A CAR expert has revealed that there are still hidden blank button reminders in many cars.
In the past, it was routine for the buyer of a new luxury car to see blank buttons with seemingly no use – buttons for features that the driver did not opt to pay for.
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These buttons might be used to set an alarm, use XM radio, or for a number of other "luxury" features.
A TikTok influencer recently demonstrated that these vehicle buttons are just as common today as they were in previous years.
"Blank buttons STILL [exist]. Except now, they are just deprogrammed and darkened….. thoughts?" influencer Dom Giovanni (@car_connoisseur) captioned the video.
During the short clip, he zoomed in on a middle panel of a car to show the darkened, blank buttons in between the buttons that function and light up.
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"When you think blank buttons are a thing of the past..." he overlaid on the video, playing a repeating soundtrack asking the question, "You sure about that?" in the background.
Giovanni has shared dozens of videos with tips about cars to his more than 50,000 TikTok followers, garnering millions of views.
Thousands of fans liked his video about blank buttons and several left comments.
"I’d hate spending the money on a Porsche and seeing the stuff I didn’t option for," one viewer posted.
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"Always there to remind you what you missed out on enjoying," another wrote.
"Oh that’s gotta be just a feature flag that you can hack," someone suggested.
But some social media users seemed to think that complaining about the blank buttons was overkill.
"And...?" one person wrote.
"Imagine not getting every available option, this comment was left by classic luxury gang," one user joked.
"Crazy! I thought car companies would have our backs," another quipped.
