Good to have car equipment

Winter morning procedure is get in the car and turn the engine on and press front and rear screen heaters and put the wipers on normal speed; then press the screen wash every 30 seconds or so, depending on how thick the ice is it's usually gone within a couple of minutes at the most. Much nicer than having to scrape the window!

Of course it doesn't help with snow but I can just brush that off and it'll deal with the ice underneath.

It doesn't help with side windows, so I often have to drive with those open until the heater comes in; that's if they aren't frozen shut!

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Originally Posted by janneppi

I'm thinking of starting to concider getting a newer car and coming from a car with no AC, no power windows, etc... I'd like some input on what's actually considered necessary, good to have, pointless or harmfull. :)

I'd like the next car to have AC, cruise control , heated seats/mirrors(but those are standard right?)...Then what? :D

I don't need a GPS navigator, and probably don't need majority of available other stuff either.

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The less cr@p the car has, the less there is to go wrong with it. That is my advice :)

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

The less cr@p the car has, the less there is to go wrong with it. That is my advice :)

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I totally agree with you on that point,although now ,plug it into computor,and hey presto,it gives you a fault number.Generally the simpler they are the less to go wrong

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Originally Posted by driveace

I totally agree with you on that point,although now ,plug it into computor,and hey presto,it gives you a fault number.Generally the simpler they are the less to go wrong

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Yup :up: Problem is, when some electronic components on modern cars start failing, so does the heart when we get the prices :p :

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Originally Posted by driveace

I totally agree with you on that point,although now ,plug it into computor,and hey presto,it gives you a fault number.Generally the simpler they are the less to go wrong

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And when 'computer says no'? What then? ;)

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

And when 'computer says no'? What then? ;)

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You pay...big time :p :

Cruise control? Depends on what kind of daily driving you do.
I spend most of my drives in rush hour traffic so cruise control is totally useless for me :s

AC is just about the only "neccessity" that I would insist upon. Mind you, in our climate heated seats sounds kind of nice :erm: .

Today: Lock deicer, window scraper and a snow brush. First snow came last night.

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Originally Posted by schmenke

climate heated seats sounds kind of nice :erm: .

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Mmmmmmm, nice. A side effect tends to be falling asleep at the wheel...... :p

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Originally Posted by Eki

Today: Lock deicer, window scraper and a snow brush. First snow came last night.

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I keep a small trench shovel in the car for the winter as well when I am going on a long trip or to a rally in the winter. I like the idea of heated seats but with cloth it's not much of an issue. Heated mirrors and an element at the bottom of the windshield to warm the wipers and keep snow from packing up would be nice.