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Simply useless - ten most useless features in a car

Ever wondered what some features are doing in your car? Here's ten that are absolutely useless, but a lot of cars still come equipped with these.
1 min read17 Dec '13
Staff Writer

What is the most useless feature in your car? It’s a loaded question that can lead to hours and hours of debate. Offering a longer list of features to attract more customers is an old trick for car manufacturers. Among the many features that a car comes fully loaded with, some are completely useless. Here is our compilation:

Coin holder

Simply useless - ten most useless features in a car

This was designed originally for vehicles intended to be sold in the developed countries. As the name states, it is meant for storing coins in an easily accessible place so that you can quickly drop them in the parking meters. But we don’t have parking meters in India. This feature will come handy only if you like to distribute your coins at traffic signals. But considering today’s inflation, offering coins to a beggar is like giving peanuts.

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