# Ridiculous add-ones pushed by car dealers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712 "2021-04-10T00:47:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/1 "2021-04-10T00:47:36Z")
Antenna wax Piston reciprocators Tire air freshener Clear pinstriping ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/2 "2021-04-10T00:49:28Z")
Is there a market for floormat covers? ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/3 "2021-04-10T00:51:42Z")
Even some real ones! The dealer expected me to pay for this because the police could identify parts coming out of chop shops. I explained that if my car was stolen and cut up for parts, it was now the insurance company’s problem and not mine. [https://www.microdotdna.com/technology.php](https://www.microdotdna.com/technology.php) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/4 "2021-04-10T01:47:52Z")
I think we would be remiss to not include this scene from _Fargo_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B2LLB9CGfLs/maxresdefault.jpg "Fargo (1996) - TruCoat Scene (2/12) | Movieclips") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2LLB9CGfLs) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/5 "2021-04-10T01:52:56Z")
Wally Kogen: Hey you got off easy. I just came here to use the phone and they got me for the whole Road King package. Allignment Shock, Armorol, Stem Lube… Homer: Hehe, Stem Lube, even I didn’t fall for that!.. Although Winter is coming… ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/6 "2021-04-10T02:05:16Z")
Muffler bearings, blinker fluid ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/7 "2021-04-10T02:32:27Z")
Sun shade lightener. Pinion straighteners. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/8 "2021-04-10T06:01:01Z")
Filter filters breaker fuses Cleaner cleaners > [@](#): > > blinker fluid Wins the thread ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/9 "2021-04-10T11:50:47Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Filter filters > breaker fuses > Cleaner cleaners > > > [@](#): > > > > blinker fluid > > Wins the thread - Actually, modern turn signals don’t use blinker fluid. They run on alternating current. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/10 "2021-04-10T23:27:52Z")
I had found a used car that I wanted at a dealership (same make as the used car), I agreed on the price with the salesperson, and then I went into The Room with (I presume) the sales manager. He started going over the whole list of stuff I could have done to the car before I drove it off the lot. I was very patient, and then I said no thanks, I don’t want any of that. He kind of sighed, and said “Not even this little bit here? Everyone gets that.” No thanks. I don’t remember what any of it was, some of it might have been actually useful. My strongest motivation was a) disbelief and b) disgust that this sort of nonsense was still going on, and c) resentment that this guy thought I was that gullible. Gull-a-bull. I try not to be. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/11 "2021-04-11T06:41:36Z")
Winter air for tires. And now that I see it, Happy Birthday! @burpo_the_wonder_mutt . You look the same as the day I first saw your avatar! ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/12 "2021-04-11T11:57:10Z")
The first time Ms. Napier and I bought a new car together, the salesperson stepped out of the room for a minute, and I said to her, “Hey, watch this, watch what happens.” And then, when he returned, I asked about undercoating. You see, I think I’m funny, but I’m actually not. You’d have thought I showed a French fry to a seagull. Once I had brought it up, there was no way in hell he was going to let it go. I bet it took over a half an hour extra to wrap up the deal, and he had this look of baffled disappointment. Just to make matters worse, in all innocence Ms. Napier kept saying things like “Wait, honey, this sounds like something we should consider…” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/13 "2021-04-11T15:37:54Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > And now that I see it, Happy Birthday! @burpo_the_wonder_mutt . > You look the same as the day I first saw your avatar! Why, thank y’kindly, **mordecai**. You come on 'round and we’ll set a spell on the front porch, give our rheumatiz a break, and have a pull on the jug. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/14 "2021-04-11T15:57:58Z")
Interior glove box release safety feature ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/15 "2021-04-11T18:38:13Z")
I would have suggested a remote control for the radio, but that’s actually a thing. Perhaps a secondary remote control for controlling the primary one? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/16 "2021-04-11T20:02:52Z")
Nitrogen tire fill. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/17 "2021-04-12T01:06:29Z")
Undercoating/underbody rust treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/18 "2021-04-12T05:05:49Z")
This thread is awesome. It’s like a ‘hide-and-seek’ to find the real ones from the obvious made-up crazy shit. Nitrogen in tires. C’mon! At least make is sound real. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/19 "2021-04-12T05:10:00Z")
Yeah, that might have some tiny value. > **[Should You Use Nitrogen in Your Car Tires? - Consumer Reports](https://www.consumerreports.org/tire-buying-maintenance/should-you-use-nitrogen-in-car-tires-a6260003694/)** > > Consumer Reports uses tests and research to explain the benefits of using nitrogen in car tires and advises whether it is worth putting nitrogen in your car or truck. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712/20 "2021-04-12T05:13:52Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > . You come on 'round and we’ll set a spell on the front porch, give our rheumatiz a break, and have a pull on the jug. I wuz gonna wish you a HBD too, but didn’t want to em-bare-ass either of us. But I didn’t know a jug would be involved. True story: I did have an encounter with genuine Moonshine. It didn’t turn out well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-add-ones-pushed-by-car-dealers/939712.md?page=2)