Does anyone else still call them cigarette lighters?

"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob) 07/26/2016 at 23:19 • Filed to: None

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the 12v power outlet that can’t be called a cigarette lighter anymore because they don’t actually have one anymore, just a black cap on it.

But I still call it a cigarette lighter. Anyone else? :p

E90M3 > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:22

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My E90 came with the “smoker’s package” so it had the cigarette lighter where I plug my radar detector in. So it’s still a cigarette lighter.

ttyymmnn > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:23

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Yes. Yes I do. They can call it a power outlet, but it’s still a lighter to me.

Agrajag > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:25

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I still do.

wafflesnfalafel > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:27

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yep - “I’m gonna plug my phone into the cigarette lighter.” Interestingly enough my nephew just asked me why I call it that just this past weekend...

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:27

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yes

Slant6 > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:28

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It’s kinda neat how it was adapted over time for different uses. It’s conception was just to get 12v to the cab and be able to heat up a coil, but as people started smoking less and using accessories more they design was able to stay the same.

I think it’s really cool that I can charge my phone in my 51 year old car.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:29

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I still do.

My citroen won't start > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:31

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If it has the clicky-hot-burny thing it is a cigarette lighter, if not, just a power outlet.

dogisbadob > Slant6 07/26/2016 at 23:32

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as long as it’s 12v and not 6v :p

good point tho

TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:33

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*looks at the plethora of ash trays and the cig lighter in my 84 e28* I guess I kind of have to. But yeah I always will call it a cigarette lighter.

interstate366, now In The Industry > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:34

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Yep. Two of my cars are old enough that they have the actual cigarette lighter in there anyway. The 2001 does not.

Urambo Tauro > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:36

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It’s always been “cigarette lighter” to me. But when flipping through my car’s factory service manual, I noticed that Ford’s official term (even in 1994) was CIGAR lighter. Huh.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:38

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I do

lone_liberal > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:39

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Guilty. When they're in the dash like a lighter would be I still call them that.

lone_liberal > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:40

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Or positive ground!

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:44

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I do. I guess that makes me old? I’m 32. When I was a kid it seemed like 50% or more of the adults I knew smoked and every car had an actual cigarette lighter in the outlet as well as an ash tray.

dogisbadob > interstate366, now In The Industry 07/26/2016 at 23:55

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Oh wow they started taking them out THAT early? Because I know the Focus still had them in 2002

The 2001 Saturn L-series has a cigarette lighter up front, and a black cap over the one in the back. But the lighterless one in the back does have an ashtray next to it. The best part is that the owners manual says not to put a cigarette lighter in the back one!

How old are your other cars?

smobgirl > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 23:57

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My 99 civic and my brothers 98 accord didn't have them either.

interstate366, now In The Industry > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 00:09

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My other two are 1991 and 1993. Just driving the '91 today with a phone charger plugged in, I was thinking about the idea of charging my phone in my antique car.

Wacko > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 00:10

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I always have.

I started driving in 95 and all my 80s-90s cars had actual lighters. Even my 2003 protege5 still had one without being an option. When I bought my 2010 sx4 it was an accessory port. The lighter was an option, meaning they have to change the socket. I was a smoker for just over 20 years. I quit in 2014. I still a lighter plug, I just don't say cigarette.

My 2014 pathfinder, and my wife's 2011 Elantra both have accessory ports.

dogisbadob > smobgirl 07/27/2016 at 00:10

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Oh wow I didn’t know that!

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Slant6 07/27/2016 at 00:15

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I just bought a new one for the Niva. The old one still worked, it was just too deep for any of my accessories to actually get power... they didn’t reach all the way to the bottom to pick up the positive. Because Lada I guess...

I’m actually a little emabarrased how long it took me to figure that one out. I’ve actually started campfires with the lighter, that’s how well it worked, and it put out a solid 11.9V, but I got absolutely nothing plugging in phone chargers.

smobgirl > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 00:23

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Now I’m really curious when the turning point was/who the early adopters were. I feel like I missed a big chunk of history going straight from a ‘99 to a ‘12 vehicle. The Hondas didn’t even have ash trays - I feel like my ‘99 Sentra didn't have a lighter (probably lost) but I definitely kept spare change in an ash tray.

dogisbadob > smobgirl 07/27/2016 at 00:29

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me too!

Invinciblejets > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 00:32

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I do lol.

My FC has nice cigarette lighter/ashtray design in my opinion. The ashtray lid flips up and sits flush when closed.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 01:08

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No, it’s always been a cigar lighter. Both my Bentley and Rolls have cigar lighters.

Seriously though, Yes it’s always been and will always remain a cigarette lighter to me. Much the same as a 4WD or 4x4 wagon, recently in Australia some dickhead decided to start calling 4x4 wagons SUV’s!! FFS There’s nothing sporty about a 4x4 wagon, Utilities are cars without roofs over the load area. Only part of that acronym that gets it right is the ‘V’ for vehicle.

I’m old.

Birddog > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 01:27

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Crusty is a 1995 and has a Cigar lighter and a power port.

My ex wife had an 01 Cavalier that had a black “lighter" in the lighter port and a power port in the console box. I always thought that was odd.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 01:28

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Definitely. Fun fact: Mercedes, to this day, calls the main front one a cigar lighter whether it has the smokers package with the igniter or not.

jordang1028 > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 05:30

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I have noticed while building various cars using online configurators that it is an option for the most part these days, and one you will not likely see unless you personally spec the car. I do not smoke, but for some reason I prefer to have the actual cigarette lighter over the black plastic cap.

jariten1781 > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 06:28

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Depends on who I’m talking to...generally, yes cigarette lighter, but if I’m chatting with someone born in the midish 90s or younger I’ll say outlet or 12V or something (I don’t like accessory port...too generic)

Dru > dogisbadob 07/27/2016 at 08:58

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When I was in high school and thought smoking was cool, okay maybe I never actually thought that but I still did it, my 94 4Runner had a working lighter that got used a few times. My 04 Grand Cherokee just has power outlets.

Aaaron > interstate366, now In The Industry 07/27/2016 at 12:50

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My 2008 M6 has a real cigarette lighter (who the fuck would smoke in that car anyway!?!?) aaaaaaaand I honestly don’t remember whether or not my 2008 Forester has one.