Five Popular Car Options That Barely Get Used By Owners

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1 Five Popular Car Options That Barely Get Used By Owners In one of our recent Top 5 pieces, we looked at our favorite car options that people rarely have on their cars. In this Top 5, we wanted to take a look at some car options that have been popping up on a bunch of cars recently, that we think are actually useless. We have chosen five popular car options that are available in a lot of cars, that cost additional money to buy, but are rarely used on a daily basis.

2 Sport Mode We love the current crop of sports car that all have adjustable drive modes to configure the car. Ford got a lot of publicity with the Drift Mode in the Focus RS, which has now been copied by Mercedes. In a sports car, these modes are usually very distinct, but the sport mode on a boring family sedan is a different story. We have seen sport buttons on everything from the Hyundai Elantra to the Lexus ES, but they really don t do much. People who purchase these cars aren t expecting a canyon carving sports car. These buttons rarely get pushed, and are therefore useless.

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4 Paddle Shifters Just to be clear, we aren t referring to automatic transmissions, just the paddle shifters attached to them. Like our sport mode choice, we love paddle shifters when they are actually relevant. However, a CVT Honda Accord does not need paddle shifters. How many people actually drive their Accord around shifting gears through traffic? In most mainstream cars, the paddle shifters get used on the test drive after the salesman points out how cool they are, and maybe once or twice in the first month to show off to friends. After that, people rarely use them which makes them a waste of money.

5 Rear Seat Entertainment This is one of our most hated tech features in cars. It was nice as a kid to have a car DVD player in the back of the car, but kids today have so many more options like ipods and ipads that make the rear seat entertainment systems seem like a waste of money. These systems can cost thousands of dollars from the manufacturer, when you could just as easily go out and buy two ipads for your kids for a fraction of the price. We do like the expensive systems in cars like Porsche and Mercedes that can access car menus and control infotainment, but we wouldn t want to relinquish control of the radio to screaming kids in the back seat.

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7 Power-Adjustable Seats On our previous list, we declared our love for high tech seats with advanced functions like massaging. However, we also admit that power-adjustable seats are usually just a useless option. Jay Leno likes to point out that a power seat usually only gets used once. After the driver has set up their seat preference, the power seat remains dormant for most of the car s life. The only exception to this is when one car has multiple drivers that frequently switch out. For this scenario, memory seats can come in handy. For everyone else, power seats are just heavy objects that get hauled around without much purpose.

8 Moonroof/Sunroof A large, panoramic moonroof can make a car s interior seem extremely spacious even if it is very crammed. These large glass units have made the normal moonroof seem silly in comparison. We rarely see people driving around with their moonroof open, which defeats the point of having one that even opens at all. Many automakers have started to offer a moonroof delete option for enthusiasts who know that the moonroof adds weight up high, which can ruin a car s handling. View more products at our global UK store: DE store: online store:

9 All Car DVDs Players Are Not Equal Imagine my surprise when I went looking for a DVD for my car. We were to take our grandkids for an extended road trip and I thought it would help it to a DVD player. The trouble is monitor. I saw all these good priced monitors and thought that is real great to get the monitor and the DVD for that price. Then I discovered that they really did mean just the monitor. Not the DVD in a monitor, but a monitor. If you want a monitor with DVD you need to look for a monitor that includes the DVD. Otherwise all you get is a monitor.

10 So here is some quick information on monitors and what to look for. The flip down car video monitor is probably the one you are most familiar with. It is mounted to the roof of the car and flipped down when in use. Then is is flipped up out of the way. It is used by the back seat passengers and the monitor usually ranges from 7-12 inches. The Overhead Car Video Monitors can be attached to the ceiling of the car. Most usually you find them in mini vans, and SUVs because they require some of the head room. It usually fits over the inside light. These can be 7-20 inches in width. Headrest car video monitors are built into the back of the headrest. You can buy the whole headrest since most of you will not want to cut out a chunk of your present headrest. Keep the old headrests so you can put them back in the car when you trade it in, thus allowing you to keep the head rest for the new car. Headrest Portable car video monitors are essentially portable DVDs. They can be attached to the back of the headrest and be moved about. These range in size from 5-10 inches. This was my choice because it can be taken out of the vehicle and used in to motel room, the camper, the trailer, a tent well, you get the idea. In-dash car video monitors are put in the dash for the entertainment of the front seat passenger. Driver you need to keep your eye on the road. It can be flipped up and down for convenience and space. They are usually less than 7 inches. The Sun visor car video monitor can be mounted into your visor or you can replace your original sun visor with it. It is usually 5-7 inches in length. Mirror car video monitors are made to fit over the rear-view mirror. They are great to be used as a rear view camera. It is

11 very small, usually no more than 4 inches. Now the most important thing to remember is that you need the DVD with these monitors if you wish to play a DVD. So remember that if you do not want to buy a separate DVD you need to look for a monitor that includes a built in the car DVD player. They are out there and can be found easily. Just don t be fooled into buying a monitor thinking it has a DVD included. View more products at our global UK store: DE store: online store: Car Headrest Monitor ---- A Great Entertainment Choice For Kids Today, all kind of the car headrest monitor became popular. It is more and more popular because of the unique and entertainment function. So what is the car headrest monitor? Car headrest monitor is installed in the car, the car dedicated display. It is usually installed on the seat headrest. Car Headrest Monitor is important part of car audio, equivalent to a color TV set of home theater. It can accept car audio signal and playback on screen, and convenient to use in the car. Car Headrest Monitor in addition to play broadcast and other functions. For example, You can connect the car rearview camera, it can automatically displayed scenery behind the car when reversing. When you watch the 1080P movie, you

12 can view it on diferent screen at same time. Many car headrest has the function of playing games. If your kids are sitting in the behind car seat, they can play interested in games. This one is latest 9 inch Digital TFT LCD Touch screen with IR FM Transmitter car monitor monitor. It has the functions above all. Like player games and full HD 1920*1080 Video.