# Let's build the perfect car! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905 "2016-09-14T02:11:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/1 "2016-09-14T02:11:01Z")
The idea is to take all of your favorite bits from cars you’ve had, put them together and see what you get. The end result doesn’t have to be beautiful, driveable, or even plausible but it’s perfect for you. Mine would have those old wing windows like I grew up with. The kind where you can aim the air to hit you just right. It would also have the heat strip at the base of the windshield like on my old Outback. I’m going to miss that feature come winter. I’ll probably miss the all wheel drive, too, so I’ll toss that in. Then there’s my tailgate. Once upon a time I had a Pontiac Parisienne with a 2-way gate. It either opened like a door or folded down like a regular gate. I really liked that feature. What would you put in your car? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/2 "2016-09-14T02:29:50Z")
Technically not from a “car” (it was on a Honda forklift), but…a [“Suicide Knob”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodie_knob). ---
**Author:** ![inscrutable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@inscrutable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inscrutable)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/3 "2016-09-14T11:52:58Z")
Spring-loaded bumpers, so half the car doesn’t collapse in a 10mph collision, but a running joke among automotive engineers back in the 1990’s was that most people would settle for windshield wipers that actually worked. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/4 "2016-09-14T11:53:26Z")
I liked the bright light switch on the floor except in the winter when it iced over! Also, make the radio easier to reach if you dont want to use the controls on the steering wheels. Also make it easier for the shot gun seat to reach it as well. Back compartment/seat door locks and window controls on the shot gun side as well! Make “glove boxes” BIGGER like they used to be! Also a place for take out so its not on your lap or wherever. Camera out the back so that when you are in “D” you can see who is back there when your back window is blocked. I like the back up camera though! Handy! A loud speaker on the out side of the vehicle to yell at the idiot drivers! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/5 "2016-09-14T12:03:08Z")
I would like a tar gun mounted on the rear bumper that sprays the guy riding my bumper. And a heater that immediately pours out hot air, like my little old Toyota Corolla did. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/6 "2016-09-14T12:13:58Z")
Wheels that turn 90 degrees so parallel parking is simply a matter of driving straight in ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/7 "2016-09-14T12:52:06Z")
I think this is going to turn out like Homer’s newly invented car. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/8 "2016-09-14T14:50:32Z")
It’s gotta have wing-windows ! I’d like to add those tropical-storm-strength floor/firewall vents, too. And power windows. I also like the windshield squirters that sorta \*ooze \*out of the wiper blades instead of spraying all over mine and the car behind me. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/9 "2016-09-14T14:51:34Z")
My requirements are simple; Manual transmission, manual crank windows, rear wheel drive ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/10 "2016-09-14T15:13:08Z")
600 horsepower and gets 35 miles per gallon. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/11 "2016-09-14T15:54:56Z")
I want a convertible with a roof rack and 50 cubic feet of cargo space. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/12 "2016-09-14T17:28:21Z")
Station wagon with a roofrack that will support more than 100 lbs, sunroof, AWD, magneto-pneumatic ride control for damping spring rate and ride height. Straight six engine (almost every version I’ve read about is pretty much unkillable) with a turbo, black out interior light option like the old Saabs plus a HUD for night driving. Backup camera plus built in dash cam, and tail gunner stow and go seats for the back because they are just cool. Oh, and the split upper windows like a Vista Cruiser. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/13 "2016-09-14T18:14:13Z")
You know those balls that they put on car antennas so you can find them in the parking lot? Those should be on every car! And a laser system like the one that kills mosquitoes, only calibrated for birds. How about an active alignment system, so your tires all wear evenly. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/14 "2016-09-14T19:05:51Z")
Invisible to speed detectors. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/15 "2016-09-14T19:06:40Z")
EMP emitter in the rear bumper to disable tailgaters “Reactive” rear bumper, in the event of a rear-end collision, gas Rams/airbag inflators/some form of fast-reacting pushers propel the rear bumper towards the impacting rearward vehicle, returning the potential crash energy to that vehicle and reducing the damage to mine. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/16 "2016-09-14T20:21:26Z")
When my wife and I were going about replacing her car a year or so ago I asked her to describe her ideal vehicle. When she finished I said “You have just described a compact SUV convertible.” She thought a moment, smiled and said “Yes, that would do!” ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/17 "2016-09-14T21:52:20Z")
I would like a driver that isn’t me. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/18 "2016-09-14T22:48:44Z")
This is my butt. It is 46 inches in width. These are my hips. They’re about 3 feet high. I would like a car seat that fits my fat ass comfortably, that I can sit in without going “oomph”, and I don’t have to make weightlifting noises when I haul my fat ass out of said car seat. All the rest is just welcome accessories. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/19 "2016-09-14T23:04:46Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > You know those balls that they put on car antennas so you can find them in the parking lot? Those should be on every car!.. But then how will you find your car? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905/20 "2016-09-15T00:36:27Z")
Separate bubble domes for front and back seat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-the-perfect-car/765905.md?page=2)