Things you can’t do without in your car!

[e320mark]

Have had a check through and can’t see a similar thread! For me I think it’s 2 things, parking sensors and heated seats! Could never have a car without heated seats now!
Wife’s car has a heated steering wheel, it’s really growing on me!

 

[Lyons]

Sound system with good bass.

 

[Paddy_R]

Have had a check through and can’t see a similar thread! For me I think it’s 2 things, parking sensors and heated seats! Could never have a car without heated seats now!
Wife’s car has a heated steering wheel, it’s really growing on me!

Really don't get heated seats. Had them in my last two cars and literally never turned them on.

Couldn't do without an auto box though, driving into Belfast everyday it's a necessity.

 

[Gavlar]

Cruise control

 

[Nicky]

Really don't get heated seats. Had them in my last two cars and literally never turned them on.

Couldn't do without an auto box though, driving into Belfast everyday it's a necessity.

With you on the auto box. My search criteria for a car is generally narrowed down by selecting ‘diesel’ and ‘auto’, anything over and above that is a bonus.

 

[Coog]

Heated steering wheel is brilliant. I thought it was a gimmick but it's genuinely great.

 

[Lyons]

I don’t see the attraction. Though my hands are never cold anyway.

 

[Coog]

Neither are mine but on a freezing morning after clearing frost off the screen and getting the kids buckled in it's fantastic. Bluetooth music streaming is another one I use a lot.

 

[azzamut]

Just leccy windows really

 

[quattro Rick]

Zorst and a good sound system as @Lyons has said, love good quality audio, Bluetooth has become very useful but wouldn't be a deal breaker.

 

[ahannigan]

In my current car the reverse camera and sensors are an absolute saviour when parking for knowing how far to go back in a space.

Last car loved the automatic dual clutch, sometimes miss it driving through Belfast traffic.

 

[hannakournikova]

Remote central locking

 

[saxo_man]

Remote central locking

I got a £20 remote central locking fitted to my Grand Vitara a couple of years ago. Even now it still feels like a novelty and without a doubt the one thing that i couldn’t live without.

 

[saxo_man]

Cruise control

Cruise control too - I would not buy or lease a car without it now.

 

[Jonny_W]

For me it’s auto and heated seats

 

[hannakournikova]

I got a £20 remote central locking fitted to my Grand Vitara a couple of years ago. Even now it still feels like a novelty and without a doubt the one thing that i couldn’t live without.

My mum's mazda 2 rcl has stopped working. No idea how she just continues as normal

 

[paddyirishman]

Heated windscreen. 2mins and any ice is melted.

 

[FM155]

A petrol engine and a manual gearbox...
I have 6 cars and there is a radio in 2 of them.
I retrofitted windy up windys to the MX5 which are great as long as you have a passenger lol

 

[Lee]

An armrest. Get into a car without one and end up falling into the passenger footwell

 

[Jonny_W]

I would have thought someone would have said a 2 digit plate and black washer cap!

 

[chris_b]

Heated seats
Heated steering wheel
Air con (always cold and the above on )
Speed limit recognition
Keyless entry & start
Reverse camera
Oh parking assist ! Hate having to do that now !

And once I get something with it, autonomous driving !

 

[quattro Rick]

Heated seats
Heated steering wheel
Air con (always cold and the above on )
Speed limit recognition
Keyless entry & start
Reverse camera
Oh parking assist ! Hate having to do that now !

And once I get something with it, autonomous driving !

And you call yourself a petrol head might as well relinquish the M3 and get a bus pass

 

[56oval]

I find a steering wheel is one of my must have requirements.

 

[big_pete]

Heated steering wheel is the business, I thought I would never use it and yet I do regularly. Same with TV, thought I would never use it but have used it waiting on people at the airport a few times now too.

My must haves depend on the cars useage.

Daily driver

- must be automatic
- must be a large 4x4. All the space of a van and more comfort than a car. They really are the perfect day to day machine.

Weekender

- must be manual
- must be RWD

 

[variant]

I would have thought someone would have said a 2 digit plate and black washer cap!

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