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dangerous_daveo Grand Master

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emergency brake in the driver's footwell. why are they starting this stupid trend again?

column shift auto in new cars. again..why?

Space?

What bugs me is the lines of 350z's and BMWs other than the new 3 coupe. They just dont work. There should be consitant flowing lines, not this stupid cross over stuff they do.

And Hybrid cars. Just buy a small deseil.

dilmah Community Regular

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+1 The r33 ariel going all the way up whenever the stereo is on...

I mean why put in a swtich for hte user to decide if it was to go up.. im usually playing a cd an that dont need no aerial... pet pieve

sorry to go off topic, but...

sounds like you've wired it up incorrectly or your head unit doesn't have the required output.

My JVC head unit has one output for powered antenna and another for "remote control", which is hooked into the amp to power it on only when the stereo is on.

The powered antenna output ensures the antenna only goes up when i switch to radio input.

I did notice however that the previous owner joined both the antenna and remote control wires together, probably because the pioneer unit didn't have the required output for the antenna.

West Grand Master

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R33 tailight "alway" like a freaking fish bowl when it's raining - have try many times to fix it...

Sorry mate,

Have to dis-agree with you on this, i'm sure most 33 don't have this problem. If you say the headlight plastic cover thing go dull easy yeah i'm with you but deffinately not the tail lights.

Yo-Yo Grand Master

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dude ... citroen

27-citroen-ds.jpg

There's a panel beating place in penrith with a handful of those things just rusting on the front lawn.

Citroen in general have a strange design. I drove a C5 and there wasn't even a proper control for the radio, you literally had to enter the menu on the centre console and then a sub menu just to switch the radio station.

Baguette/croissant holders were a nice touch :domokun:

scathing Grand Master

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Modern cars seem to have stupendously large pillars, which might be good for rigidity but absolutely crap for visibility. Looking out the back of the Z33 is like looking through a letterbox, which makes reverse parking quite.....exciting. I've heard other modern cars are also getting quite bad.

I also don't like the fact that companies don't set up the stalks for the export region. People expect the indicators to be on the "door" side of the steering column. Considering switchgear these days is all electronic and not a mechanical connection, it should be a piece of piss to swap them around.

Next is handling. I don't expect a car to be razor sharp, but I do expect it to go approximately where its pointed, approximately when its pointed. The only cars I've driven in the last 5 years have been sports cars or BMWs, and after a while you assume all cars handle at least as well. So hopping into an entry-model Camry a few years ago was an eye opener. I can't believe anyone would ever buy a car that rolled that much and was so slow to react. The BMW's ride isn't harsh by any means, so its possible to set up a car that your average Joe will enjoy without making a car where the steering wheel seems to only suggest changes to the angle of the tyres rather than a direct mechanical connection. Handling that bad should be illegal.

On sports cars, driver aids that can't be completely switched off. If you bought an RX8 or 350Z presumably you wanted a driver's car, so why can't you turn stability control all the way off?

Flat seats. Once again, it doesn't need to be a race-spec one piece shell, but driving some cars around a corner at a moderate pace can have you end up sitting in your passenger's lap.

Fingerprint-operated car security systems. Can't think of a better motivation for a carjacker to cut your hand off.

The "Tall boy" designs of hatchbacks in recent years. Yes it improves legroom because you're so upright, but it feels like you're sitting on a milk crate and it catches crosswinds like you wouldn't believe. Not particularly fun when you're in a light car. It also looks like a mini-MPV.

Top mount intercoolers. Why would you put a heat exchanger on top of your car's biggest heat source unless you wanted to increase the temperature of the stuff inside? Did a whole bunch of automotive engineers fail Thermodynamics 101?

Electric windows that aren't auto on every switch. Most drivers windows are auto - it can't cost that much to make every other one the same.

I can keep going all day :) If you want to experience the worst car I've ever driven for ergonomics, try the RenaultSport Clio. Its a fun package, but absolutely crap to live with.

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sorry to go off topic, but...

sounds like you've wired it up incorrectly or your head unit doesn't have the required output.

My JVC head unit has one output for powered antenna and another for "remote control", which is hooked into the amp to power it on only when the stereo is on.

The powered antenna output ensures the antenna only goes up when i switch to radio input.

I did notice however that the previous owner joined both the antenna and remote control wires together, probably because the pioneer unit didn't have the required output for the antenna.

+1

looks like noobs wired up their unit incorrectly lol

mine is done so that the the aerial only pops up when the radio is turned on, stays down when just listening to CD's

and u also have to button to select whether the aerial goes fully up or half way

back on topic

i hate my mum's camry pedal heights, me and my bro always get a sore foot after driving the car cost we have to put our foot in a very awkward position to drive it, but somehow my mum or sis never complains bout it..

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