Tamworthbay Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Looking through craptical plastics this month it struck me that I don't like ribbon speedos (or whatever they are called, linear is the correct name perhaps?) to the point that cars I love in every other aspect I wouldn't buy because I would be continually annoyed by the look of the speedo. No idea why. Just wondering if others have any design features that mean they wouldn't have a car (and don't say a Vauxhall badge on the front). alf892 and saucedoctor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 a Vauxhall badge on the back Cavcraft, Timewaster, ShiteRider and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Anything with a radio mounted so far to the left of the dashboard that only the front seat passenger can safely operate it when the car is on the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Anything with a radio mounted so far to the left of the dashboard that only the front seat passenger can safely operate it when the car is on the move.Or like the Marina and Ital, which had them centrally mounted but facing the passenger Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk chaseracer and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Diesel engineManual gearboxunderbonnet labels in German Shep Shepherd, Junkman and AMC Rebel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Stupid hidden rear door handles. Alfa156, 147, spaceship Civic, New Twingo, some horrible little Cheverolet thing etc.etc As most of these are modern or shit or both I wasn't in the market for one anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Or like the Marina and Ital, which had them centrally mounted but facing the passenger Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That has to be the worst piece of car interior design of all time. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Electronic handbrakeBuilt-in satnavTouch screens mercrocker, cort1977, Dick Longbridge and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Diesel engine I've owned one diesel-engined car, and as a consequence, I will never own another. 155V6, 95 quid Peugeot, Bianconeri and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Electronic handbrakeBuilt-in satnavTouch screensElectronic handbrake would do me as well. I love concealed rear door handles though, just seems to be well thought out design to clean up the lines, especially the 156 ones. KruJoe, catsinthewelder, spike60 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Airbag AirconABS Immobiliser Catalyst High Level brake lights Any kind of key fob that consists of more than just a small enamel crest. Alloy wheels (unless Cosmic or similar after-market) I am also averse to steering-column mounted ignition switches but I do have one vehicle with it. Reluctantly. Same as I also put up with one vehicle that doesn't have proper rain gutters - another peeve. But....the one thing I really hate is nowhere to put things. Modern cars seem bad in this respect - absolutely nowhere to just put stuff. Oh yes, moulded spec trays, coin holders, bloody coffee cup holders which are the work of some yet unseen devil. All I want is a small carpeted tray on which to lay a tube of Polos and whatever screws have come out under the dash. Stanky, timolloyd, D Spares & Tyres and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Gonna get some abuse here but I really don't like a rover v8 ! Think they were prob ok 30 years ago but unless I've been unlucky every one I've seen is fucked . M'coli, 320touring and xtriple 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The Marina radio is brilliant it's just such an unbelievably shit bit of design you have to applaud the fact it made it into production. Shep Shepherd, cros and Vince70 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Diesel engineManual gearboxunderbonnet labels in GermanThat's all the things I like in a car! John F and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 ...and here goes another list of modern things some people don't like. dome, Vin, Cheggers and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 ...and here goes another list of modern things some people don't like.Can't call my hated item modern 😄 scaryoldcortina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 ...and here goes another list of modern things some people don't like.That wasn't the intention, just wondered if any design features bug people. My pet hate disappeared in about 1980 so hardly slagging da modernz Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The Marina radio is brilliant it's just such an unbelievably shit bit of design you have to applaud the fact it made it into production. In all likelihood, someone in the Land of Ley back in the mid-1970s (the teenager on work experience at the Elephant House?) thought that it was the best thing ever and would influence car dashboard design for years to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 When the wipers are not correctly handed, usually on rhd versions of lhd cars. VAG products of the '80s were often guilty of this, some of them randomly changing during a model run. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 When the wipers are not correctly handed, usually on rhd versions of lhd cars. VAG products of the '80s were often guilty of this, some of them randomly changing during a model run.^^ this. Also non-electrified cars and especially carbs. Confusing unreliable mechanical contraptions. Modern computer controlled fuel injection is a wonder of the modern world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Was just about to say that about wipers. I could never buy a car with wrong handed wipers. I'd also echo stereo comments, although the location in the Renault 5 is a deal breaker too... Far too vertical for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It's alright this thread but it's just another thread likely to incite an argument. I say BMWs are wank, someone takes offence etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Diesel and automatic. One day I may find the diesel that I like. for example FPB7's Alfa is quite nice, but a petrol Alfa is nicer. Autoboxes, just no. Until I'm Heather Mills spec then my left foot can earn its keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Anything launched after 1986.Actually anything launched after 1976, but I grant a 10 year rapid deterioration period until really everything without exception became unacceptable. eddyramrod and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Parts which are cynically engineered to wear out prematurely. saucedoctor, 95 quid Peugeot, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Anything launched after 1986.Actually anything launched after 1976, but I grant a 10 year rapid deterioration period until really everything without exception became unacceptable. I'm with you on your 1986 Rule in many ways, but what about the 405? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Aldi eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 It's alright this thread but it's just another thread likely to incite an argument. I say BMWs are wank, someone takes offence etc...Sorted for you- WARNING IF ANYONE WANTS TO BE A TWAT THIS CHRISTMAS PLEASE JOIN MUMS NET OR TRUMPS TWITTER FEED INSTEAD OF POSTING ON HERE. the rest of us can carry on like adults and compare design features of the old cars we all love and a few we don't. Merry Christmas run up week to one and all Asimo, chaseracer, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucedoctor Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Black alloy wheels. I know it probably a generational thing. In my young day you only painted your alloys black if you'd biffed one. My ex, with whom I remain on good terms, brought her brand new Range Rover Ewok round for me to see. Lovely car, but the matt black wheels look shit. Carbon effect my bottom. Also, that duck egg blue colour. Looks good on a mark 2 Escort, looks weird on an XK-R. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 anything with wheels larger than 15" Jim Bell, Junkman, Tamworthbay and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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