Things you just found out about your vehicle.

[derrick]

Just discovered I can change my speedo from MPH to KPH. Digital dashboard. Never to old to learn something new.

 

[DCLane]

My Honda CR-V has electric lumbar adjustment on the seats. I discovered that when cleaning it this summer.

The prize win was delivered to me in 2022

 

[Drago]

I can unlock it from my smartphone from wherever I may be in the world.

Slightly pointless, because if im elsewhere I couldn't drive it anyway, but clearly VW thought it worthwhile.

 

[fossyant]

Found out the windows can wind down or up with a long press of the key fob. Standard on many cars but didn't even realise until about a year after buying it.

 

[annedonnelly]

When we went to replace the rusting wings on my 2008 Polo we found that VW had helpfully stuffed them with sponge to trap moisture and encourage rusting. If I ever spot a similar vintage Polo it often has rust in exactly the same spot.

 

[Hilldodger]

Removing the fuel tank from a 1935 Riley Kestrel is a proper pain in the a**e

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It is still there

 

[wafter]

Mine apparently has an automatic "heat fatigue" feature whereby it automatically enforces a rest period of 10-15 minutes on the driver; this seemingly determined by a combination of running time and ambient temperature.

While I welcome its apparent concern for my welfare, it can be a bit of a bind when it happens at 70 in the outside lane...

In addition to the seatbelt alarm my old Volvo also had a "speed warning" system, whereby it would alert you of exceeding 70mph by flashing the interior light on and off. Sometimes.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I can unlock it from my smartphone from wherever I may be in the world.

Slightly pointless, because if im elsewhere I couldn't drive it anyway, but clearly VW thought it worthwhile.

It came in handy for me a while back.

Mrs SD & I arranged to meet back at the car after a shopping trip where we went our separate ways.

She didn't have her car key with her and got back to the car first.

A quick call from her and I was able to open the car for her.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

I was cleaning my Nissan when I discovered the cleverly tucked away lever for adjusting the steering column.

five years after I bought it.

we’ve replaced both of our old Fords with new stuff in the last year, they were 14 and 18 years old so I be spending the decade finding new features on the electronic wonderlands they were replaced by.

 

[biggs682]

I was cleaning my Nissan

What's the idea I hope my Nissan doesn't find out that other people clean there's

 

[sevenfourate]

That it has a known fault for the Sunvisor return spring snapping: and taking out the tube it sits in - rendering it floppy and useless.

Ask me how I found this out yesterday 🙄

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

What's the idea I hope my Nissan doesn't find out that other people clean there's

But, if you don’t clean your car… how do you discover thing?

back when my wife and I were dating she used to drop a French fry down between the seats pretty much any time we ate anywhere near the car. Those things looked like new a year later when you found them hiding down there.

kinda scary as real food would be completely rotted away in that time.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

Something I discovered back in college in the eighties… Lada bucket seats fold completely flat once the headrests are removed.

a seriously important thing to know when your date is a pretty blond.

and a bit willing