Technology ! ...... 100% usefull ! Is it sh!t.
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A while ago I brought a Citroen C5 (I know, I know, but it serves a purpose) and it is fitted with auto activating lights and wipers!
WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!
The lights come on far too late into the evening for my liking, I nearly always end up turning them on before the car thinks it's dark enough.
You then drive along a road like Upper & Lower Thames Street and they flash on & off with every bridge/tunnel you drive under. The bloke in front must think you wanna fight him!
THEY'VE BEEN DISABLED!
As for the wipers ..... Any one know how to disable them or programe an intermittent option into them. They change their speed every couple of seconds and when you hit moderately heavy rain they go bloody ape! I have reverted to doing my own intermittent using the one touch wipe or just switching them on to normal speed 1. NOT IMPRESSED.
Oh, and they squeek and judder.
The rest of the car ....... as I said, it was brought for a purpose and so far it is ideal. We lug a full boot full of kit arround and have a roof rack full of ladders. So far we have clocked up over 5k in a month, returned 41mpg and find it quiet, smooth and very relaxing. Quick it aint but 600 miles between fill ups make for great motorway munching.
CITROEN CUSTOMER SERVICES ..... DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE LIGHTS & WIPERS PLEASE.
WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!
The lights come on far too late into the evening for my liking, I nearly always end up turning them on before the car thinks it's dark enough.
You then drive along a road like Upper & Lower Thames Street and they flash on & off with every bridge/tunnel you drive under. The bloke in front must think you wanna fight him!
THEY'VE BEEN DISABLED!
As for the wipers ..... Any one know how to disable them or programe an intermittent option into them. They change their speed every couple of seconds and when you hit moderately heavy rain they go bloody ape! I have reverted to doing my own intermittent using the one touch wipe or just switching them on to normal speed 1. NOT IMPRESSED.
Oh, and they squeek and judder.
The rest of the car ....... as I said, it was brought for a purpose and so far it is ideal. We lug a full boot full of kit arround and have a roof rack full of ladders. So far we have clocked up over 5k in a month, returned 41mpg and find it quiet, smooth and very relaxing. Quick it aint but 600 miles between fill ups make for great motorway munching.
CITROEN CUSTOMER SERVICES ..... DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE LIGHTS & WIPERS PLEASE.
Boosted LS1 said: Man, you've got an ultima, anything else is less. Maybe your judgements getting distorted. My wipers hardly move at all!.
Yep. I have an Ultima! But I also have a wife, two kids, a mut and a job that requires an awful lot of gear to be carried. So I also need a car like the C5.
Why can't they get something so bloody simple right. Or just not offer it at all.
Technology? Stick it!
precisely my thoughts, technology, makes you go,
"Umm, thats a clever looking device, i wonder how long before it ends up being punted down the garden"
Not that i am in any way a luddite, i like things that do what they purport to, but when (and they nearly always do) go wrong i go MAD
"Umm, thats a clever looking device, i wonder how long before it ends up being punted down the garden"
Not that i am in any way a luddite, i like things that do what they purport to, but when (and they nearly always do) go wrong i go MAD
wedg1e said: Took a Peugeot 406 hire car to France on a job: that had the auto wipers and they seemed to be spot-on to me.
But then I drive a TVR: if the wiper completes a full sweep and stays on the car it's a result...
Ian
Funny that, I was just thinking the same thing about the Mojo.
wedg1e said: Took a Peugeot 406 hire car to France on a job: that had the auto wipers and they seemed to be spot-on to me.
But then I drive a TVR: if the wiper completes a full sweep and stays on the car it's a result...
Ian
LOL
I used to have a Pug 406 Coupe (3lSE) which had all the auto-sensing wipers kit. It really did used to work amazingly. But I haven't ordered the options on any other car since though - when its just as easy to flick the stalk with my right hand (ooer).
Don said:
LOL
But I haven't ordered the options on any other car since though - when its just as easy to flick the stalk with my right hand (ooer).
Mmmmm.....406 coupe.... mmmmm.... yes, I KNOW it's only a 406 in a posh dress, but still one of the more 'grown-up' coupes IMHO (not like that noncy Calibra crap - all the style of a skinhead doorman)
Ian
You obviously don't have staff do you bonce?
The auto sense works great on the 500SLK...
It even knows when the screen needs cleaning...
Now who in their right minds wants to be bothered with trivia like that when you're getting blown off by your secratary at about 90 on the motorway...
The auto sense works great on the 500SLK...
It even knows when the screen needs cleaning...
Now who in their right minds wants to be bothered with trivia like that when you're getting blown off by your secratary at about 90 on the motorway...
Scruffy said: You obviously don't have staff do you bonce?
The auto sense works great on the 500SLK...
It even knows when the screen needs cleaning...
Now who in their right minds wants to be bothered with trivia like that when you're getting blown off by your secratary at about 90 on the motorway...
Your secratary is 90 years old?
Interesting
Bonce said: If you need a computer to turn your wipers and lights on and off for you, then you're not paying enough attention to the road conditions and what's going on around you.
Not a dig at you, ultimapaul, but at Citroen!
Ban them, say I.
Too bloody true ..... You have to try these gadgets out though if they're fitted. Pitty they don't work as I would want them too.
I'm just relieved they can be disabled.
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