when the ignition key came out, the other was its impression of the Exxon Valdiz when it dropped its oil one afternoon, predictably Mrs P was in a little white number......she looked like a Dalmatian when she got home, that was he last flirtation with anything Italian.
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My BMW 530i Sport:
1) Dual Zone Climate cannot be linked. So, if I want to adjust the temp, I must adjust it twice for both sides. Annoying.
2) Cruise Control - light comes on when I turn the system on and goes off when I turn it off. Absolutely no change in indication whatsoever to show its actually engaged and holding speed or whether its on standby.
3) Cupholders. No, they are not cupholders, they are pointless plastic breaky things.
4) Annoyingly stupid option packs. Why could I only have folding mirrors if I have the electric seat pack. How stupid. Why isnt the electric seat pack standard anyway, it was on my Mondeo.
5) Xenon headlight washers. Great, lets empty lots of washer fluid pointless over the front end of my car every time I squirt to remove some bird mess off the winscreen
6) Warnings. Temp blow 3c? BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG. Only 600 litres of washer fluid left? BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG. Boot open? BONG BONG BONG. Handbrake on? BONG BONG BONG BONG......... engine going into failsafe mode and about to cost you thousands? No noise. Warning, fault in traction control system, you are on your own? No noise, etc. It only bongs for pointless crap I dont care about.
And now we get to the two most annoying things..
7) Checking the oil.
Lift the dipstick, right? Wrong! Lift the dipstick BUT only after the car is at full operating temperature but has stood with the engine off for at least 5 minutes. Great.
And the winner, the most ANNOYING thing in the whole world, ever...
8) The coolant header tank. Which utter, utter idiot decided that it would be a good idea to have the header tank made of BLACK PLASTIC? With a pressurised cap containing a stupid float thing to tell you the level? This means that you can't actually tell what the coolant level is without removing the cap, which you cant do until the car has been stood for hours. Every other car in the known universe, including oddly the 530d and the M5, has a clear plastic coolant tank which quickly and easily shows you the level of coolant just by lifting the bonnet..
Edited by MichaelR on 15/04/2008 at 01:24
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You may be right, the reasons for dumping the 535 and going minimalist are stacking up. Skoda bongs when you're not wearing your belt (spurious bonging from wild dog bouncing on passenger seat now solved thanks to a piece of hardboard that cost 50p) and it bongs when its cold (being a motorcyclist I know that anyway !) - otherwise a complete absence of bongs. Paragraph 6 is very funny though.
Oh and it has a transparent coolant tank - looks a bit like a fuel cell from a V1 rocket (according to a diagram in Victor anyway)
Edited by Pugugly on 15/04/2008 at 01:29
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the only thing i have found that annoys me with my new car (Mitsibushi Colt CZC) is the coolant resivoir you cant see it clear enough to check levels the markers are at the bank and down low almost impossible to see for any normal sized person as you have to lean right into the small engine space to see it
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Zafira B - complete and utter lack of any useful storage space for small items when compared to ANY other MPV on the market. Massive expanse of a dashboard, but for some reason no one at Opel/Vauxhall thought that putting little cubby holes with lids etc in there would have been a good idea.
One cup holder in the front, leaving me and the mrs to fight over who gets it.
No dash mounted power point/cigar lighter meaning to power the Sat nav I have a 4 foot lead snaking up the dash (snagging on the 'aircraft' handbrake), round the instrument cluster, and then the 2 foot forward to the windscreen
Extremely high CO2 g/km figures from their Petrol engines which leave me paying Mr Darling like I'm driving a gas guzzler.
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Anti-Tardis qualities of the 406 - it's smaller on the inside than it is on the outside.
No space for nik naks, I have to keep my change in the ash tray.
As mentioned above - energy saving radio that turns off after 7 minutes while you're parked up waiting for the wife - usually just at the guitar solo of your favorite track. Why not get rid of this useless function and replace it with one that would benefit - like switching off the lights that I occasionally leave on while there is still enough power in the battery to start the car.
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MK 2 Mondeo saloon Lights switch can be switched to parking using a knee.
I'm not disputing it, but I had one for nearly three years, and this never once happened. It just goes to show how these things are highly personal.
That said, I would echo your statement about storage. The inside of the car looked a tip very quickly.
On my old mk2, I would add the following:
Drivers seat height adjustment that only seems to work on the rear of the seat squab. Raising the seat tipped you forwards.
Incredibly short seat belts in the back making the fitting of child seats unneccessarily difficult. Very poor for a family car. It is specifically mentioned on car-by-car fitting guides from several of the child seat manufacturers, so it wasn't just us being thick or picky.
That is all I can think of after nearly three years and 50k, which says a lot about the car.
One excellent design feature on this car however, which seems to be disappearing is "proper" operation of the main beam/flash stalk. Push away for main beam, pull for flash. I hate the pull a bit for flash and further for main operation that seems to be replacing it.
Cheers
DP
Edited by DP on 15/04/2008 at 11:02
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I'm ok with the Focus temp display now. Severe case of RTFM. I've only put up wiyj it for 3 od years .............
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Happy you are sorted, I use RTFM as a last resort too!
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The central locking on the Honda. Click once to unlock and use the key to open the boot. Place keys on the floor of the boot take something out and carelessly slam lid. 5 seconds later central locking re-activates because you haven't opened a door helpfully sealing keys inside boot.
I'm afraid I cannot understand why people, after opening the boot in this way (as indeed I have to) then place their keys on the floor of the boot! Put them back in your pocket or handbag, for goodness sake.
Incidentally, I don't like the radio display in my Golf Mk V. If the radio is on at night then there is too much glare from it, despite being able to turn the brightness down of the overall dashboard display. If I drove a lot at night, I fashion a piece of cardboard and place it over the radio's display - talk about progress!!
Edited by Webmaster on 15/04/2008 at 17:35
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My 1998 Mazda 626SE has a lovely green glowing light around the ignition. And I couldn't agree more with dxp55 about the unheated leather seats.
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My 1998 Mazda 626SE has a lovely green glowing light around the ignition
The Volvo has too, but the first time I saw this feature was on a 1992 Rover 200. Thought it was a great idea then, and still do.
Bettered only by the Scenic which needs no key at all. :-)
Cheers
DP
Edited by DP on 15/04/2008 at 11:04
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BMW R1200GS.
What is (probably without question the epitome of big trailies)
Silly things.
Illogical and ergonomically unsound indicators and horn switches.
Slightly head-down speedo.
Stupidly small sidestand footprint. (BMW need to look at how Honda solved this 25 years ago)
Not having angled tyre valves.
Failing to "protect" vulnerable areas (like a "potentiometer" on the very spot where the rider's boot makes contact when getting on)
oh
And crap horn.
An almost perfect (if heavy) bike spoilt by details.
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2002 Mondeo 1.8LX
Trafficators click too loud.
Seat belt on warning buzzer .
Door mirrors too small/wrong shape.
Interior clock hands similar colour to clock face.
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You can thank NCAP scoring for the seat belt bongs.
Audi have dropped the passenger seat bongs on the latest A3 (my first one had it and it was annoying) and they have also increased the speed at which the bongs activate from a level of about 5mph to over 15mph - well done.
The only annoying thing with the Audi is it still gets dirty!
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Difficult to clean the inside of the windscreen at the bottom on all modern cars.
Er.......nothing else. The Legacy's brilliant, modern yet old fashioned. Why am I moving to Citroen?
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The radio illumination on my Hyundai Coupe does not dim along with the dashboard.
Too dazzling man.
The hatchback can not be opened from the outside without inserting a key (SWMBOs pet annoyance). I see it as added security....
The reverse parking sensors beep endlessly on tarmacadam. The dealer thinks I am making this up (they have a paved car park)
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R1150R
Pugugly,
I struggle to get my size 12s on to the centre stand noggin- sidestand, gear shift etc. get in the way.
Apart from that , fits like a glove.Or size 12 boot.
I love the BMW indicator arrangement - the whole BMW bike ethos is solutions in search of problems.
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While we're on about bikes - Bandit 600Y:
Side-stand heel bar that is so short (and so high up underneath the gear lever) that it's very easy to knock the bike into 1st when you're trying to get the stand down. The Kwaka ER5 on which I took DAS had a much more sensible setup.
Non-angled tyre valves - getting a pressure gauge on the front valve is fiddly
Pretty happy apart from that - it'll do until I can afford something bigger...
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Audi A3 sportback :
1) Handbrake on the left of the centre console. I bought a RHD car not a LHD car so why can't I have the handbrake on the right hand side of the console.
2) Ipod interface.... that gives naff all functionality. No track names or artist name display. And I have to put all my songs into one of 5 playlists. RUBBISH!
3) Speedo calibrated in 20mph increments at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, etc instead of 10, 30, 50, 70 etc. Most speed limits here are 30, 50 or 70.
4) speedo that goes up to 180mph, meaning that at normal UK speeds the scale covers an arc of about 100 degrees
5) BEEEEEP! Top up washer fluid. BEEEEEEEP! Service due. BEEEEEEEP! fasten seatbelt. BEEEEEP! outside temp low. BEEEEEEP! aaargh shut up.
6) Drive by wire cuts the throttle if it detects the brake pedal is being pressed so you can't "heel and toe"
7) Dumb central locking that only opens drivers door unless you press button twice.
8) Remote fob that has a button to open boot whilst keeping rest of car locked. So you open the boot and accidentally leave your keys in and bingo..... locked out.
9) Climate control that keeps turning aircon on whenever recirc is pressed. So if you just want to recirc for 30 seconds while you overtake a smokey old Vauxhall Nova it turns aircon on then when you pass the chav and turn recirc off it turns aircon off and the windscreen mists up. WHY!!!!!?????
10) No synchromesh on reverse. My golf had sync on reverse, as did my A4, so I assume it's been deleted as a cost saving penny pinching option. Pah!
11) Outside temp ice warning set to trigger at 5 degrees. Way too high.
12) Aerodynamically poor design so the rear hatch always gets filthy
13) Stupid dull alarm flashing LED that nobody can see. Honestly. I had the car for a year before I even realised it was there.
14) Ridiculous cost options for things that should be standard on a £25k car : cruise control, aluminium dash trip, armrest (!!!!!!!!!!!!)
15) Crummy space saver spare wheels. Really - if I wanted to drive on poxy pram wheels I'd have bought a car from fisher price.
16) Rear sun blind that serves no purpose whatsoever except to block your view through the rear window
17) No locking glovebox. Probably a £800 option somewhere.
18) Fuel computer that tells blatant lies.
19) 17" wheels that make the ride so harsh it hurts
20) Flippy floppy ignition key that even with the key stowed, is so bulky it is uncomfortable in your pocket. Really - it doesn't need to be that big.
21) Headlight washers that serve no purpose other than to use up the contents of your washer bottle as fast as possible. They do nothing to clean the headlights.
22) Cruise control that has no light to tell you when it's engaged. Oh, but there is a light to tell you that the rear ashtray is full.....
23) Wipers that are so poorly designed, they need a "special setting" in order to be able to pull them off the windscreen to wash your car. Talk about engineering a complex solution to a simple problem!
24) Intermittant wipers that never seem to have the interval you actually need
25) Radio reception that is dire.
26) Drivers footrest that is too small
27) Non-illuminated arm-rest cubby hole. The one in the A4 was illuminated so why isn't the one in the A3 - especially as they both cost an arm and a leg as an optional extra.
28) Plastic rear seat-backs
29) No map pockets on the seat backs
30) No rear air vents/
31) Slight delay between pressing the horn and getting the "parp" noise. Why? Because the horn is computer controlled. I mean really..... WHY?????!!!!
32) Rubbish main beam. A cheap AAA torch has more power.
33) Pathetic alarm siren. last time I broke wind it was louder.
34) Electronic boot release. Flat battery=no access to the boot.
35) No sunglasses holder.
36) No cup holder - unless you tilt the armrest out of the way, in which case you'll keep resting your elbow on your cappucino out of habit.
37) Too many digital displays. 5. Yes, 5. WHY????!
38) Trigger happy traction control
Apart from that I love it.
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7) Dumb central locking that only opens drivers door unless you press button twice.
My Focus is like that. It's a safety feature for when you are on your own ~ it prevents a carjacker or similar from entering from the other side.
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My Focus is like that. It's a safety feature for when you are on your own ~ it prevents a carjacker or similar from entering from the other side.
Being a 6'3" male, I don't find that feature particularly necessary - but I do understand why it's there.
Your Focus has the ability for the driver to enable/disable the feature. On the Audi it requires booking in at the dealer to disable it. Hence why it falls in the "annoying feature" section :-)
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Passed the 'repeated launches' transmission test then whoopwhoop?
You are obviously infuriated by the thing's defiance. Hence all the nitpicking.
:o}
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whoopwhoop - I am also an A3 owner - I haven't time to go through all your issues, but lets just say nearly half of them wouldn't be on the list if you had opted for an SE rather than I suspect a Sport.
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whoopwhoop - I am also an A3 owner - I haven't time to go through all your issues but lets just say nearly half of them wouldn't be on the list if you had opted for an SE rather than I suspect a Sport.
Do you want a calculator? I can only find half a dozen that are specific to the Sport. (and most of those are because the SE doesn't have that item of equipment fitted, rather than the SE being superior).
Besides, you can't have the more powerful engines on an SE (or at least you couldn't when I ordered mine).
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Passed the 'repeated launches' transmission test then whoopwhoop? You are obviously infuriated by the thing's defiance. Hence all the nitpicking.
Touché M'Lud :-)
Actually the DMF gave up the ghost at 8k, but I forgot to put that on the list!
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So what were the features that made you buy it? Or perhaps that should be a different thread?
alfalfa
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So what were the features that made you buy it? Or perhaps that should be a different thread? alfalfa
Looks nice.
Goes like the clappers. (TDi 170)
Reasonable economy.
Far better build quality than equivalent Golf.
Better residuals - reflected in lower monthly lease cost. (company car)
Far better dealer service. (always go out of their way to please.... when the DMF failed I turned up unannounced - no appointment - and they gave me an A8 loan car)
Excellent manufacturer support. (when the DMF failed Audi approached me with a significant goodwill gesture - didn't even have to complain
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Audi A3 sportback : Apart from that I love it.
MEGA SNIPQUOTE of absolutely EPIC proportions. In fact probably the biggest snipquote I've ever had to do whilst being a moderator here. Please do try and read the message that pops up on the screen that tells you not to quote everything you're replying to.
in reply to whoopwhoop (see, that's all you need to do)
So what were the features that made you buy it? Or perhaps that should be a different thread?
alfalfa
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 15/04/2008 at 17:31
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>>but there is a light to tell you that the rear ashtray is full.....
Surely you jest?
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>>but there is a light to tell you that the rear ashtray is full..... Surely you jest?
No, seriously.
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@whoopwhoop
Great post!
It's a safety feature for when you are on your own ~ it prevents a carjacker or similar from entering from the other side
Mine is same as well. However, as soon as I switch on the ignition, all other doors get unlocked. So, never understood concept. But it does annoy me to press the button twice to unlock other doors/boot.
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Audi A3 sportback : Apart from that I love it.
You really are a wind up merchant, aren't you?
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>> Audi A3 sportback : >> Apart from that I love it. >> You really are a wind up merchant aren't you?
Who am I supposed to be winding up??!
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SNIPQUOTE!Who am I supposed to be winding up??!
Us all, with that nonsensical diatribe with so-called faults with the Audi.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 15/04/2008 at 21:55
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>> Who am I supposed to be winding up??! >> Us all with that nonsensical diatribe with so-called faults with the Audi.
Gosh, you get wound up easily don't you! Hahaha :-)
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Bit more time now
Audi A3 sportback : 1) Handbrake on the left of the centre console. I bought a RHD car not a LHD car so why can't I have the handbrake on the right hand side of the console.
True - but can't say it bothers me - at least the wipers have been adopted for RHD.
5) BEEEEEP! Top up washer fluid. BEEEEEEEP! Service due. BEEEEEEEP! fasten seatbelt. BEEEEEP! outside temp low. BEEEEEEP! aaargh shut up.
Only beep I hear regularly is low fuel
7) Dumb central locking that only opens drivers door unless you press button twice.
Mr Audi will change this for you if required.
8) Remote fob that has a button to open boot whilst keeping rest of car locked. So you open the boot and accidentally leave your keys in and bingo..... locked out.
Don't take the keys out of your pocket whilst opening the boot
9) Climate control that keeps turning aircon on whenever recirc is pressed. So if you just want to recirc for 30 seconds while you overtake a smokey old Vauxhall Nova it turns aircon on then when you pass the chav and turn recirc off it turns aircon off and the windscreen mists up. WHY!!!!!?????
Leave climate on auto and recirc on auto
11) Outside temp ice warning set to trigger at 5 degrees. Way too high.
Also linked to auxiliary heater - too low!
14) Ridiculous cost options for things that should be standard on a £25k car : cruise control aluminium dash trip armrest (!!!!!!!!!!!!)
All standard on SE - ali trim is zero cost option
16) Rear sun blind that serves no purpose whatsoever except to block your view through the rear window
thats the Sport for you - under parcel shelf net bag and curry hook, standard on SE is far more useful
18) Fuel computer that tells blatant lies.
That explains the 29mpg I managed out of a 2.0TDi 170 manual then - option on SE, but as you have found why bother?
19) 17" wheels that make the ride so harsh it hurts
Sports suspension is more of the problem SE and 17s (free upgrade!) is fine.
22) Cruise control that has no light to tell you when it's engaged. Oh but there is a light to tell you that the rear ashtray is full.....
SE has such a light for cruise
23) Wipers that are so poorly designed they need a "special setting" in order to be able to pull them off the windscreen to wash your car. Talk about engineering a complex solution to a simple problem!
Designed to hide behind bonnet - blame NCAP. You can actually pull the wipers into position without using the special setting.
24) Intermittant wipers that never seem to have the interval you actually need
Rain sensors standard on SE - work perfectly
27) Non-illuminated arm-rest cubby hole. The one in the A4 was illuminated so why isn't the one in the A3 - especially as they both cost an arm and a leg as an optional extra.
Arm rest standard on SE - never noticed if its illuminated I hardly go in there!
28) Plastic rear seat-backs
Sit a two year old in the back with muddy shoes and see what a good idea this is
29) No map pockets on the seat backs
Standard on SE (you get them beside the front footwell too!)
30) No rear air vents/
I sit in the front
34) Electronic boot release. Flat battery=no access to the boot.
RTFM
35) No sunglasses holder.
No cost option no smoking pack solves this - sunglasses go where ashtray would be.
36) No cup holder - unless you tilt the armrest out of the way in which case you'll keep resting your elbow on your cappucino out of habit.
Agreed (!) - upgrade from 2005 model removed the cupholders from over the radio and replaced with a credit card holder.
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I'm glad you like your SE so much.
Personally I found the SE to be a rather mundane car wheras the Sport - especially with the 170 TDI - is much more appealing.... even if it does have some "foibles"!
Each to their own eh?!
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Only beep I hear regularly is low fuel
Did you forget to mention the occasional BEEEEEEEEP for a fault? Is that a standard feature on the SE?
>>ali trim is zero cost option
So why in the same of common sense and good taste didn't you tick that box instead of the hideous Walnut trim!
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Good thread this - when I win Lotto I shall save my money and keep my old banger.
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Thread locked and a new one started as Vol 2.
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