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NotDave
20,951 posts
27 months
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Pontoneer said: When I first bought my 1957 Mercedes back in 1982 , it took me a couple of weeks to discover that the indicators were operated by turning the horn ring ! Do you still have it?
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mollytherocker
7,215 posts
79 months
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I must be the odd one out here, the first thing I do when I buy a car is sit on the sofa and read the manual!!
You always find numerous clever little features on any car, like how to adjust speed sensitive radio volume for example.
If most dont bother to find out about all of these things, manufacturers are wasting their R&D spend?
MTR
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carlove
3,748 posts
37 months
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mollytherocker said: I must be the odd one out here, the first thing I do when I buy a car is sit on the sofa and read the manual!!
You always find numerous clever little features on any car, like how to adjust speed sensitive radio volume for example.
If most dont bother to find out about all of these things, manufacturers are wasting their R&D spend?
MTR First thing I do when I get a new car is get home and sit in it, I then fiddle with everything. 
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NotDave
20,951 posts
27 months
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First thing info is take the long route home, gentle driving. Then check its all good.
Then go play around the twisties and learn what it'll do!
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Davie
850 posts
85 months
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Just discovered both the Volvos have little levers on the rear of the passenger seat, down near the hinge for the backrest. Push them and the front seat folds forwards, totally flat. If only I knew that before trying to get a ladder in at some rediculous angle the other day.
Who knew...
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littlebasher
928 posts
41 months
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I recently discovered that if i hold down the open button on the keyfob, it puts the roof down automatically and then opens the windows
Pretty cool i thought
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gaters
590 posts
67 months
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I have had my car for about a year. I was at Le Mans last week when an enthusiast was looking over my car and said that it even had heated front seats. He was right! I had no idea. Shows yopu should take more notice when you have the car handed over|!
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noell35
823 posts
18 months
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cocopop said: One of the previous owners, I suspect it was the Japanese chap, decided to replace the OEM horn with an air horn.
I discovered whilst in a crowded petrol station. Dixie horn?
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browna
189 posts
53 months
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jonstable said: Bloody annoying buzzing noise on starting up the Eunos roadster stops when you plug your seatbelt in. Took ages to find that one out! I had this annoying buzzer, if you reach under the seat you can easily pull apart the connection to the seatbelt and it stop the buzz goin off.  still clunk click every trip though obvs!
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mig25_foxbat2003
1,544 posts
81 months
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littlebasher said: I recently discovered that if i hold down the open button on the keyfob, it puts the roof down automatically and then opens the windows
Pretty cool i thought Mine does that, but as I don't have remote central locking, you have to stand with the key in the door, held to the "unlock" position - which kinda defeats the point!
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dugt
1,620 posts
77 months
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I've had my Kia Cee'd for 5 months and 6000 miles and found out last week the interior mirror is double jointed so you can move it up or down, I always thought it got in the way at junctions  
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Harji
744 posts
31 months
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So I was chatting to the Mrs about kitting out a potential new car and said about our Subaru Legacy, "this car has electric heated leather seats a sunroof but look at the blanked off switches"at which point I found the heated front window screen switch which I didn't know I had. I've had the car 10 months.
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pingu393
630 posts
75 months
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carlove said: mollytherocker said: I must be the odd one out here, the first thing I do when I buy a car is sit on the sofa and read the manual!!
You always find numerous clever little features on any car, like how to adjust speed sensitive radio volume for example.
If most dont bother to find out about all of these things, manufacturers are wasting their R&D spend?
MTR First thing I do when I get a new car is get home and sit in it, I then fiddle with everything. I did the same as carlove, but I was wondering if my ears were deceiving me as the radio volume kept going up and down. I was sat on the bog when I found out why. Now you know where I read the car manual .
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TRUENOSAM
708 posts
40 months
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Alfa 155, After 12 months of ownership I found a electronic boot relase switch in the glove box none the less. Typical Alfa style
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Ray Luxury-Yacht
6,515 posts
86 months
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My Skoda Octy VRS has a tiny, '3rd' sun visor above the mirror that folds down just like the full size ones wither side. In so many cars I've had before, sod's law dictates that even though you have both big sun visors down, the bloody sun still gets you through the tiny gap above the rear view mirror. Well NO MORE! Not in my Skoda anyway!
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Wills2
5,496 posts
45 months
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I found out that my 5 series rear view mirror isn't attached using a detachable ball and socket connection and if you pull hard enough the whole assembly with rip off from the windscreen. 
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CR6ZZ
236 posts
15 months
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Found, after an hour or more of searching for the problem, that my Sierra Cosworth had a fuel pump cut-out switch (presumably as a safeguard in case of rollover) under the spare wheel in the boot after it was triggered by hitting a large rock on a country road. I'd only owned it for seven years at that stage....
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lexusboy
476 posts
13 months
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Not a car I owned but a car I worked on
BMW 320si I think it was. Carried out an oil and filter change, filled it up with oil and then went to check it in the dipstick. 'Ummmmmmmmm where's the chuffing dipstick?'
To my mate 'Yo, come over here and find the dipstick for me?'
My mate 'Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm I cannot find the dipstick'
Bummer.
Ended up ringing a mate that works at BMW 'Oh yeah its got an electronic dipstick which you access through the on board computer'
Half an hour it took me to check the oil level
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carlove
3,748 posts
37 months
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lexusboy said: Not a car I owned but a car I worked on
BMW 320si I think it was. Carried out an oil and filter change, filled it up with oil and then went to check it in the dipstick. 'Ummmmmmmmm where's the chuffing dipstick?'
To my mate 'Yo, come over here and find the dipstick for me?'
My mate 'Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm I cannot find the dipstick'
Bummer.
Ended up ringing a mate that works at BMW 'Oh yeah its got an electronic dipstick which you access through the on board computer'
Half an hour it took me to check the oil level I would not trust an electronic dipstick, my 159 had an electronic dipstick and in the 3 years of ownership it was always full, luckily it also had a normal dipstick.
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jenpot
428 posts
57 months
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Decky_Q said: Holding 'unlock' on my alfa key remotely wound the windows down and holding 'lock' wound them up- had the car about 2years.
Was servicing my classic mini cooper after about 6 months and turned out there was no air filter in the housing, I wasnt very happy. Funnily enough, discovered this window thing on my MINI 4 years into ownership. Actually, there's a thought, the new one must do the same. Will find out tomorrow. I've hardly even played with my new car yes, I'll probably find all manner of cool things in the next few months. I do know I've got fog-lights this time round. Win.
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