Weird Car Quirks You Didn't Know

[jtn]

tesla: has cars that automatically break stop-sign laws

volvo: amateurs * automatically brake checks someone*

[lege]

Imagine being on a first date.
Your s80 starts shaking itself to death and you have to turn and say "...it's supposed to do that"

[boiireally]

My BMW e92 check engine light turns on to let me know I have a BMW, love this feature.

[balazs]

When he asked if I have a weird quirk in my car my mind was full of answers, but then he also said “or just a shitty car?”. And that is all the answers I have left.

[MagnanimousMedia]

My 07 honda fit rusts out in the rear wheel fenders for weight saving

[svmmybi]

The weird quirk about my GR Yaris is that you have to cut your legs off if you want to be able to sit in the back

[justinfabricius]

Evo cigarettes lighters were for radar detectors. Mitsu knew their audience. The other one can charge your phone 20+ years later

[turd]

“Might as well lock all wheels just to make sure”

[Aidan.Sheahan]

‘83 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce: secret compartment behind the fuel pump in the trunk to hold Alfa-branded tools (took me YEARS to find)

[Zoiskon]

The fiat abarth has the same abs automatically programing on you, also the fiat abarth comes with a air pump, and a capochino mini maker, also the fiat abarth can tell the altitude you're in or at and depicts if sport mode should be allowed or not ... pretty neat little car

[Gdog-hmor]

My ‘93 s10 like to make me have little panic attacks in the cold winter morning by not starting for a solid 2 seconds and then starting right up

[NightmaresBTW]

How about the Viper ACR rear window defrost button shattering the rear glass

[bananaman]

1998 Isuzu Amigo, never came from the factory with a badge on the back saying Amigo so people always would ask me what it was, made a custom badge from Amazon and it looks great now😁

[elijahcalvert]

My prelude likes to blow cylinder sleeves and then wine about it by burning oil😭

[ChrisSpringer-dr]

I had an older Mercedes 300TD. The handbrake was a pull-handle on the left side of the wheel in a left hand drive car. Apparently, it was supposed to be more intuative for getting in and out of the car to have the handbrake near the door handle, however, if you're a taller bloke like me, then you'd bash your knees on it consistently. Also, it had a dogleg transmission, meaning that reverse is where 1st gear normally is, and if you forget that, you're hitting the person behind you, which I have almost done before. Also, when you adjust the steering wheel, the entire gauge cluster moves with it, which normally isn't a problem, unless it's the evening and you're driving home with the sun shining in your driver side window. Then you can't see anything on the gauge cluster and you cant move the wheel lower because it hits your knees. Lastly, you had headlight washers/wipers, which were really cool, and really useful, but they weren't located with the other wiper controls like you would expect. The controls for those were next to the sunroof button, which was also next to the fuel filler cap release button. Pretty wierd. Really cool car though, very comfortable, reliable, and got around 40 mpg. Had enough torque to chirp the tires in 4th gear, too.

[MohammedArbazQasim]

My STI came with a Nasa certificate... apparently my pistons were eligible to become astronauts at some point in my life🤔😂

[jwr]

Had that last problem on a mid/late '00s Toyota Rav 4, the traction control would occasionally lock the wheels for half a second when driving on whindy roads.

[Zerofightervi]

The Evo VI has two cup holders actually.
Just under the ashtray, pull the trim & there they are.

[nalumx]

Your own car brake checking you is wild.

[elijahntaylor]

Yeah, my gs430 doesn't start. Super quirky