At present, there is a competition among car companies to offer a lot of features in their vehicles. However, not all features are necessary or useful. For the sake of premium look and marketing, car companies add many such features which most drivers never use or which prove to be practically useless.
These features increase the price of the car, make maintenance expensive and sometimes even make driving more difficult. Especially if we keep in mind Indian roads, traffic and weather, many global features do not fit completely here. Here we will talk about 5 such unnecessary features, which you can save lakhs of rupees by not including them in your new car.
1. Panoramic sunroof
This feature makes the car very premium and attractive in the showroom, but it becomes a headache in the Indian summer. In summer, the cabin heats up very fast, AC has to be used more and fuel consumption increases. The problem of leakage due to dust, soil and rain is common. Most people never even open it, yet it comes in expensive variants and thousands of rupees have to be paid for it.
2. Gesture Control
Changing music or increasing or decreasing the volume by waving your hands sounds cool, but in the real world it becomes a major cause of distraction. Waving hands is dangerous in Indian traffic and the feature often reacts incorrectly. Most drivers do not use it, yet it is added to premium cars.
3. Touch-only controls
Replacing physical knobs and buttons with a touchscreen or touch buttons seems modern, but it is very inconvenient and dangerous while driving. The eyes are taken away from the road and settings are changed with the wrong touch. It works even worse when hands get wet in cold or heat. Many experts consider this to be the worst feature.
4. Fake Engine Sound
Some cars play artificial noise from the speakers to give a sporty sound to the small engine. This is completely fake and most drivers keep it closed. In fact, it increases the price of the car, but does not add any real value to the driving experience.
5. Over-active safety features
These features are created with good intentions, but sometimes become too active. Lane assist pulls steering suddenly, auto high beam changes frequently, causing driver to lose control. On Indian roads where markings are weak, these features are more troublesome and are often kept off.