>>>>I got an interesting recall notice (actually repair notice) from VW for my car a while back. It said it was possible for the seat warmer in the passenger seat to spontaneously catch fire. Hmmm.
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>>>What model and year VW do you have?
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>>2003 Jetta. It has been a great car and I would definitely buy another one. But now I avoid the seat warmer ;-) (Actually my daughters are about the only ones who have ever used them).
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>Looks like one of those features that may look great as selling points (to all involved - seller, advertiser, buyer), but in reality aren't used often, or at all.
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>I finally have a new(er) car, and I don't think I'll ever use cruise control. Not that I'm driving out of town much :) (thought it has a few I was missing on the old Corolla - powered side mirrors, light in the trunk, intermittent wipers). Come to think of it, there are such options in Fox as well - functions which were great ideas at the time, but never caught on for most of us (ActiveDoc, general fields). Or, my 5.1 system has two ways of faking the rear channels - one for music, another for gaming - which I tried for a few days and just gave up. Even the simplest freebie cell phone has a few things you never use. Heck, even my desk phone has about a dozen I never even tried :).

Cruise control is nice for long stretches of highway driving. Other than that, you could almost forget it's there.

The funniest feature option I ever saw on a car (don't remember which one) was called a Smoker's Convenience Package and cost about 50 bucks. Cigarette lighter and an ashtray.