most useless feature of your 6gc Options

[azian_advanced]

ok so we've had threads about posting your likes and dislikes of your 6gc, but now post about the most useless feature you think is on the 6gc..

mine is the rear ashtray....

because honestly, i never ride with anyone in the back seats 99% of the time. but when i did, it would be someone too small to even make use of the ashtray...

[Akimbo]

i know the answer to this.

the cupholders.

[forkee]

that foot rest thing that is left of my clutch pedal. i just never use it! my left foot is always resting above the clutch.

[Bigwaaagh]

I'd say the ashtrays, I don't smoke and there sure is no-one who'll ever be allowed to smoke in my car!

The cupholders are a good second, but I can see those being using when parked or something...

[nsxtypeR]

Definatly the rear ashtray!

[DeW_H0e_GT]

Definatly the rear ashtray!

x2

[Kadett]

Definatly the rear ashtray!

I just went to check if we even had a ashtray for the back. INDEED!!!!!!! There is one
So thats got to be the most useless thing in the entire car.

[Jen]

holy sht, we have a rear ashtray? =x

[tomazws]

holy sht, we have a rear ashtray? =x

Right behind the middle arm rest.

In my case, I'll have to say the coins holder and the rear ashtray

[m0dd3d1]

My back seats...I'm tall enough to where noone can really sit behind me...and of course the rear ashtray. Also, I have no use for the 'cubbies' in the doors, useless.

[BloodyStupidDave...]

the coins holder

That's a good one! I use my ashtray to hold change. Even for those that want to use the coin holder for its intended purpose, I doubt it is actually functional for most. For a long time I wondered what those little notches were - do they hold a power cord, some kind of accessory such as a mini-fridge for drinks cans, an alternative location for a cigarette lighter, car phone?

Okay, on to my choice. I say the coat hooks. Only twice have I tried to use them (the second time I temporarily forgot that I had previously attempted to use them). There isn't enough room to hang a suit carrier or jacket on a coat hanger. In the unlikely event that you manage to carefully position the said jacket or suit carrier and fold the garments around all the obstacles, five minutes down the road, the hanger will 'pop off' the hook and end up in a crumpled heap behind the seat.

[Redline08]

yea theres 2 coin holders i think, one holds a dollar in quarters and the other one holds like 3 quarters and a dime, so id have to vote that as the most useless feature

[96bluevert]

coin holders? how did I not know about these? lol I just use the ashtray for change.

but, definately the ashtray in back is the most useless thing.

[Celicav]

The air conditioning...I mean, that stuff is for wusses

[CelicaST_CALI]

rear seats in general....

[fanboy95]

i would have to say all ashtrays and the cup holders.

[kerosene]

hmm, the back ashtray can be taken out and u can put something else in it...ill be doing it in a few days, ill add a light back there so that they can read something or what not...

Hmm, the most useless...that whistle that sounds like a "turbo" I think mine is ****ed up and its whisteling the whole time, and a real annoying whistle... theres no point of it, feck!

[jdg371]

Ill agree with the cupholders, especially with a 5sp. Sheesh no point, ashtrays are meant to be used as coin holders [I never knew my car came with a coin Holder!!!] Even in my 00 GTS ashtray = coinholder.

[DSRT-FX]

rear ashtray!
coin holder!
ECT button, does absolutely crap all prolly just takes more power due to the light bulb inside than make the car better lol -R

[CelicaST_CALI]

wat does ect stand for?

[tomazws]

wat does ect stand for?

Electronically Controlled Transmission. It's an Automatic thing. Most Toyotas have them. All it does is delay the upshifting, providing more higher RPM, more power, waste more gas.

[CelicaST_CALI]

sweet,lol to bad i dont have one

[IGloo]

I´d have to say cupholders, and ashtrays...even though I´m a smoker, I´ve never in my life lit a cigarette inside my car, nor let anyone else light one, so those ashtrays inside are just a big waste of space!

I even took out the cigarette lighter (it was way too big, and sticking from the console)...START button was supposed to go there, but I never had time to install it...

[purplegt4]

7afe

[kerosene]

7afe

LOL!

[massbrandon]

^^ thats great lol. I'm gonna have to say the rear ashtray as well.

[malpaso]

Definatly the rear ashtray!

x2

x3

and that cup holder as well

[azian_advanced]

i'm surprised only one person mentioned the hanger hooks for hanging delicate clothes for dry cleaning and what not....
do people actually use that?

[kerosene]

i'm surprised only one person mentioned the hanger hooks for hanging delicate clothes for dry cleaning and what not....
do people actually use that?

you really cant, if you have the windows open they will blow out...

[LewFX]

5s, who wants that engine...beams, 3sgte or nothing...that and the secret button to pop open the sunroof and eject your passanger seems useless.

ashtrays for sure are lame
rear sears are stupid unless you got midgets back there

[cHinaman727]

the only thing the backseats are good for are.. nothing really, there is no headroom or anything!

cupholders are retarded as well.

Where is this coin holder? I just use my ashtray.

[cjh4l22]

so we pretty much all agree on the coin holders and the rear ash tray. soo.. has anyone found alternative uses for these things?? i could really use some decent cup holders and would like to find a way to use the ones from a 99-newer saab 9-5 b/c they are badass cool! so if anyone has any ideas... that'd be much appreciated.

[Kadett]

We dont have hanger hooks here.

[tomazws]

I honestly think the front ash tray is very useful as I have it filled with all sorts of coins.

I didn't know we have clothes hanger in the back...

I totally agree with purplegt4. 7AFE is definitely to most useless piece of crap feature of the Celica.

[CelicaST_CALI]

lol shut ur face,i use teh ash tray to put lil bit of money for the bridges and mcdonalds

[kerosene]

lol shut ur face,i use teh ash tray to put lil bit of money for the bridges and mcdonalds

you mean you put your life savings in there...

[stephen_lee]

i honestly didn't know that was supposed to be an ashtray. i thought it was a coin holder or something, who needs a light in the freakkin' ashtray then?! i would say that is definitely the most useless feature then.

[LewFX]

fwd is useless, rwd or awd ftw

[tomazws]

fwd is useless, rwd or awd ftw

Might as well just say the whole ST, GT line is useless. There should be only SS-III and GT-Four

[keithg6gt]

ok so we've had threads about posting your likes and dislikes of your 6gc, but now post about the most useless feature you think is on the 6gc..

mine is the rear ashtray....

because honestly, i never ride with anyone in the back seats 99% of the time. but when i did, it would be someone too small to even make use of the ashtray...

What about the washers for the headlights? lil things that squirt water onto your lights at the front of the car? What you guys think of them? or are they just on UK GT's?

[CelicaST_CALI]

lol shut ur face,i use teh ash tray to put lil bit of money for the bridges and mcdonalds

you mean you put your life savings in there...

omg ahahahha o ur so funny,man u should be a comedian...

[Batman722]

What about the washers for the headlights? lil things that squirt water onto your lights at the front of the car? What you guys think of them? or are they just on UK GT's?

yes, just the UK spec Celicas

[BloodyStupidDave...]

What about the washers for the headlights? ... What you guys think of them?

Fab. Do exactly what they say on the tin, but also cool for scaring pedestrians and cyclists at traffic lights and just generally showing off

[twhite66]

id have to say the cup holder unless you have an auto
it is IMPOSSIBLE to shift with a drink right there

[uberschall]

idk about anyone else, but the button on the hvac control that lets you select inside or outside air feed is ALWAYS on outside -- b/c the windows seem to fog up INSTANTLY if i put it on the other setting.

i'm not a huge fan of the light in the cargo area either. it's too dim to really see anything anyway.

the lug wrench that toyota provides is a joke. if your lugs are torqued appropriately, you'll have a heck of a time trying to get them off with that puny little thing, especially when you have a puncture.

on top of all that, i put in additional useless votes for the backseat, rear ashtray, and cupholder.

[Kadett]

id have to say the cup holder unless you have an auto
it is IMPOSSIBLE to shift with a drink right there

Its not Impossible. I can put in a Medium McDonald drink (0.4 liter) in it and shift without problems. Its only a bit awkward

[phonex98]

id have to say the cup holder unless you have an auto
it is IMPOSSIBLE to shift with a drink right there

Its not Impossible. I can put in a Medium McDonald drink (0.4 liter) in it and shift without problems. Its only a bit awkward

You sorta develop a technique... i call it 'the crane. Hand on shifter, bend wrist to 90 degrees, elbow in the air

[tomazws]

id have to say the cup holder unless you have an auto
it is IMPOSSIBLE to shift with a drink right there

Its not Impossible. I can put in a Medium McDonald drink (0.4 liter) in it and shift without problems. Its only a bit awkward

You sorta develop a technique... i call it 'the crane. Hand on shifter, bend wrist to 90 degrees, elbow in the air

I can shift with a soda can in the cup holder (I have the padded arm rest), bottle wise I have to put it on the passenger side seat (it doesn't even fit in there anyway.....), and as for fast food drinks, like what phonex98 said, I have to put my arm a lil bit closer to myself to not touch the straw, and shift with my finger hanging down with my arm resting on the side of the lid........ If it's a tall cup, I'll have to put it between my legs...

[Valo666]

in my car...my non-working aftermarket sunroof that leaks, the rear ashtray and when i got the sparcos in, my back seats. I measured it up b4 i took em out, i have only about 3.5" between the metal under the rear seat and where the sparcos bases meet up. So unless your an amputee, or are under the age of 10, you can fit in my backseat perfectly.

[cel97ica]

it really sucks trying to shift with 2 large drinks in it, id say the cupholder isnt usless just needs to be moved, but the usless things as mentioned before coat hanger, rear ashtray hmm

[Kadett]

id have to say the cup holder unless you have an auto
it is IMPOSSIBLE to shift with a drink right there

Its not Impossible. I can put in a Medium McDonald drink (0.4 liter) in it and shift without problems. Its only a bit awkward

You sorta develop a technique... i call it 'the crane. Hand on shifter, bend wrist to 90 degrees, elbow in the air

Hahahha So true!!!

[3SGTE]

The Brake Pedal!!!

[Cutrara]

Cup holders... I usually get bottled drinks and wedge them between my map pocket and door handle/armrest on door

[daazndood]

my engine. lol.

[SlowCelica94]

Cup holders. And they can't even fit a big ole gas station cup. (not like I'd want something so large blocking the shifter anyways) So when I was on road trips, I'd wedge my beverage between the seat's side bolster and the door skin. Worked great.

[MaskedMan]

The ashtray has more uses than just holding change! Idk if anyone has noticed this, but it also meant to hold cards i think. Such as business cards or possibly credit cards. Try it, they fit perfectly. Try it try it! Haha but i think it is kind of stupid (although kind cool) that the ashtray has a light in it. Is that meant so that you can see your ashes even during the night? haha.

And hey, don't hate on the Cupholders, my BMW doesn't even have any at all haha. Even my Alltrac (which was sold last night ) had a wierd location for cup holders. It was right below the CD player so you couldn't load cds and have cups at the same time. Also it was difficult to shift into 1st, 3rd, and 5th if you had big cups becuase your hand would hit the cups.

IMO, i think the most useless feature on the Convertible Celica is the Convertible top cover. Convertible owners should know what im talking about. It's a REALLY bulky heavy piece that doesn't make the car look any better and takes a several minutes to install. With this in the already small trunk, there isn't any room to put anything else in there haha.

[JFrost9]

You should sell that vert cover...they go for like 8 million dollars.
People have created cup holders that go in replace of the cubby hole below the cd player. However if you have a double din obviously its not possible.

My vote is the backseat though. As big as I am no one fits. I removed the rear ashtray and put in another cigarette lighter type thing for car chargers, since im charging my ipod, phone etc all the time.

[95celgt]

The Brake Pedal!!!

Hah! Thats almost as useless as this big snail on my manifold, Whats that do? blow hot a/c?!!?

[OOBE]

[OOBE]

Yeah, I would say the back seat. Only like 3-4 people have sat on it for the 5 years I've had the car. Even people under 5"5" have trouble back there, and I can feel the weight difference. I totally eliminated that sucker. Saved me like 5-10 pounds with all the seat belt stuff and garbage hardware, LOL. The things weighs next to nothing.

[G3D45]

Passenger's mirror for make up

[goferris]

fwd is useless, rwd or awd ftw

Might as well just say the whole ST, GT line is useless. There should be only SS-III and GT-Four

agreed
too bad we didn't get either.

[DSRT-FX]

a/t tranny

[kerosene]

a/t tranny

Honestly its not that bad, you can change the shiftpoints in the a/t tran. and then it will almost run like a manual

[k-weaver]

I think the rear ashtray is a pretty good one, however im gonna have to go with the passenger side window lock. I hate this thing, only time i used it was to see if it worked. It actually locked my side from being able to roll down the passenger window too...useless...

[azian_advanced]

^ that button is SO useless, i forgot that our cars even had that...
nice one

[tomazws]

I think the rear ashtray is a pretty good one, however im gonna have to go with the passenger side window lock. I hate this thing, only time i used it was to see if it worked. It actually locked my side from being able to roll down the passenger window too...useless...

I need it. To prevent stupid people from rolling their passenger side window down AFTER I JUST HAD A CAR WASH.

*lock*!

[94celigts]

The thin POS wood that covers our spare tire. They could have designed the trunk alot better. I hate the tire sticking up.

[94gts]

the little light that shines into the ashtray!

[LimitedEdition6g]

I still can't find my rear ashtray. lol.

Most useless thing I've found so far? hmmmm.....that damn armrest in the middle. I took it off. WAY to big, and I'm end up gettin carpal tunnel by the time I start to pull someone.

[Rayme]

The safety feature of the moon roof, when it stops half-way when closing it, you have to release the button and push again to close it completely...annoying...

[BlackCelicaGT94]

tilt steering...well its useless for me - maybe not for you guys though

[manphibian]

The START button i fitted

[Insanity-74]

The safety feature of the moon roof, when it stops half-way when closing it, you have to release the button and push again to close it completely...annoying...

+1

The brakes

[BlackCelicaGT94]

rear ashtray is on the backside of the center console

[goferris]

The safety feature of the moon roof, when it stops half-way when closing it, you have to release the button and push again to close it completely...annoying...

+1
the line of aftermarket parts on our car. come on. if we had a third of the market that any model of civic has that would be thirty times more than we have. LOL

[Dragondog]

cup holders are useless with what ever size cup i get i have to like put my elbow into my stomach then do a reach around in let my fingers do all the shifting......and coin holder i dont see a coin holder rear ashtray can go, frt ashtray i use to hold my cell phone and some loose change......my g/f wants to fight with me becuz her lazy butt dosent wanna hold her own damn cup so she just puts it in my way......i wedge my cups between seat and door had to learn to do that with my 96 ford taurus cup halder in that were lacated in armrest up side down had to un fold armrest to get cup holders up right even then every time i would go from a stop to a start the cups acted as if they were top heavy and tumble over making i huge mess thoses cup holders were shallow......... the whole back pass area is also useless should of made the car a 2 seater when i do have back passengers i got to hear them complaing bout not getting any air so i roll down they complain bout wind in face.....if only back windows had i hindge on them so they can unlatch it to get a breze.............if anyone has figured out what to do with anyof these usless itams and made some usefull things from them plz let known.....i cant use cup holder in extra space under dvd player cuz i got my scanner there

This post has been edited by Dragondog: Jul 27, 2007 - 10:45 PM

[creis]

The safety feature of the moon roof, when it stops half-way when closing it, you have to release the button and push again to close it completely...annoying...

agreed, also agree with the pass window lock but i think its a child safty thing. agree with the sunroof thing too, annoying, if i want to stop it half way i will, dont have to make me do it, friend of mine always made fun of me for it saying it was useless, his did not have it, pissed me off when i found out my subaru had it too.

you want useless, my subaru cup holders, 1 is ok, mounted just under the center vents, pulls out and holds ok, bocks air to the pass but thats there problem (also when heater on cooks the drink good.) but the 2nd cup holder, man what a joke. in the center console lower compartment, mine has the lid that holds a few pens etc about 1 inch tall, then that swings up to the deep one that is very small already but has 2 swinging flaps that snap up making a very annoying devider kinda thing, then flip down creating a circle to hold a very short drink but nothing else can fit it there. sept some very small crap or paper.

I have to say coin slots are useless but i understand that one might want to keep change in there for a toll every day, useless here because the only toll i know off is the new tacoma narros brige and its 3 lowsy bucks to cross that thing.

This post has been edited by creis: Aug 9, 2007 - 4:42 AM

[JDcelica]

Defiantly the cup holder.... But what about the tray under the radio, I can't fit my hand in there let alone a pair of sun glasses

[FortuneCookie]

Cigarette Lighter. I don't smoke. I might make it my "secret" push start-up button in the feature. Mwahahahahaha.

[celi2nv]

Id have to say the most usless thing i have found is the little air vent under the steering wheel they dont do that great of a job

[Driveby]

I love my under column air vent, its great for keeping the crown jewels cool with the A/C on
Most useless part of mine is the fuel gauge as I know I always need fuel, even after Ive just filled up, damn GT4's

[xs94st]

i would have to agree with backseat..the last time i had people in the backseat it was like gettin a nice set of lowering springs..bottoming out on the most ridiculous bumps and speedbumps were nightmares..the rear ashtray is where i put my air freshener (ironic)..

the front ashtray, however, has become a great use to me. i put my phone in there because i cant hear it in my pocket due to exhaust+intake+radio+outside traffic with windows down. that lil ashtray even lights up at night! how awesome is that! you can see where u drop your ashes so u dont burn the car (if you smoke) but it lets me find where the hell my phone is

[Jared95]

i would have to say my 1.8 liters of slowness under the hood.

[NapTown94]

I'd say the most useless thing in my car is the cup holder, I've spilled so many drinks in my passenger seat cuz they dont fit.

the 7A-FE engine is pretty useless for anyone with performance driving in mind. I got my a$$ kicked by a Mazda Miata the other day. The 2007's are pretty sweet though. Their power-to-weight ratio is incredible.

[KAOS]

rear seats in general....

x2

[Celica_Kid95st]

7afe

LOL!

HAHAHAHHAHA i cant agree with u more. Im sitting at work laughing so hard. I love how someone will say something thats useless and other ppl are like "I didnt no we had that?!?!" lol.

[K-ESD]

daytime running lights are useless.

[azian_advanced]

^true that... i don't see why we need those, i mean, who needs a flashlight in the sunlight?
good one....

[xs94st]

the cigarette lighter is useless..IMO cuz i dont smoke n if i did id have a trusty zippo on me. the actually lighter charging unit is quite awesome for everythin else cept the lighter tho

[neKronos]

daytime running lights are useless.

^true that... i don't see why we need those, i mean, who needs a flashlight in the sunlight?
good one....

I kinda like the concept of those, I've been in plenty of countries where they are mandatory, and I always see cars better when they are far away, and maneuvering. But I am used to not having them. They serve no benefit to you the driver, but to other drivers.

Most useless for me, are the sun visors.

This post has been edited by neKronos: Aug 18, 2007 - 11:13 AM

[azian_advanced]

oh i use mine a lot... i don't wear shades while i drive like most people...

[6gc94celi]

I dont know if you guys ever noticed this, but theres a button called "Loud" that supposedly makes the volume sound clearer and slightly louder. Its located next to the bass and trebel controls...i think its ridiculous bc it doesnt even rly do anything lol.

[Driveby]

I have a pedal called loud, but no button

[daphreakda]

I love my under column air vent, its great for keeping the crown jewels cool with the A/C on
Most useless part of mine is the fuel gauge as I know I always need fuel, even after Ive just filled up, damn GT4's

Oh it must be terrible to have a GT-4

[hongkongnerdboy]

we have daytime lights? o.o

[GriffGirl]

id have to say the cup holder unless you have an auto
it is IMPOSSIBLE to shift with a drink right there

Its not Impossible. I can put in a Medium McDonald drink (0.4 liter) in it and shift without problems. Its only a bit awkward

You sorta develop a technique... i call it 'the crane. Hand on shifter, bend wrist to 90 degrees, elbow in the air

Hahahha So true!!!

I myself am quite familiar with The Crane - being a girl with the small, nimble hands of the Japanese folks who designed this car, I have mastered The Crane with relative ease. I just saw Blades of Glory on DVD last night, and have just realized The Crane isn't too different from The Iron Lotus if you have one of the following in your "cup" holder: anything larger than a standard 16 oz cup; anything smaller than a 16 oz cup; anything hot; anything cold; anything with a straw that is taller than what you can actually get your lips on.

[zoik]

coin holder and ashtray light

[ashes1850]

holy sht, we have a rear ashtray? =x

exactly what I was thinking....who knew!

[parriehunter]

See the ashtray isn't completely useless. It can be used as a campfire.

In seriousness i would say the coin holder.