7 Car Features That No Longer Exist!!
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I think the one feature i miss from cars are pop up headlights.
just bored true, they looked so nice
Sergio González Torres Matters what car.
yeah these days they make cars in a way that would make pop up lights look bad
just bored Miata is always the answer 😉
I swear if I mass-produced a car it would have pop-ups
Bumpers that are actually useful when bumping.
Chief Ray buy a Citröen cactus if you want inflatable bumpers
David Malár The problem is that these are actually useless.
Like the old school ones, yeah. Especially with the protruding, usually black rubber pieces. They were not attractive, but useful. Push someone, without marring the paint. Hit something and if you were lucky and it was light, the rubber bumpers took the brunt of it the impact and the actual metal bumper came out o.k. or with just a ding in it. Now it's a whole piece of expensive, molded plastic that shatters to bits.
that is actually the point though. As it shatters it takes all the kinetic energy with it. When 2 objects collide the energy has to go somewhere so if the object you hit doesn't move and your bumper or frame won't budge guess where that energy goes... Right into your chest from all the inertia carrying you into the seat belt resulting in broken bones, probably a broken seat belt, and your death. The new system crumples on impact but it eats the energy with it by doing this therefore making a 60+ MPH crash very survivable. The downside is that it does result in easily totalling a car.
It is worth mentioning that solid bumpers seem better at low speed accidents but if you have an accident at a high speed solid bumpers and frames prove to be far more deadly. Also the bumper not budging puts more pressure on the frame increasing the chances the engine would be pushed back into the cabin which is an issue classics had when you hit things like trees at high speeds. Modern cars handle these same wrecks far better.
The technology is taken to the extreme in formula 1 racing as well. They have crashes well over 100 MPH very regularly but deaths and injuries are relatively rare.
Well, that's a good point and it's well made Alex V4.
1. Floor Vents 2. Steering Wheel Horn ring 3. Corner vent windows 4. Foot operated Hi Beam switch 5. Ashtrays
Choke
What is an ashtray?
@@flouisbailey A tray for ashes
Louis In Name Only I think it's for Cigarettes
All of those exist exept for the "corner vent windows" which are called quarter windows and foot operated high beam switch.
Headlights made from glass!
Agree!
Yeah, it would be nice to have headlights that don't turn yellow after a few years. You'd think it would be a safety issue.
Plastic is used because of pedestrian safety in a case of a crash, so it kinda is a safety feature
Barileo Barilei glass offers better light transference between materials along with no hazing/yellowing after years, this also means less scratches b/c glass scratches at a higher level then plastic etc, glass headlights would be awesome
@Robert Binner Mattfeldt My 1999 Volvo has them. Left one has even survived one "crash" directly into it.
#1 being able to work on your own car without special tools.
It's not a proper car if you can't fix it right next to the road at any time.
Also I can't afford a new car.
I fix my car with simple tools that I get from the dollar tree
Glam Stachee that's beautiful that is.
I can fix just about anything on my 2017 car without special tools, except the $12 bluetooth doodad that plugs into the data port on the car.
Being able to troubleshoot without a 20,000.00 computer.
“Cars designed inspired by planes seem to be dated”
Dude, almost any Lamborghini looks like a stealth fighter
Even Pagani Huayra has auto adjust flaps on their bonnet and spoilers.
The Lexus UX has very clearly fins at the back
Veneno is the most one
nO tHEy loOk LikE dA baTMobiLE
you forgot pop up headlights
Pop up lights are so cool (1996 kid speaking here)
They went out for safety reasons. When you hit a pedestrian with a car that has them, their likely to be injured more serious.
No,pop up headlight was still exist in the world but its very rare to see.
@@76061044520 it's there fault if they get hit
@@despacito1879 not really stupid. Your name is despacitooo that explains why you're stupid
Worst feature lost: BEING ABLE TO WORK ON YOUR OWN VEHICLE
Cars have screens now with internet
@@guyontheinternet8891 then look at tesla and 1 youtuber in 200k miles had like a million repairs and been towed like 100 times. Dont think there that good then
Why I still have my 84 F150. 46k miles and I can fix anything that may break with a basic tool set. now my BMW on the other hand. a water pump costs $400-600 in parts alone and I just had the vlave cover gasket done and that was $500 just in labor.
You forgot the old vent windows on the front doors. They were triangle shaped and turned inward to allow air to enter and cool the driver and front passenger.
That's the first thing I thought of. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned.
This was great for people who like it Breezy, but not too Breezy.
Yeah, they were called wind wings, I believe.
Quarter glass
Joe Bloe I miss the vent windows more than anything else ,the window vents can really cool the truck/car down in hot weather when you just don't want to be enclosed and air conditioning going .
Pop up headlights!
Kacpa2
Yeah. I can care less for aerodynamics at night.
bring em back!i dont care if they are poinltess they are so cool!
thats what i was thinking
Spot on! I love those.
I love those!! That is one cool feature no matter what car you put it on!
Modern safety standards didn’t kill the bench seat, it’s the consumers desire for a center console and cup holders. Most trucks still have bench seats and they have an airbag in front of them and they have fully functioning seatbelts. They can usually be folded down and double as a center arm rest too.
Yes, because my impala has the front and rear bench seat and she got a 4.6 star crash test rating in 2005 five of her making. Thankyou for being on my side. People want more fancyness, not usefullness.
I miss the triangle shaped vent windows
and the floor vents you can open independently that actually flowed cool air into the car not hot air from under the hood.
Yes and flow thru ventilation.
@Smarter Than You Yep, those were on the front doors. For vent windows, I think of the back windows that pop open. W/ today's automatic climate control cars, either heat or AC is on all the time... no longer just natural, unfiltered, air blowing in.
@grumpy old fart Maybe where you live... much cleaner than recirculating spores around the AC system where I live.
@Smarter Than You Tyler was correct in specifying. Look up "power vent windows". If you don't want replies, simply don't post.
I miss folding triangular piece of door glass
Yes, the old vent glass. My '64 Thunderbird actually had a hand crank to open those windows.
The '54 Olds I once owned also had rear quarter windows as well as the front vent windows. Pretty cool.
I have 2 cars with those vent windows ... and locking glove boxes ... and simple, carbutetted motors that are easy to service :)
Me to but can be a pig to start and keep going
OHHH YEAH SMOKER WINDOWS!!!
haha yeah it could angle the wind just right, into your vehicle, miss my gramps old F150 i think it was a 1985
I'm fine with space saver tires, the real problem are tire inflation kits which are useless if you have a huge tire blowout. Also, I hate that some manufacturers are getting rid of temperature gauges, that's a huge problem.
Its awkward isn't it. If I've got a combustion engine in my car, I want the oil temp gauge. lol
The Tranceporter My previous car didn't have it and it was so inconvenient and weird.
most new cars are starting to get LCD screens in the center for vehicle information and some cars are starting to replace all gauges for one huge LCD gauge. so temp gauge and volt gauge should make a comeback soon.
pfft some cars don't even have coolant/motor temp gauges. Not even my 2008 kangoo has it for some stupid reason, it only shows overheating on the computer if it happens (too late). Or how about rev counters? They seem to be ditched too on a lot of smaller cars.
Yeah serious, my wife's top of the line Sonic doesn't have a temp gauge. That's absolute bullcrap, as my mid-spec Fiesta has one front and center and every crap car I've owned in the past has had one.
White wall tires
Are you gonna cruise the miracle Mile?
Yes... or raised white lettering. Paid extra for white lettering and the tire shop installed the lettering *inside*.
I remember when Air Conditioning was optional.
Still the case on many cars.
How about headlight dimmer that was a switch on the floor that was activated by your foot?
John Grist 😆😆😆
Or that time when you had to manually adjust your spark plug advance on the steering wheel. Oh and the gas pedal was on there too. oh oh and you had to manually crank your alternator and once it was turning switch to magnet power to preserve your battery. And your handbrake lever was also your gear selector.
One feature I really miss are wing windows (little windows in front of the driver & passenger side windows). Really nice for when you don't want to open a full window, and for removing cigarette smoke. I guess now that fewer people smoke wing windows have been taken off. Sad.
I think that apart from cost, they were discontinued because they made it easy to break in. I loved them too.
I seem to remember these were called quarterlights.
Johann Moser all of our cars have them
It seemed like those went away when AC became common. If you're riding in a vehicle without AC they're really nice though.
I got them on my 86 f150. Love them
White tires
Gerwin Bergsma The white wall was one of my favorite aesthetic features.
Mine too especially in GTA V but I think it is evem cooler irl.
Way WAY back in the early days of cars, all tires were completely white (not pure white though, off white) because it was cheaper to have all white tires than to color them black, but over Time car makers made white wheels with black on the bottom. After a while, when it was easier to color the tires, it was more of a cool style rather than a cheap way to do it.
I just had to replace my white wall tyres on an old Cadillac. Most shops couldn't even order them from suppliers in the size I wanted..
Nixon Plays, actually rubber is naturally white. The black comes from carbon added to prevent the rubber from rotting.
My favourite feature was hand crank windows. I loved being able to open and close the window without having the car engine running. The dipstick gas cap to tell you how much gasoline you had was fun too. I also liked the windshield wipers powered by the air in the spare tire (VW Beatle 1938 - 1960). The automatic Bitcoin transmitter for paying tolls wirelessly was nice also.
Hand crank windows are still available on cheaper cars. My wife's 2017 Opel Karl had them. My co-workers laughed at me when I told them about it. They are rare, but still exist, especially on low budget vehicles.
I way prefer hand cranked windows, I can crank it almost as fast as the automatic and I can open them at any time I want, not just when the car is on
5 MPH bumpers are gone. Bumpers used to be able to take bumps, now they're just plastic covers that break.
Kamaka Chang I had a minivan hit my Honda Element completely missing the bumper and damaging the trunk door. Repair bill $9,000. They itemized every single thing which made up that cost. Ditched that car and got a plug in hybrid.
as Henry said those arent technically bumpers they are bumper covers.
It's because in a modern car only a passenger's cage is made to hold off a big force so it doesn't bend and hurt people inside, everything around it (hood, trunk etc) is made to absorb the force of the impact (so it get's smashed or bends) and the least amount of force gets to the passengers.
Hood or a trunk of the old car, if not claimed by rust, won't get so damaged in a low speed crash but the problem is that it'll transform (instead of absorbing) most of the force to the passengers. Even a 5mph "crash" can cause serious neck injury if a force is not partially absorbed.
Considering everything, I would still take 68' Mustang over any new car!
Fuck those.
Good, 5 mph numbers were hideous and heavy
My '08 nissan 350Z still has a little antenna at the back. I sometimes see it wagging away like an excited puppy when I'm going at speed. lol I like it.
feeshschticks he was talking about the telescopic ones
feeshschticks oh thats a pretty noice car you got
I actually love how that antenna looks on that car! Probably the only car I think looks good with it!
feeshschticks yeah some modern cars still have antennas but not usually the retractable ones
feeshschticks my audi uses the rear defrost lines as the antenna pretty cool actually
I believe u forgot ,
headlights wipers ,some Saabs and Merc used to have them ,😎🚓
good suggestion. Volvo did it too!
We dont miss them though because they were useless or rubbish
Viral Vehicles and BMW
The Creator Official It's not useless tho, for example, saabs were made for the swedish weather, and in sweden it snows a lot so 😉...
Bentley bentayga and mulsanne has it
Would rather have my full size spare tyre than a can of squirty foam
100% this. Imo the new type of foam for your tiere is a step back.
The tire foam is DANGEROUS. Some can actually make the tire burst if the mechanic pokes around for the hole with a screwdriver. I've heard a mechanic horror story about how this happened. He was knocked out by debris when the tire exploded and woke up in the hospital with a collapsed lung. His boss thinks it was caused by the tire foam because it is as flammable as gasoline or lighter fluid!
Yes, definitely need a full sized spare.
I'll never update my vehicles because of that simple reason
wtf tons of cars still come w/ steel stamped wheels w/ plastic fake hub cabs!
ikr,, so common is the steel wheel and the cheapie hubcaps that crack and fall off. 2017 models too. NOT PHASED OUT.
Really? Ive never seen any car older than 2000 with steelies except maybe the little spare tire poor people use as a replacement
2013 Ford Fusion, I have steel wheels with plastic hubs
Nah, a LOT of the lower trim cheapo cars both import and domestic still rock steelies over some really corny looking multi spoke hubcaps that totally expose the steelie underneath.
Nothing wrong with steelies I just think its lame how automakers think they can fool people putting some alloy rim looking hubcap on them which shows off so much black steelie wheel underneath. My dad pulled off his hubcaps and just painted his steelies gloss black, there is no shame in steelies.
Pop Up Headlights - R.I.P
They were ugly unfolded with that rectangle frame, but i miss that ones from Opel GT or Porsche 928.
they are so nice especially on nissan 240sx se
Ah yes, the urinal headlights from the (original) Opel GT.
I loved those :D
The late forth gen firdbird flip up lights are amazing too
On the subject of headlights - sealed beams and floor-mounted dimmer switch.
Big engine bay for easy work
otonas balikas people used to mount tool boxes inside their engine bay. Then you could sit in them and work on it
My '59 Ford Galaxie is no easier to work on as most modern pickups as far as space in concerned. Fenders are 14" wide and hood hinges in the front....
My dad's 70 El Camino is so easy to work on, even with the 454 in it. 86 camaro has to be one of the easiest cars to do an engine swap on. The engine bay makes the little 305 look even smaller
THIS. The Renault Megane from 2012 is so cramped, it even requires you to take it to the garage to do something as simple as swap a headlight. You need to tear down the front of the hull for that...
How about those smallblock V8s in the huge 1960's engine bays?
Fast forward to 2019: no more spare wheels at all.
I'll never update my vehicles because of that reason.
You have to have a full sized spare
937no1 they have spare tires what r u talking about lol
@@davidmartin9535 yes a small percentage of car manufacturers add spare tires. But most dont add spare tires at all anymore. Instead they add these temporary repair kit thingys. (At least here in Europe)
937no1 Im in America dude and it's called a plug kit lmao
All the new full size pickups my company has have full size spare tires (but on a steel rim)..
Reliability
If it's my money ... it's a Toyota. Over 350,000 and 280,000 on my 84, and 85 CelicaSupras :)
Cameron Ives
Lmao where they ever reliable?
Toyotas are extremely reliable. My dad owned an Axio for 8 years and not a single repair except for a blown fuse because he had left the headlights on and it drained the battery
You must be fairly young. Cars on average are far more reliable than cars of 40 or 50 years ago. They are also much safer, have more cool features, and are more fuel efficient.
ericynot Fuel efficiency is debatable. An 80s or early 90s Civic could rival a Prius today.
Ash tray.
That Jeep In Blue Yeah and other similar boxes and shelves(after cigarettr igniterd were renamed to 12v when smoking was eradicated from designs in 90s)So much space goes to waste these days. You cant hide tissues or other stuff anywhere either making you get a bag for that or throw it outside. Its stupid. My Celica has 2 ashtrays 1 in front and 1 in the back for rear passengers in damn 2+2 sports car! Modern Toyota avensis has no proper cupholders(except 1 that is getting intheway of gearshifting in manual ver if you put a bottle in there and 0 ashtray like slots. Mostly flat cheap ass plastic worse than early 80s cars. I mean what the fuck is this?
That Jeep In Blue most new cars have cigarette lighters as an optional extra😛
...but no provision for an ashtray
The lighter is even harder to find
Ive got one in my 2016 volks
What about vent windows
We called them wing windows. I miss the more than any of the lost features.
still have them
I loved vent windows and foot vents. They would work great today for those times when want a little cool air, but don't want to put on the air conditioning.
Steve Morton I daily drive a 1982 Chevy c10 and love mine
Know as (opening) quarter lights in the UK.
More car features that we miss:
1) Two-toned paintjobs
2) Chrome extensions
3) Hidden headlights
Vinyl roof!
@@stoggers3303 Oh yeah!!
My impala is a two tone gun metal grey, cost alot to have put on from what i was told.
8 Track Players.
Tape Decks.
CD Players.
Multi-Disc CD Players.
There are still plenty of cars with a CD player. The last car with a tape deck was the 2011 Mercury Grand Marquis; only 7 years ago.
Scott Krafft actually lexus offered them up until 2014
You also forgot the manual crank windows and cassette players
Ferdinand Velez but there's a cassette player in my 2017 mustang
full name you serious?
Ferdinand Velez there's manual crank windows in my base model Corolla
My work truck has manual windows
I also have manual crank windows in my car, only in the back though :P
keys that are keys. nowadays they look like testicales. and some doesn't even have anything on it.
lol true
Exotiv yeah there aren't even keys in half of the new cars
Let's not forget how bloody expensive replacement keys are these days too.
Yaboi...soon they'll require user names and 8-digit case sensitive passwords. Goodbye keys. Cars will also be capable of being disabled by any LEO who wants to stop you, regardless of circumstances.
Blame joyriders!
DIN size audio system that could be swapped with an upgrade. This is the worst change of all.
The most annoying - actual buttons to change the radio & music are missing
Yep to that. They say we shouldn't text because of taking our eyes off the road, then give us a touch screen that you can't even see well in sunlight. I thought the whole point of the anti-texting laws was so we would keep our eyes on the road? I miss being able to reach across and feel the buttons I need without looking over.
aussiebloke609 even worse climate controls on the touch screen
aussiebloke609 If you have a touchscreen radio, you also have steering wheel media controls.
Yeah, but those controls on the steering wheel are just a short list - they don't do it all. And they don't do _any_ of the climate control stuff. So I'm still having to look away from the road at a touch screen that's full of glare from the sun. Really not that different to texting in the end, but the phone is easier to reach and easier to see. :-(
Not necessarily, many vehicles now come with the touchscreen but not the upgraded steering wheel, which is more often bundled with the premium stereo package.
The butterfly/smokers window on the front doors
Michael Bradley those were air vents before A/C was an option.
I do miss the cozy wings. They were the ideal amount of air in a pickup.
Those were actually discontinued because:
1. They shattered easily.
2. When shattered, the interior lock mechanism was easy to get to.
They were discontinued to save money. Initially, the upper trim line of some class of vehicles had them after they discontinued them on base line cars (90's Jeep Cherokees, Ford Broncos, etc.), and at the same time, the luxury makes often discontinued them because air conditioning made them seldom used (though I believe Lincolns had them last). Eventually they disappeared entirely. But they were nice during certain times, and the big ones (such as on Jeep full size wagoneers 62-92) could move tons of air through the cabin in seconds, making them quite comfy during nice weather.
+Dominic Gonzales They did not shatter easy, a hammer will break any car window, small or large!
Real hand brakes not fake electronic bs
Yep, agree
Lots of cars still have them
Yup
Yup
Yup
how about..good drivers. A feature that will never come back
Yes, what a pity
They exist in Switzerland
can you prove there ever were that many?
Hahaha... sooo true!
Yes, i live in washington, and specificaly puyallup has crap drivers. I don't understand it, but i think it's the new technology, causes the brain to function slower and other stuff like that, saw some research on it once.
Anyone remember the manual choke?
Though I suppose I could go back even further and suggest the crank handle starter. :-)
My Dad could drive a manual column shift while feathering the choke to keep the mixture right during warm-up, and roll Raleigh pipe tobacco into OCB papers right-handed (he was left-handed) all at the same time. This was in his '58 Studebaker which he drove until 1985.
Yes I sure do, I had a 1978 Honda civic 1.2 liter 4 cyl , 4 speed that had the manual choke.......On cold winter mornings I had to pull a knob about the size of a radio volume button .......As the car warmed up, the choke knob would slide back in it's closed position......It was a tough little car, loved it.
I had them both and miss them.
Manual choke in a 1978 model? That surprises me. I thought they were gone a decade before then. There was certainly no manual choke in my 1972 VW Beetle (1302S).
Yngvar Følling my vauxhall Astra mk1 (Opel Kadett D ) 1982 still has a Choke 😀
A lot of cars have steel wheels covered with plastic caps to look like allow wheels..
which to us, it looks like cheap.
hashrulsubzero there are a lot of caps which won't look cheap
Opel have cool combination of 5 spoke steel wheel and 5 spoke plastic caps and now im looking for these wheels, for winter on my Croma ))
"Chrome clad" alloy wheels
Agreed.
8 track players, cars made of steel, vinyl tops, old school car jacks with tire iron
Spare tire
even cd players now are becoming a thing of the past
a full size spare tire
i thought he was going to say stuff that were good and no longer on cars ,, some 20's and 30's cars had a jack on each wheel and you could just turn the guage to what tire was flat and jack that corner of the car up , how every car didnt end up with this is criminal
Nissan Facebook but I don't know how to ask you to please look into it and get back the next day.
Foot operated/hand released parking brake (mostly on American cars), metallic bumpers that could actually stand a small bump without falling apart, smaller A pillars that didn't block your front view. But the thing I miss most are those small triangular swivelling vent windows in front doors.
forgot the rolling up the windows by hand feature.
Poncho 123 very rare ,however I went to see a 2017 ford fiesta 2 weeks ago,to my surprise the most basic bare bones fiesta still comes with manual rolling up/down windows,obviously that car is for someone on a very tight budget.
fegue2 woah thats actualy surprising.
I like those windows better. Its a bitch to fix the electronic ones because u gotta take off the door pannel and work with all the electrical shit. id take crank windows over electrical anyday because id use a car for 20+ years and cranks wont ever break or slow down over time. Plus you can change out the cranks to some pretty cool looking old school ones
Last 'new' car I drove with them was a 1995 Dodge Neon, which was odd because only the back seats had crank windows, the fronts were power. I like power windows since when I was a kid only the top of the line cars had power windows and it was still an upgraded option. The reason they are a thing of the past is that automakers have to make 2 types of car door and door panel to account for both power windows and crank windows so from their end its cheaper just to make them all power windows and have one unified car door and door panel for a given model
My Patriot has those.
"Space saver tyres" are OK until you have to use them.Suddenly, you are stuck with a huge, dirty, standard tyre which won't fit in the tiny "space saver" spot, & has to ride loose in the boot.Again, tolerable if you don't have anything else in the boot,but ,if you have it is a major nuisance.
Antennas? The stumpy "fin " type are very inefficient, & rely upon a preamplifier built into the moulding.If that fails, goodbye radio reception.
The dumbest thing that has been introduced are " start" buttons which take us back to the real old days.The combined ignition/starter/ accessories/ steering lock was easy & convenient to use, but the "bean counters"didn't like it, as it cost a bit more than a sensor array for a card & a cheap push button.Hence, a convenient feature has been lost to "progress".
What's a spare tire?
And when the [so called space saver? they don't] is less in overall diameter the car tends to lean to one side, [Hyundai kona] 37 mm less in diameter. hit the brakes in a hurry and pray. I agree on the start/stop ignition button, a potential cause of trouble when the engine will either not start or stop. Another shitty idea is the "electric park brake" , likewise if the switch fails you have a problem ,they love to transfer all functions possible to the computer to save cost.
What about a radio that can be replaced? Today the radio is part of the interior-design and connected to almost any other system in the car, so it cannot be relaced just by pulling it out and adding the new one.
BTW, what about "cars"? Today there are just like rolling computers
you know what I mean,....
Mr. Snek Games: You didn't understand him at all...
It's like an computer! In order to take one thing out you'll have to shut down everything else or take other things out just to get to that one thing
It makes sense. But a lot of the car settings are in built into the radio unit too. However most radios these days you don't need to replace. As they have USB input. Bluetooth. Dab radio and stuff so it doesn't need to be replaced
But many (not all) car radios just sound like rubbish, even in expensive cars. And are you really sure USB and Bluetooth will be the only, or the best technologies in 10 years or more?
MarWi16A it's not the radio that sounds like rubbish. It's the speakers it's trying to drive. And my point is of you can interface out of the radio, then you have compatibility with technogies to come
How about floor dimmer switch? I actually think that should stay
Me too. Really helpful for twisty roads at night.
hahahahahahaha grumpy old fart ... I see what you did there. 👌
Eugene Boyd I bought a car last year that has that. It was made in 1965 though! Took quite a bit of getting used to as it’s the first one I’d ever driven like that.
grumpy old fart it might be hands free, but it’s not feet free - with a manual gearbox/clutch, that can be a problem.
@@emmajacobs5575 Yes, the 12% of cars in N. America that are manual.
Pop up headlights
KAL 1 lol not so populair now 😂
KAL 1 headlights go up
Headlights go down
Deleted because of pedestrian safety or some other bs.
They were deleted because they were shit
features going away: metal oil pan, metal valve covers, metal intake manifolds, cd players, quality interior materials, outward visibility
Choke, getting it right was really rewarding and always put you more in control of the car than ever
That is not problem in My Summer Car.
Chuby123 Alufelgen wiegen nicht weniger wie Stahlfelgen... Stahlfelfen sind eigentlich besser da robuster. Alufelgen hat man rein wegender Optik.
Choke? What is Choke? Cars don't have carburetors anymore and are all computer controlled and much better than trying to guess how much manual choke to use to keep the engine running when it was cold.
No carburetors either.
Tail fins dated? Since when! They're still cool as hell.
If I could have a classic car, it would be a Biarritz edition 1954 Cadillac Eldorado convertible. I saw Jodie Foster drive one in one of her old movies and it was absolutely gorgeous, especially with the tail fins.
@@largol33t1 Yeah I can imagine driving with Jodie in front of me showing her tail fins..
Most today won't remember how you turned the high beams on back in the day.... It was a little foot button next to the brake pedal. Most American cars had it this way until the 80s.
Dylan Diaz my 82 C10 Chevy truck has that
Dylan Diaz 92 ford f150 has it also
Well I'm 05 and I haven't seen it, but I guess I miss it xDDDDDDDD
haha..yes your right! My parents 79 Caddy Eldorado had one. i even brought this up in a talk i had with friends. they had no idea.
My dad's '94 E350 had those too as my '77 Chevy Nova
Speedometer think about it they've gone to gages to screens
Borax Mor like Bo GAY
You forgot about hood ornaments.
What about Mercedes?
jl smith today only the mercedes S class have the Star on the hood. not even the C or E CLass have them anymore....
@@PassCookie your point?
@@PassCookie it still exists on new cars, that was the point jl Smith was making
@@essayedgar Yeah they do, but barely anyone makes them anymore, heck to be honest, other than Rolls Royse and a few Mercedes models i cant think of anyone else making them, back then lots of companies made hood ornaments, and really good ones
Ashtrays and lighters, quarter vent windows, wind out windscreens, ventilator flaps in front of the dash, car sick straps, luggage racks, dickie seats, crank handles, different types of car jacks, fuel cans that fitted inside the spare .wheel . (Volvo), rear venetian (fixed) blinds, sun visors over the windscreen, etc
cigarette lighters. Cant remember the last time I saw one in a car. Now it's just covered up with a cap supposed to only be used for phone charges and such.
That was going to be my comment...
My 2011 Seat hatch still has it and can be switched out for a charger.
You can still buy them and use them in the "charging port."
Dandypanty my 2015 corolla has one
Actually only some of the ports can be used for a cigarette lighter due to the heat generated by the lighter, if a port isn't specifically designed for one it would actually melt it you put a lighter into it
Rear window louvres? Were popular back in the 70's/80's
I LOVE those!! No Camero is complete without those.
Good call.
bench seats are frickin awesome.
Miki's GamePlay plus you can get really close to your wife too, good times for all...
Yeah, for sex in the car...bucket seat are no good for that
Audio cassette reader my car still got one but it‘ sa renault alpine a110 not the new one the one from the 60’ in fact mine is from 1963
Bench seats could come back with all the push button stuff. It would be a nice option and not much extra money or any extra.
David George Ya Maybe But Not Too Fast
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Lamborghini Veneno and other Lamborghini's: Am I a Joke to you?
I sure miss the old foot dimmer switch. Back then, I don't know it if was because people drove much better, or if it was the comfort of the foot operated dimmer switch, but people were much better with their headlights back then. It was really a matter of mutual respect and discipline. I think that was a big part of it.
Ray Brensike my dad's 68 dodge had a foot dimmer switch,and a engine that you didn't need a degree from MIT to figure out and no metric crap
It's so much easier to operate the lever on the steering wheel than to try to feel for the small switch on the floor.
Dallas Dal if you had been driving in the 50s or 60s you'd be so used to the dimmer switch on the floor you would think it was strange to have it on the steering wheel
When I was younger people seemed to spend time making sure their headlight beams were set correctly, nowadays a lot of people just get in the car and go. It's obvious if your lights are set too high if people keep flashing their lights at you, or if you are driving down an unlit street, or in fog. The worst offenders seem to be hatchbacks.
Bill Fox how about the guys that have the huge pickups with the huge spot lights on the roof and fog lights on the front driving a foot off your rear bumper? It's like they're trying to light up your whole car
wipers on the headlights
yorkshirelad 333 really??
yep! i think i‘ve seen them last time in the 80s or mid 90s. not a bad invention imo!
yorkshirelad 333 I think the volvo 242DL has Some lottle wipers in the headlights. but i think when its an offroad or rally version but it has one
old s-class
yeah nowadays they use high pressure jets instead... in high end cards only too...
No power steering, aircon, quarter vent windows and ashtrays.
lighted ashtrays...even....got to see at night where to put those ashes.
Old school car keys
Still a thing in many many cars, champ
but you're forgiven for not being aware of that, since car companies always show the top trim versions of their vehicles in advertising
like the cars they advertise as starting at $15,999? yeah you better believe that one has an old school ignition key as well as cloth seats and power nothing, but too bad that's nothing like the one prominently featured in the ad that costs closer to $35,000 and has all the bells and whistles
@@flexmasterize it has power windows lol
@@Minecrafter-uh6qv What good is that when the power is off or u trap under water
@@neilgibbons2532 lol ik ik, I like crank handles its just he said power nothing
@@flexmasterize My daughter just bought a new Ford Festiva and it has a fob and it is the cheapest ford out there.
Chrome trims! who can forgot those shiny chrome & stainless steel trims!
My car has chromed door handles *inside*; it's very distracting when the sun is shining through the driver window and reflected off the pasenger side handle. Whoever thought this was a good idea...
nrdesign1991 i mean outside. And made of real metal, not chrome painted plastic
They are polished metal, probably then chromed. Chrome looks outdated on modern cars, but fits perfectly in the design scheme of classic cars.
@nrdesign1991 a lot of cars still hv them in the 80s but suddenly disappeared in the 90s
Anas Takiyudin They're still in all MINI models.
"poverty spec" LMAO
because poor people can afford 10-20k $ / € / £ on a car xD
Matas Maserati If you prefer, "rental spec". Fleet buyers tend to go for good enough. Saving a few dollars per vehicle can add up over thousands of cars.
A normal key, I don't understand what has happened to keys but they don't look like keys any more. 😂😂
Solomon Gumede you don't understand why they've changed? Or you just don't recognize them anymore?
„keys“ today are technical bs....only useless (expensive ) toys....
I know a guy who owns a 2003 Škoda and he lost his keys once, had to pay over $180 and wait 2 months to get a replacement, meanwhile all I gotta do is use another key from the same car model.
Normal keys are the best. It makes auto theft harder.
Supernova, lol, no. Sure it is easy to steal the car with keyless entry if you have special equipment (8000€, if I remember correctly, and it will work with only one type of keyless entry) and the owner Isn't careful at all. But key mechanical key decoders cost much less and they open locks in a few seconds.
Here is a list -
Very Long Name Badges (My favourite)
Physical Key
Manual Windows (Power baby)
Hubcaps
Hood Ornaments (Sore in an accident)
Ashtray
Cigarette Lighter (Who smokes)
Power Antenna
Car Phone (We all own mobile phones)
Duel Fuel Tanks
Automatic Seat Belts
CD Changer (Who uses CD's)
Cassette Player (Now if you still use these let us know)
Pop Up Head Lamps (Daytime running lights)
Vent Windows (Air con now a days)
Glovebox Mini Bar (Drink Driving)
T-Tops
Headlight Wipers
Suicide Doors
Rain Gutters
Wood Side Panels
Manual Door Locks
Manual Door Mirrors
Manual Steering
Manual Brakes
Drum Brakes
CB Radio
Choke & Carburetor
Non-Intermittent Window Wipers
Bias-Ply Tires (Radial)
Velour Seats
Non-Anti-Lock Brakes
Door Rub Strips
Tail Fins
Fixed Steering Column
Vinyl Roofs
Simple Uncluttered Interiors & Dashboard
Being able to fix your own car
Light Weight Cars
Attractive Simple Steering Wheel
Spare Wheel or Full Size Spare Wheel
Audible Indicator / Turn Signal
Simple Controls
Spacious Boot / Trunk
85mph Speedometer
Removable Hard Tops
....Older Gen....
Hard Top Convertible
Spare Tire Humps
Opera Windows
Pillow-Top Seats
Cut Pile Carpet
Chromed Plastic
What we get now is -
No spare wheel (Puncture no car)
Stop-Start Engine Why do you want your engine to stop)
Keyless Entry (Steel your car)
Auto Hand Brakes (Tech that can fail)
Excessive Warning Lights (Heart palpitations if you hear these)
Voice Control Systems (I am Scottish)
Daytime Running Lights (At night I only see the front lights as no one turns their normal lights on)
Lane Departure Intervention
Navigation Systems
Touch Sensitive Controls that don't work or are too slow
Visibility Issues (As long as your car looks good, we don't need to see you)
Oversized Key Fobs
Small Boots
Blank switches or parts (Manufacturing Templates) (So you never paid for the extras or gine for the tip of the range model reminder and lets everyone else know too)
Manual is better than automatic if your a real driver!!!!
For a while, I was using a cassette player in my old 2007 Kia Sportage. In my case I used an adapter that goes into the cassette player and had a cord that plugged into my iPhone’s headphone jack. Nowadays I drive a 2006 Ford Escape (Low mileage, owned by an old man), and I had to switch to a Bluetooth FM transmitter because my current iPhone doesn’t have a headphone Jack. My Escape has no cassette player either.
You can still get CBs just they're an after market install
Chrome everywhere ;)
gamermange Older cars use to have chrome windshield wipers, now black plastic windshield wiper looks better on modern cars. The problem with chrome windshield wipers is when the sun shine on it, you get blinded.
Thorbjørn Madsen i know, i have them on my Volvo Duett and 142 ;)
The EPA eliminated most of the chrome problem. Every politician and government bureaucrat from all agencies are now mandating cars with features they want you to have and doing away with the ones they dislike.
I know right but I personally love the way it makes my vehicles look and feel just having to sometimes have to ware sunglasses to drive or squint is really annoying but I'm not about to delete all the shiny bits
reliable engines
EXACTLY!!!!!!
Im wondering what car that is capable of reaching one million miles nowadays that are 2014 and newer.
+G stone because companies only want your money, to purchase a car and to repair it its all they care about
G stone it can do evry single car just is thing of maintence. My cousin is work in Germany he drive a Passat from 2015 belive me or not he reached in this 3 year 1.135.000 kilometers so you see the car is capecable
honda and toyota did that, i still got mine for 6years
I did 850K in a 2013 mercedes E class stick shift diesel, only ever replaced oil & tires.
Did 600K before that in a 2008 BMW 5 series stick shift diesel, only ever replaced oil, tires & a small fix to the turbocharger after about 300K km.
Reliable engines still exist, just take a German stick shift diesel, they last forever.
Sitting in my 75 beetle while watching this
Cal style vdub you were sitting in a Hitler mobile
You forgot pop up headlights, split gates for station wagons, and liftbacks.
High beam low beam clicker on the floor.
I liked that feature. But in Minnesota they would rust out. Then the switch wouldn't work AND you'd have a hole in the floor.
And when the switch goes out you don't have headlights
My 1959 Austin has a floor dip switch, never had an issue with it now approaching 400K, full leather seats that heat up to 40' C + in the summer ouch ! - manual crank starter is great for adjusting the valve clearances can do all 12 valves in under 20 mins ! service intervals 3 k , no syncromesh on 1st & 2nd + reverse gears, static seat belts, glass headlights that UV hasn't touched even after nearly 60 years !
The most important feature is the ability to work on your own car and longetivity. With all this new hybrid technology (that is very costly to make energy wise... that goes against what hybrid cars stand for... saving the enviroment... ), battery technology is inherent in degradation. I kept both my Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T and Acura RSX-S for over 10 years and 200,000 miles. Could of kept the RSX-S easily for another 100,000 miles and I was already getting 33 MPG before all this hybrid bullshit (lost the car in an accident). Why do I get the feeling when I'm forced to buy an electric car I won't get the same reliability. Oh, and all the plastics that are put into hybrid cars... gulp... are made from oil. The irony is strong.
We just don't have an alternative for plastic for cars (steel uses more fuel in production and transport). I don't know why you feel that way about electric cars, but try it before you judge it.
Yes, there are alternatives to plastics but there not cheap (Kevlar, carbon fiber... ). When you look at the thermodynamic potential of oils along with its cost, the cost/benefit ratio is about as good as it gets. I don't have to try to electric car to understand that they're too energetic in cost. This isn't about whether I would like the car or not. Hey, I understand the performance that electric cars can give. This is about the long term reliability and total net energy cost of these vehicles. I don't like the fact that the market isn't pushing for electric cars but it's by government decree. Furthermore, the very fact that a lot of ths technology is being subsidized is a clear indicator this is technology the market economy doesn't want. The whole mantra is that it's better for the environment. It's not. Electric cars are very energetic to build and in addition require a lot of mining for oxidative/reductional metals. In the end, between the replacement cost of the automobiles and reliability this will have serious ramifications on everyday costs. Gasoline engines along with forced induction technologies and other novel technologies (like higher compression ratios, variable displacement engines, metallurgical sciences, and solid state technology) are reaching incredible abilities in MPG and power.
ErwinSchrodinger64 spot on but like everywhere in the world the government doesn't do what's best they do whatever is on the agenda and if that means following instructions from the highest bidder then so be it. Capitalism and democracy are not synonymous.
haha, where I live a 10 year old car is considered a new one, heck, I myself bought myself a "new" car and it's 18 years old, the other car I have is 23 years old and still going strong (and I was able to fix everything in it by myself, including the engine interior)
Back when we drove a Plymouth minivan, the retractors went bad on the front seat/shoulder belts. I asked the dealership how much to replace the belts. $600 for the two. I grabbed my wrenches and visited a nearby junk yard, found a match, pulled the belts, paid ... wait for it ... $11.80 for the pair. They worked fine as long as we had the car.
Folding antenna!!!! hee hee - Telescopic me ole mate
As of mid-2019:
1) Manual transmissions.
2) Parking brakes (which were needed for manual transmissions in case they were left in neutral.)
3) Low gear.
4) Using a rotating knob to shift the automatic transmission instead of the traditional shifter.
5) Continuous variable transmissions (CVTs) instead of gear type automatic transmissions. They are less reliable but the automobile manufacturers don't care if it lasts. That's the customer's problem (especially after the warrantee has expired.)
6) Actually spare tires (tyres) are disappearing altogether.
7) Key starting and push button unlocking fobs are being replaced by RFID chip proximity fobs in your pocket. When you are near, the doors will unlock or allow push button start.
8) And now they have those big ugly holes in the front for the grill. No bumpers anymore.
9) Plastic headlights instead of glass.
10) Up until the late 1970s, car interiors were very quiet because of lots of sound proofing. Now small to mid-range cars are LOUD on the inside. Only high end luxury cars are quiet because of both passive (foam like material in doors, body panels, etc.) and active noise cancelling.
11) Soon rearview mirrors will be replaced by cameras with the view screen where the mirror was.
12) Auto braking, lane assist and auto driving cars because people are playing with their iPhones instead of driving.
13) Almost total computer control systems. Microchips everywhere.
14) No longer able to work on your own car with being a computer/software specialists (see #13).
Many of these still exist
Key and button still exist
Manual transmission still exists
Cars are still driven by humans, at least on the streets
Ashtrays, column shifters, which all cars should have
Tom Farmer Ashtrays are useless for non-smokers like me
You can still put change in it or your phone it's just a nice extra compartment to have however as a smoker I find it useful
alot of cars still include ash trays, but if I were design a car, I wouldn't include then
then the passenger will just open the window and smoke outside
Lots of trucks still do
You forgot cigarette lighters.
Honestly that's kind of a good thing. It's already annoying having to tell everyone not to smoke in my car.
They still make them
cooldaddyslick yeah their more for phone chargers now than cigarette lighters, also a handy place to tap into 12v if your installing new equipment
cooldaddyslick they don't have the part that actually heats up anymore
They sell them at on-line for about $5
WHERE IS POP UP HEADLIGHTS !?
Shoved up your arse
NeonBoy 22 I’m sure your a 12 year old
"Hitler Shrek isn't real"
You forgot the awesome Ball Cooler Vent under the steering column. And floor Bright Light switches.
Yes, made it nice for flashing high beams at people, but now i can conveniently high beam flash somebody and signal to pass them on the same column.
I bought a 2017 Lexus. Has a full size spare wheel. It even has a tire pressure sensor, for the bloody spare!
enzoTHEferrari LS 460?
What 2017 Lexus?
RX 350. The top tier premium model though. Not the F Sport.
Songqi Bi I don't know about you but the grill on A Lexus looks like a giant vacuum cleaner
@James Gray I got used to it. Now I even love it. Beside, It's not why I bought the car. I bought it for the comfort and incredible reliability.
Forgot Cassette/8-Track players and soon the CD player. Also steel dashes have been replaced with plastic.
Hood ornaments. Floor-mounted dimmer switches.. Rear-wheel drive passenger cars. Rear "suicide" doors, as on the '66 Lincoln Continental. And sadly, Manual transmissions. Proper gauge clusters in favor of "idiot" lights. Carburetors.
Cammi Rosanov BMW's aren't classed as rwd passenger cars?
Honestly I don't know if they are RWD. But thank you for bringing it to my attention. I don't know much about BMW's though.
The majority of BMWs are still RWD
Thank you, Fellian.
Majority of Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and sportcars.
Bench seats, column shifters, a proper spare, quarter vents and rear wheel drive.
Donut tires are even not provided now... You just get an injectable foam. Useless.
My nephews car had that. Completely useless with a side wall tear.
bigastrofan1966 ,
I would guess you would need to buy a new tire and stem after using it too. The old one likely couldn't even be patched and the stem would be full of hard foam.
People need to demand a spare at no extra charge, or no sale.
probably because they know dumbasses will try to use the spare for months at a time and drive 75mph on them. i see that shit all the time. I wish cops would give out tickets for it.
Good luck with that can of Fix-A-Flat out on the indian reservation at 2:00 AM. You MIGHT get roadside assistance within maybe 8 or 10 hours, and it sure won't be cheap. I hit a rock up in a wicked mountain pass. Changed tires and drove the 600 miles back home, paid $69 for a new rim, and got 4 new tires. I needed tires anyway. It was raining, very dark, and very foggy, so out of the mist came a rock the size of a briefcase. I had a bent rim, and destroyed tire. No problem! Change the tire and move on!
hmm ... vent windows ... floor mounted high beam switches ... centre mounted fuel filler ... cigarette lighters ... vinyl tops ... rear defrost fans ... chrome bumpers ... detachable shoulder belts ... feel free to add !!!
Paul D Pearce Crank windows, protruding circular headlights,
CD player in some VAG vehicles like my parents 2017 Skoda Octavias
Three on the tree with overdrive. Semielliptic leaf springs. Torque tube drive. Drum brakes. Two-stroke engines. Freewheeling. Continental kits. Reverse thread lug nuts on the left side.
Pop-up headlights
ash trays in the doors
My 2006 ram 1500 and my dad's 2014 ram 1500 both have the bench seats like you showed in the picture. You can get a 2017 with the same ones
BT Vids only in the back though.
no i drive a 04 silverado 2500 at work and it still has bench seats i think the video ment for sedans no longer have bench seats
Ford trucks have bench seats in the front too...but I think the video is really talking about the standard sedan.
BT Vids My dads 2015 silverado has a bench in the front and rear.
*#1*
Every pickup truck:
“Am i a joke to you?”
In Europe pick-ups haven't had front bench seats for decades
Thought I was watching car throttle oops
Ash trays... no more
This video is basically "10 things that were a thing but are either illegal now due to being a safety hazard or technology has just evolved and shown us a better alternative"
David L. Except for the full size spare wheel
And the fact that it was only 7 things
How about hand cranked windows instead of electronic Windows? Some technology are put in the car with car makers knowing it will eventually break so they wind up getting your money because you don't know how to fix it yourself
Willie Larimer that's why I like older car. I hate new cars. Absolutely hate them, cause when they break oh boy.
I don't understand why my car has a space saver. The size where it's kept is huge - I could fit two full size spares in there
Fender mirrors are a nightmare in crash tests, moving the mirrors to the doors means that the pedestrian impact tests are easier to pass. Windscreen wipers have been moved below the edge of the bonnet in order to improve aerodynamics but also to get the pivot / bolted end away from the impact of a pedestrians head. Imagine trying to get fender mirror past a pedestrian impact test!
Very nice video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.
Simplicity...My wife said "I don't like my car because the low fuel chime isn't loud enough...With so many distracting features now, I guess I can't blame her for not LOOKING at the fuel gauge every now and then...
Can agree there. I drove a classic XJ Cherokee once, and I actually kinda loved it. it gave you what you needed to know, and nothing more. the only extra thing I both want and need is just a radio with usb/aux. I still like music at least lol
And if you have music on, it makes it even less likely you will hear it!
Actually split screen windows were used because nobody new how to curve glass
No, in the 1930s observation cars on passenger trains had curved glass canopies on them.
Split windshields still exist. Mainly on blue bird school buses.
More like it was cheaper to not
My Sunglasses which was plastic
Teardrop shaped PLASTIC canopies.
So basically after reading through the comments all these features are still available!
When 100% of ALL cars are REAR WHEEL DRIVE only!
Flak Jack Ed when was the last time *that* happened?
@@emmajacobs5575 apart from some sporty cars, mid 90s?
@Yeah Bee I was guessing 1920s/1930s for when front wheel drive became a thing, so I googled it - turns out the first fwd car was developed between 1895-1898 so turns out you were right!
but front wheele increases turning rate, and gives you better traction, and provents pealing out easily (unless you want to).
Bmw 1 series: Think again...
gas engines **Cries**
Nope. The entire world mining of materials used to make EV batteries will not even support a 10% EV adoption rate within the next 15 years. Most of us will die of old age before the gas engine is gone from the market.
Yes, but they became extremely rare and actually have always been. I dont understand that though. But something that is (at the moment) completely gone are rotary engines. There isnt a single series car being produced right now featuring one.
+Chuckiele because the Wenkle engines were terrifically unreliable and always had problems to begin with.
In Malaysia it is mandatory to have the spare tyre full-sized
Not true, the Iriz, new Persona have the 80 km/h small spare steel wheels.
Not really. My mazda 2 skyactive uses smaller spare tyre.
Nope
Nope. I've seen cars with the smaller spares in the parking lot.
I miss tail fins :(
Maybe with all the retro cars these days, we have a chance to see them again? If anybody does it, it'll be Chrysler.
Nightlife 9 same. I love cars from the 50's
The new Prius kinda has fins.
When it comes to bench seats, I once read something about how if an unrestrained driver took too hard a turn while sitting on a bench, they could slide out from behind the wheel.
That's why you wear a seat belt if you wanna drive like you're racing.