davePremium,MVM
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3 edits | reply to Xstar_Lumini
Re: [Rant] Another Useless Car "Feature".... Heated St said by Xstar_Lumini:Are you joking? I just heard on the radio an ad for the new 2013 BMW vehicles, "heated steering wheel". Really? I thought it was warm enough with the heat on and the windows closed on cold days You're apparently Canadian, you should get it.
My car has heated seats. I am impressed by the way you can get in the car in February, turn on the arse warmer, and feel comfortable in a couple of minutes, even though your breath may still be freezing in front of you.
I rather regret not going for the heated steering wheel (which, contrary to your surprise, is not a new option)- then I wouldn't need driving gloves. Sure, prior to being comfortable, the option of being comfortable seems like effete nonsense: but after you've been comfortable, it looks more like a good idea,
The local BMW dealer says he doesn't bother to order cars without arse-warmers, since no-one in New England wants one.
And, apropos your original rant, it's not apparent that holding off on a heated-wheel option would have magically caused the other things to exist. Are the engineers interchangeable?
You stupid bumbling idiots, why don't you give us useful features such as all-wheel drive
... you don't have to take it to a mechanic and pay money to him to read-out trouble codes? |
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| said by dave:My car has heated seats. I am impressed by the way you can get in the car in February, turn on the arse warmer, and feel comfortable in a couple of minutes, even though your breath may still be freezing in front of you.
I rather regret not going for the heated steering wheel (which, contrary to your surprise, is not a new option)- then I wouldn't need driving gloves.
What? I can get heated steering wheel and heated seats on a 1972 Chevy Nova if I start the engine put the heater fan to #4 and wait for it to warm up for 5 minutes while I drink my coffee in my kitchen. What's the difference? You have to wait for the seats and steering wheel of a 2013 BMW to warm up anyways. |
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davePremium,MVM
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3 edits | said by Xstar_Lumini:What's the difference? You have to wait for the seats and steering wheel of a 2013 BMW to warm up anyways.
I can feel the warmth from the seat before I'm out of the parking lot.
Prior to the BMW with the arse-warmer, I drove a 14-year old Civic that required you to shiver for the first 10 or 15 minutes, and I'm pretty clear on which was more comfortable.
Look, you may not want to buy comfort options. On the other hand, I don't understand why you're getting all bent about it. People who have seat warmers around here seem to like them. I assume people with steering wheel warmers might like those, too. And your implications that somehow they'd have 'satellite wifi' (whatever that is - wifi is a local area thing) if they didn't waste time on inventing warm steering wheels doesn't make sense to me.
It's not like heated steering wheels are new and only in luxury vehicles. Even some Fords have 'em.
You could even retrofit your 1972 Nova with this. |
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peterboroAvatars are for posersPremium
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Peterborough, ON | reply to dave
said by dave:said by Xstar_Lumini:Are you joking? I just heard on the radio an ad for the new 2013 BMW vehicles, "heated steering wheel". Really? I thought it was warm enough with the heat on and the windows closed on cold days You're apparently Canadian, you should get it. So am I it's just another useless gadget to break after the warranty expires.
If people are getting so delicate, or pampered, that they need this garbage then mankind is doomed. |
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My problen with these gimmicks is that it makes the vehicle more complicated and prone to fail, costing me more money in maintenance but you are right, when you are a pompous douchebag owner of a BMW you will never get your hands greasy or care how much money a shop chages so its okay. |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Wow - you are a load of generalizations aren't you? I know many BMW owners who work on the own cars. You have a problem with it but you don't BUY the cars so you don't have to worry about them.
Since you like to complain about what others buy, you seem to just as much of a douche as you claim dave to be.
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Brian
"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain |
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
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kudos:8 | reply to Xstar_Lumini
Why, thanks for those kind words. I had previously been under the misapprehension that all Canadians were polite and courteous, so I'm glad to learn new things.
By the way, I don't empty my own septic tank either, so I expect you to consider that a character defect as well.
(Nor did I do the maintenance on my Civic, so I guess the pompousness must reside in me rather than the vehicle marque).
But here's the thing: modern cars are dripping with electronics; the entire engine+drive system is computer controlled; and you're singling out simple resistive heating in the steering wheel as making the car 'more complicated'. Priorities, eh? |
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
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kudos:8 | reply to peterboro
said by peterboro:If people are getting so delicate, or pampered, that they need this garbage then mankind is doomed.
I trust you have wind-up windows, since who 'needs' electrically-driven ones?
I suppose you have a crank handle to start - electric starters are for wussies.
Naturally you'll do without self-parking wipers: how hard is it to turn the switch at the appropriate point in the cycle?
And of course no electric windshield washer: squeezing the rubber bulb under the dashboard works perfectly well. |
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