"Secret" car features.
Discussion
Alex_225 said:
Not so much a secret but quite a tidy idea for the heater controls in my other half's Merc SL. When the heater control are pushed in they just say 'Auto'
When you pop them out it reveals the fan direction options.
That is cool....means humans have spent ages thinking of/ perfecting this kind of thing...as JC says, "It's the little things...."When you pop them out it reveals the fan direction options.
Ruaraidh_Gamma said:
On my E class AMG, if you press and hold lock, it closes the sunroof and windows. So much so normal.
BUT.... If you press and hold unlock when approaching the car, it opens all the windows and sunroof and turns on the driver's seat ventilation
My Jag does this, it's really handy when you're sat in your living room with your keys in your pocket which presses the button. You can then go out to your car and find all the windows down and the seats soaking wet...I've only done this twice.BUT.... If you press and hold unlock when approaching the car, it opens all the windows and sunroof and turns on the driver's seat ventilation
An oldie, but pretty advanced features for the time... The 1989 Volvo 480 I had had the following features:
- "Follow me home" headlights (from the driving lights, not the pop-ups)
- Rear wiper that activated when put into reverse if fronts were on.
- Front wipers that changed from intermittent to fast if you accelerated hard.
- 3 position adjustable back-rests on the individual rear seats.
- Lights behind the lock hole that would illuminate when you lifted the handle so you could find the keyhole in the dark.
The later 1993 model that I had also had the window/sunroof closure system when you held the key in the lock position.
Of course, being a Volvo 480 with dodgy '80's designed electrics, some of these systems (plus many others) only operated intermittently depending on what day of the week it was and/or if it had rained recently!
- "Follow me home" headlights (from the driving lights, not the pop-ups)
- Rear wiper that activated when put into reverse if fronts were on.
- Front wipers that changed from intermittent to fast if you accelerated hard.
- 3 position adjustable back-rests on the individual rear seats.
- Lights behind the lock hole that would illuminate when you lifted the handle so you could find the keyhole in the dark.
The later 1993 model that I had also had the window/sunroof closure system when you held the key in the lock position.
Of course, being a Volvo 480 with dodgy '80's designed electrics, some of these systems (plus many others) only operated intermittently depending on what day of the week it was and/or if it had rained recently!
Irony here... but yet again another decent topic ruined by people failing to read previous posts and duplicating comments alongside those trying to be comedians makes this an absolute pain to trawl for decent information.
Would have been good also if people had applied a standard format to their posts but hey... this is PistonHeads it's what I should have expected.
Would have been good also if people had applied a standard format to their posts but hey... this is PistonHeads it's what I should have expected.
Edited by CGJ0 on Wednesday 13th July 13:18
CGJ0 said:
Irony here... but yet again another decent topic ruined by people failing to read previous posts and duplicating comments alongside those trying to be comedians makes this an absolute pain to trawl for decent information.
Would have been good also if people had applied a standard format to their posts but hey... this is PistonHeads it's what I should have expected.
Well do something about it and create a wiki for it. Would have been good also if people had applied a standard format to their posts but hey... this is PistonHeads it's what I should have expected.
Edited by CGJ0 on Wednesday 13th July 13:18
Populate it with all the posts from here.
Please email each contributor first to ask which models and years of manufacture each applies to, and if they tested it, or just heard a rumour.
CGJ0 said:
Irony here... but yet again another decent topic ruined by people failing to read previous posts and duplicating comments alongside those trying to be comedians makes this an absolute pain to trawl for decent information.
Would have been good also if people had applied a standard format to their posts but hey... this is PistonHeads it's what I should have expected.
I'm struggling to see in what way "irony" comes into it? Am I missing something obvious?Would have been good also if people had applied a standard format to their posts but hey... this is PistonHeads it's what I should have expected.
Edited by CGJ0 on Wednesday 13th July 13:18
talksthetorque said:
Posting a post which is the type of post poster is complaining about.
It's not 10000 spoons when all you need is a knife, but it's not far off.
Right on, I'm hijacking the flow of the topic by posting a whinge but hopefully some members will see just how green the grass could be with a bit more discipline in everyone's approach to posting.It's not 10000 spoons when all you need is a knife, but it's not far off.
CraigyMc said:
Holding down unlock winds the windows down on most cars, on some cabrios it opens the roof.
Holding down the lock button on my e90 just locks the car then makes my thumb sore after a while
Holding down unlock on mine puts down all windows and opens sunroofHolding down the lock button on my e90 just locks the car then makes my thumb sore after a while
Holding down lock will close sunroof and put all windows back up, and fold mirrors in.
CraigyMc said:
Holding down unlock winds the windows down on most cars, on some cabrios it opens the roof.
Holding down the lock button on my e90 just locks the car then makes my thumb sore after a while
My E90 was a similar age to yours, and it wound the windows down and opened the sunroof on unlock and closed them on lock.Holding down the lock button on my e90 just locks the car then makes my thumb sore after a while
talksthetorque said:
Posting a post which is the type of post poster is complaining about.
It's not 10000 spoons when all you need is a knife, but it's not far off.
Firstly, I'd like to apologise about quoting this line from Alannis Morrisette. It's not 10000 spoons when all you need is a knife, but it's not far off.
She was not a great purveyor of Irony.
Now if she'd have sung
"It's like getting stabbed, when all you need is a knife"
That would have been delightfully ironic
CGJ0 said:
Right on, I'm hijacking the flow of the topic by posting a whinge but hopefully some members will see just how green the grass could be with a bit more discipline in everyone's approach to posting.
CGJ0 is actually right and we all know he is.This thread below is a great example.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
talksthetorque said:
CGJ0 is actually right and we all know he is.
This thread below is a great example.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
This did make me smile.This thread below is a great example.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Quite funny also that we got our 11th post on the same thing.
Dannbodge said:
Holding down unlock on mine puts down all windows and opens sunroof
Holding down lock will close sunroof and put all windows back up, and fold mirrors in.
Think this joke is also a repeat with a bit tacked on the end:Holding down lock will close sunroof and put all windows back up, and fold mirrors in.
robinessex said:
Is there a button you can press to shut the wife up. I find that full gas only results in screaming !
Argh! And there was me genuinely interested in trying to read about some "easter eggs" with ease!Edited by CGJ0 on Thursday 14th July 09:19
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