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230bhp 3.0 Straight Six. Essential for getting past tourists down here in the Summer.
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When i had the "Prelude" it was simply the reassuring fact, that whenever i needed it, Spring, Summer,Autumn or Winter, day, night, Sunshine, hail, rain or snow, all i had to do was turn that one little key,...........and it always started, no fuss, no frills, no hassle.
And me miss it! ;-(
Billy
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I'm pretty fond of the fact that my car drives me around. It has an engine, a wheel at each corner, room for me and passengers, and it goes.
It's a car for goodness sake!
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One that starts everytime, everyday and dose the job.
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My car has so many good features that it's impossible for me to pick out a favourite. But if I'd bought it brand new I'd have specified the optional sunroof even though the car's got aircon. A sunroof is the thing I miss most. So I'm with Shoespy on that one.
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Difficult for me to pick one as I love a few features of mine (Octavia):
Xenon headlights (fantastic range and light coverage when driving) that come on in the dark when you unlock the car (or stay on when your park up), along with puddle lights in the mirrors - makes dark car parks easier to navigate!
The passenger mirror that dips down when you reverse - handy when you must park 1mm away from the kerb.
The heated front seats - you can't beat a warm rear on a cold morning!
Being able to open/close all the windows from the remote - handy in the summer to let the heat out before you get in.
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There's a couple of features I love but then this is the newest car I've owned.
Remote control windows for when your passenger or you forget to close it after removing ignition key.
The auto dimming rear view mirror, works so much better than the flip switch type.
The reversing sensors, I've had add on kits before but they didn't work as well as the one fitted to this car.
Auto folding door mirrors.
Steve.
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The suspension on my newly acquired Xantia Activa. Very comfortable (slightly stiffer than a standard Xantia), and yet when it comes to the bends, no roll at all, and hence high levels of grip and superb road holding. Shame that the system hasn't caught on, and that the Xantia Activa will probably go down in history as the first and last mass-produced car with active anti-roll suspension.
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My answer, and those of several other people, can be found here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=37702
It might be added that I agree with oilrag about wind up windows, and I certainly agree with Shoespy about sunroofs. Neither of my cars has one at the moment. I often daydream about getting a car with a vast panoramic sunroof. Sigh.
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I have two lists.
1. Features which are so commonplace that you don't even notice them day to day:
* Electronic ignition (One of the few notable legacies of Talbot cars, brought to Europe from Chrysler USA)
* power steering
* disc brakes
* radial tyres
* halogen lights (HID for the well-heeled)
* ABS
I could probably add another 100 or more, but won't!
2. Everyday, seemingly unimportant, tangible features, which add up to make a car environment so much more pleasant:
* Leather steering wheel and gearknob (ditto soft touch plastics, etc.)
* Perfectly placed, intuitive minor controls and dials (horn button on every spoke of steering wheel; bright speedo/rev counter needles which the driver can see in periphal vision (70 mph dead vertical, etc.) without constantly having to glance down
* Door stays which hold the door open at *just* the right position without clanging the car in the next parking bay or swinging back to knock the driver's teeth out (I find Vauxhall doors very stiff and atrociously bad in this respect)
* Hydraulic bonnet stay (why don't ALL cars have them?)
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How about adding flow through ventilation?
How many remeber misted up interiors?
Thank you Ford - i think the MK1 Cortina was the first(?) to have the system.
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How about adding flow through ventilation - i think the MK1 Cortina was the first(?)
Yep, they called it 'aeroflow' and the heating/ventilation on my Focus is rubbish in comparison - forty years later.
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>> How about adding flow through ventilation - I think the MK1 Cortina was the first(?) they called it 'aeroflow' and the heating/ventilation on my Focus is rubbish in comparison - forty years later.
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I get the same comments from SWMBO about the lack of air flow.
Yes but we all miss the autumn leaves rustling somewhere in the dash and then blasting into your face when least expected them.
I think lack of air flow applies to most cars and I suspect it is simply down to the introduction of pollen filters that do not allow the blast of air.
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My Peugeot 305 had two brilliant features: a magnificently comfortable ride, and a a humungous luggage area. It also sipped fuel and was very cheap to run, but those weren't things I noticed so frequently. On the downside, the gearchange was the work of the devil.
My current Almera is a soul-less box; I bought it because it is a standardised tool, like a wheeled washing machine (if there was such a thing as a generic car, it'd probably be the Almera). However, it has three things I do regularly appreciate: the climate control, the auto gearbox and the leather steering wheel, which make driving it much more relaxing.
Mostly, though, the Almera is neither a like nor a dislike, It just does what it's supposed to do, and is thoroughly forgettable, which is exactly why I bought it :)
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BMW E91 320d
Absolutely Nothing.
Maybe: Getting out of it and walking away.
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BMW E91 320d Absolutely Nothing. Maybe: Getting out of it and walking away.
So it's not just me. Although with the 120d I had the brief misfortune of owning, it was more relief that I was able to walk away from it. I was convinced that car didn't like me and was conspiring to finish me off. So finishing any journey intact was a success.
The options like bluetooth and fully adjustable seats were good, it was just the rest of the car they were bolted to.
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My Peugeot 305 had two brilliant features: a magnificently comfortable ride and a a humungous luggage area. It also sipped fuel and was very cheap to run but those weren't things I noticed so frequently. On the downside the gearchange was the work of the devil.
Ah yes, the gearchange on the Peugeot 305. I remember the gearlever seemed to be about 3 feet long and on my 305 eventually snapped off with the break just above the rubber gaiter thing. I got home on that occasion by jamming a screwdriver into the residual bit of gearlever still attached to the gear linkage and changing gear that way. Shows how expectations have changed though. These days I don't actually keep a screwdriver in the car.
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It wasn't just the three-foot gearlever; it was the combination of this ginormous lever with a box which had massive travel fore-and-aft but very little sideways, and huge spring inside it ... all topped off with a short-travel clutch controlled by such a powerful spring that my left leg ached after driving it in heavy traffic. However the rest of the car was so brilliant that I always forgave the gearchange
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The silky smooth Supercharged V6 in my Mazda Xedos 9 - many times it has caught me out with the rev limiter when doing a quick passing maneuver -and of course the auto box.
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