What Is Your Car’s Most Luxurious Feature?

My ’96 Alfa Romeo 164 Super is fully loaded with all the bells and whistles offered… but the burgundy leather wrapped automatic transmission shifter handle really stands out (yes, the button is broken on mine too)

My specialist car’s most luxurious feature is its hydraulic canopy.

On my 83 Toyota Supra I think it was either the service lamp under the hood that would detach and allow you to drag it across the engine bay to check things out (It was like having a flashlight at all times (as long as you had battery charge!)) or the maybe the sunroof. Whenever it was open, it just rose my mood and made me feel like a king. On my 68 Triumph Spitfire, the folding top is about as close to luxury as that car offers! Basic but fun.

It has to be the air conditioning. Nothing beats that on a hot summer day, when the car transforms into a rolling oven.

When I had my 2009 Mercedes B200T, I really liked the trip computer. It had a long term and a short term one. The short term one would reset when the car was idle for 3 hours or more. This allowed me to really well judge my drive to and from work every day without ever having to touch anything. It included mileage and time so it became a challenge to shave time off.

I guess the most lux-feature on my ’71 Montreal are the pneumatically operated front lamp eyelids … Practically, I see no real reason for having them (apart from the design!), they are operated with an utterly complicated mechanism > the perfect luxury extension 🙂

On my 1984 Fiat Panda 34 it is the total variability of the interior enabling even two people to lie inside of the car or to remove all seats within a few minutes. Another feature the ashtray that can be positioned on the whole length of the dashboard edge. Pure and functional Giugiaro design 🙂

On my 71 Nova, it’s AC or fuel injection (OK, so neither are factory…). On my 67 Mustang, it’s definitely the foot-pump wiper washer system.

Most luxurious thing on my 69 Porsche 911T – red warning light for the fuel level. If the light comes on when you go around a sharp turn, you’re probably at 1/4 tank. If it comes on around a sharp turn and stays on for a few seconds after, you’re probably at 3/8. If it comes on when you are on level ground, not turning at all, you are probably at 1/8!

My 86 FJ60 has headlight washers…with a separate tank and a pump the size of an electric window motor! Blasts the snow and mud off no problem…but drains the tank in about 4 uses(probably the reason for the separate tank)

In the 68 beetle I got a sunroof and rear window heating. and 69′ Daf 55 Marathon, I got sleeping seats a radio and interval wipers and adjustable blower

I love the first gen Volvo S60 sedans have a remote button that releases the rear seat headrests with a good “thunk” (to improve rearward vis). Ah, the luxury of messin with my friends!

2004 Hyundai Sonata – A/C knob is broken so only luxury is Pink Floyd at full blast on reasonable CD player.

For a car that was made in 1986, the Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 had a lot of luxurious features:
electrically heated WINDSHIELD WASHER NOZZLES!
single wiper arm system that extended itself to the upper corners
electiric headrests-move the headrest up or down with a button
headlamp wipers with washer and the headlamps were also adjustable from the cockpit

My 1986 Jag XJ 6 is a luxury car all the way through,but the best part is all the wood and chrome. Its just makes me feel rich when
I drive it.

My ’68 Dart is the 270 trim level (read: Old man package), which was fairly mid-grade for its time. About the only “luxury” options on the ol’ girl are auto tranny and power steering.

Power brakes? Nope.
FM radio? Nope.
A/C? Nope.
V8? Nope.

So yeah, auto tranny and power steering.

My BMW E30 318is has a button on the OBC that if pressed, plays an audible warning a few minutes before each full hour so that you can turn on the news. I’m not kidding, that’s what it says in the actual owners’ manual. How can that be so anally German and awesome at the same time?