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Options for which car manufacturers themselves have to pay extra to consumers

  • February 9, 2023
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As you know, dealers charge extra payment from buyers for a number of different options in a car. However, the advertised functionality is often just useless and sometimes

Options for which car manufacturers themselves have to pay extra to consumers
As you know, dealers charge extra payment from buyers for a number of different options in a car. However, the advertised functionality is often just useless and sometimes even dangerous. Let’s say more: for non-compliance with expectations and cheating, it’s time for sellers themselves to pay a fine to gullible consumers.

Take, for example, the driver’s fatigue detection system, which periodically pops up reminders on the car’s dashboard for the “mate” to drink coffee. Like, the driver lost his vigilance, overworked and needs a rest. If you really close your eyes, such a function may not work at all. Or – on the contrary – to think that the pilot is tired when driving in a dynamically chaotic mode. Useless? And how. But if the car actually made coffee for the driver, there would be no price for it.

And how pleases the Start-Stop system, which many drivers simply turn off. First, she is often unnerving with her ragged work cycle; secondly, it does not allow sharp “shooting” from a place; Finally, it is also harmful to health. By the way, if the engine is running with the Start-Stop function, there is a risk of poisoning with carbon monoxide, which is saturated with exhaust gases. A few years ago, global auto giants including Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Kia settled numerous consumer lawsuits over this.

And from a fuel economy point of view, which manufacturers scream about without exception, Start-Stop is a tool, nothing more than a theoretical tool. Because it is really possible to save money in the wallet by using this system only with a regularly maintained interval after stopping the engine, which is at least 10 seconds. Does this happen to you in traffic? That is it.

Even the most modern automatic parking system is not about convenience and safety. On the contrary. Such functionality often wants to place the car where even a motorcyclist does not fit. And if it is without irony, the “parking attendant” can easily cause an accident out of the blue, corny not seeing the column or sneaking too close to another car. And in general: how often do drivers use its services? Almost never! Maybe only a few times – in front of a mistress or a neighbor: “show off” for the sake of and pleasure for.

And such unsafe and useless options in cars are a dime a dozen: from leather seats in the cabin, “thanks” because of which “dignity” freezes in winter and sweats in summer, to a refrigerated glove box that does not actually cool anything. However, we will not give up all these “advantages of civilization”, but not at our expense.

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Take, for example, the driver’s fatigue detection system, which periodically pops up reminders on the car’s dashboard for the “mate” to drink coffee. Like, the driver lost his vigilance, overworked and needs a rest. If you really close your eyes, such a function may not work at all. Or, on the contrary, to think that the pilot is tired when driving in a dynamically chaotic mode. Useless? And how. But if the car actually made coffee for the driver, there would be no price for it.

And how pleases the Start-Stop system, which many drivers simply turn off. First, she is often unnerving with her ragged work cycle; secondly, it does not allow sharp “shooting” from a place; Finally, it is also harmful to health. By the way, if the engine is running with the Start-Stop function, there is a risk of poisoning with carbon monoxide, which is saturated with exhaust gases. A few years ago, global auto giants, including Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Kia, dealt with numerous consumer lawsuits over this.

And from a fuel economy point of view, which manufacturers scream about without exception, Start-Stop is a tool, nothing more than a theoretical tool. Because it is really possible to save money in the wallet by using this system only with a regularly maintained interval after stopping the engine, which is at least 10 seconds. Does this happen to you in traffic? That is it.

Even the most modern automatic parking system is not about convenience and safety. On the contrary. Such functionality often wants to place the car where even a motorcyclist does not fit. And if it is without irony, the “parking attendant” can easily cause an accident out of the blue, corny not seeing the column or sneaking too close to another car. And in general: how often do drivers use its services? Almost never! Maybe only a few times – in front of a mistress or a neighbor: “show off” for the sake of and pleasure for.

And such unsafe and useless options in cars are a dime a dozen: from leather seats in the cabin, “thanks” because of which “dignity” freezes in winter and sweats in summer, to a refrigerated glove box that does not actually cool anything. However, we will not give up all these “advantages of civilization”, but not at our expense.

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