The features we buy but never use

[markojp]

Sunroof. New buggy doesn't have one. The salesman tried to push the model with the sunroof. Told him I've had two cars with and rarely opened them. Got the model without.

 

[Posaune]

Heated seats. I must have a hot butt. My wife uses them all the time.

 

[crgildart]

Booster Straps. It started with the regular power straps. Thought upgrading to the WC Boosters would get me more in to the feel. Nope. Still prefer my top buckles loose most of the time. Only for a NASTAR run or other occasional crank down occasion do I bother. Most of the time they are flapping around loose.

 

[Coach13]

Seat belts. Yeah-I know...

 

[wallyk]

building on the car themel.......the sat nav in the car. Never gets used and the Volvo Sensus is the worst. Apple car play in Mrs. Wally K's new car is pretty sweet......

 

[Noodler]

QFT!

To each their own, but I really HATE hoods, and it's darn hard these days to find many parka options with removable hoods (or none, period).

Oh well, makes shopping simple. Almost as easy as figuring out which AWD minivan to buy.......

If you guys ever ski Loveland on a storm day, you'd be screaming for a hood... just sayin'

 

[Josh Matta]

80 percent of skiers, the front half of their skis.

 

[Noodler]

80 percent of skiers, the front half of their skis.

 

[givethepigeye]

@Josh Matta FTW

 

[Fuller]

Heated seats. I must have a hot butt. My wife uses them all the time.

I couldn't live without heated seats, in fact they were a "must have" when I bought the Subaru. I use them in Florida quite often.

 

[Tom K.]

If you guys ever ski Loveland on a storm day, you'd be screaming for a hood... just sayin'

I'll throw down the gauntlet, and claim the Mt. Hood Meadows is Loveland's equal. Nothing like having your local ski hill on the side of a volcano. No surrounding protective "range" whatsoever.

There's a reason that our unofficial motto is "If it's snowing, it's blowing"!

And a nice balaclava beat a hood every time!

 

[Steve]

Back pockets on ski pants.

 

[PNWRod]

3 boxes of hand and toe warmers from Costco.

 

[Andy Mink]

3 boxes of hand and toe warmers from Costco.

That never work after one year.

 

[James]

And a nice balaclava beat a hood every time!

Not in the rain.

 

[Tom K.]

Not in the rain.

To each their own. Rain skiing in a closed-vent helmet is far preferable to a hood.

Balaclava or not.

 

[Noodler]

To each their own. Rain skiing in a closed-vent helmet is far preferable to a hood.

Balaclava or not.

Helmet compatible hood + balaclava is the name of the game for major storm skiing. The difference in warmth and wind protection when the hood is up cannot be matched.

 

[James]

Helmet compatible hood + balaclava is the name of the game for major storm skiing. The difference in warmth and wind protection when the hood is up cannot be matched.

Yeah this isn't complicated. Get inside the tent.
Helmets these says are cold probably due to the cartel of skinning PNW designers who are always hot. They all should be forced to ski in the Northeast and take a chairlift up.

 

[PNWRod]

Yeah this isn't complicated. Get inside the tent.
Helmets these says are cold probably due to the cartel of skinning PNW designers who are always hot. They all should be forced to ski in the Northeast and take a chairlift up.

Even a few of us PNW guys like the hood. It's particularly useful when it's 5 degrees and blowing #8 birdshot 60 mph over the ridge.

 

[NZRob]

I'll throw down the gauntlet, and claim the Mt. Hood Meadows is Loveland's equal. Nothing like having your local ski hill on the side of a volcano. No surrounding protective "range" whatsoever.

There's a reason that our unofficial motto is "If it's snowing, it's blowing"!

And a nice balaclava beat a hood every time!

I'll throw down on both of you, come ski the North Island of NZ in July and experience the worst a completely exposed volcano can offer ....wind-driven shotgun blasts of ice being scoured off ridges and wet snow - hood + balaclava minimum