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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Thomas The Cat, Aug 4, 2014.

  1. Thomas The Cat

    Thomas The Cat Well-Known Member

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    I've just bought my first ever car that has a CD player, now whenever I'm driving and a traffic report comes on the CD player switches to the radio.

    I was totally flabbergasted when it first happened, I had no idea this technology existed, I've found the button to turn it off now!

    Is there any other weird technologies I should be aware off on cars less than 10 years old?
     
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  2. monacoger

    monacoger POTY 2021

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    Some of them hold more than one CD in them, which can be pretty confusing.
     
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  3. monacoger

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    Also, the windows don't go down in some of them because they didn't bother putting the handles on to wind them down. A money saving exercise no doubt.
     
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  4. Thomas The Cat

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    <laugh> ran into that already, there is a button to stop passengers opening windows. I miss the role down windows as the electric ones are impossible to adjust to just how much to want them down.
     
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  5. Hash.

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    Some of them have the ability for your phone call to come out of the speakers in the car ... its the devils work or that of a woman imo. Be careful answering calls on this device when the bird is in the car with you.
     
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    My car has an 'AUX' port where I can plug in my Walkman and play my Terence Trent D'arby cassettes which is convenient and mind-boggling at the same time.

    Where will these technological advance end?
     
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  7. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    My new car has a Air Con, selling cars fitted with this useless feature in Scotland is the very definition of a Con.
     
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  8. Thomas The Cat

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    It's needed cos ****s like me cannae work the windies
     
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  9. monacoger

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    A kind of serious question, as aswell as computers, I know **** all about cars either. Is air-con in cars the reason you don't really see sun roofs anymore?
     
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  10. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    quite like the auto brake thingy av goat noo

    disny roll back when am movin off fae a hill
     
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  11. Hash.

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    ^^^^ **** driver .... do you use the girly steer8ng button too
     
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    Sun roofs were phased out because they proved to be particularly troublesome in regards to water ingress. Nowadays though, the panoramic roof is the new "must-have" amongst the driving fraternity so one assumes that the automobile designers have came up with a solution to the water ingress.

    Regards,
    Barrie
     
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  13. Thomas The Cat

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    What does the girly steering button do? I think I want one of those!
     
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  14. monacoger

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    So I was wrong? <grr>
     
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  15. Girvan Loyal 1690

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    don't know what that is :confused:

    I think the auto brake thing has made me a lazy driver tbh
     
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  16. Hash.

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    Im not 100% sure but its obviously for ****s and *****s that cant park properly I think.
     
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  17. Girvan Loyal 1690

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    I need to reverse park every day now. piece a piss for this bear
     
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  18. Toby

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    Car ownership is solely reserved for the ****iest and *****iest amongst us all <ok>
     
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  19. Hash.

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    Reversing is simple ...slot it into gear , accelerate, bump, engine off, get out and go about your business.
     
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  20. Hash.

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    Bus ****er
     
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