Daylight saving time
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I always hate when it is time change the clocks. I have six cars and changing the clocks is different in each of them. What a please t surprise when I went to change the time in the DB11.
It was already done. It changes automatically. How cool is that. Just one more thing to make me like the new DB11.
It was already done. It changes automatically. How cool is that. Just one more thing to make me like the new DB11.
steveway said:
come off it you lot, it takes 10 seconds, four operations and only twice a year, and the magic of seeing the hands move on their own
Actually, the Vantage is the most annoying of the lot to do! I keep one of those things you're supposed to use to open memory card slots on tablets / phones on my keyring, purely so that I have something to adjust the Aston clock with.davek_964 said:
Actually, the Vantage is the most annoying of the lot to do! I keep one of those things you're supposed to use to open memory card slots on tablets / phones on my keyring, purely so that I have something to adjust the Aston clock with.
Corkscrew tip on the ever present Swiss Army knife that lives in the drivers door! 
Paperclip in the tool box specifically for altering the Vantage clock, but I counted the number of devices I had to alter in the house/garage/garden and it totalled 19, now who can remember which combination of buttons to press on the cooker, so lets average that out at 3 minutes a device....there's my 'extra hour' gone just changing bloody clocks. 
raceboy said:
Paperclip in the tool box specifically for altering the Vantage clock, but I counted the number of devices I had to alter in the house/garage/garden and it totalled 19, now who can remember which combination of buttons to press on the cooker, so lets average that out at 3 minutes a device....there's my 'extra hour' gone just changing bloody clocks.
Yep, I somehow managed to mess up all the central heating settings while trying to alter the timer clock, had to dig the book out and reprogramme the timer!!What Vantage have you got, the 2010 V12V only needs you to get to setup and its simple
davek_964 said:
Actually, the Vantage is the most annoying of the lot to do! I keep one of those things you're supposed to use to open memory card slots on tablets / phones on my keyring, purely so that I have something to adjust the Aston clock with.
In all of my German cars from the last 10(!) years it goes/went automatically (using a radio clock or GPS), but maybe that is a European thing?
In older Astons (<2012?) you indeed have to do it yourself. In the post 2008 cars it is not so difficult (using the menu) in older cars you must use a pen or so.
In older Astons (<2012?) you indeed have to do it yourself. In the post 2008 cars it is not so difficult (using the menu) in older cars you must use a pen or so.
8Speed said:
I'd much rather we stayed on BST instead of swapping the clocks twice a year and descending into darkness halfway through the afternoon at this time of year.
Guess what: overhere in EU they seriously consider to go back to one time again (either ST or DST, they will probably fight about what to choose for the coming 10 years).Edited by AWV12 on Tuesday 6th November 17:50
steveway said:
What Vantage have you got, the 2010 V12V only needs you to get to setup and its simple
2006.davek_964 said:
Actually, the Vantage is the most annoying of the lot to do! I keep one of those things you're supposed to use to open memory card slots on tablets / phones on my keyring, purely so that I have something to adjust the Aston clock with.
My Alfa allows me to change it by going into the settings - but that doesn't mean it's easy, at least not the first time you have to do it. For reasons I'll never understand, the only way to get to the 'settings' option is to press the trip button - then you get a number of options, one of which is settings.... Italian logic eh?
klee168168 said:
How does the vantage v8 automatically know to change the time when you turn it on? My other cars that also have gps, you still have to manually go in and change the time.
I think via the RDS radio signal, but I might be wrong.Edited by klee168168 on Monday 2nd November 03:55
In the DB7 I need to have a pin type implement to insert in a hole in order to adjust the clock. Which I never have on me when I think about changing the clock so by the time I get around to it it is almost time to change the clock back again.
Had a weird conversation with the wife a few years back one October morning when she looked at the clock and said:
"Is that 8 am or 8 pm?"
Had a weird conversation with the wife a few years back one October morning when she looked at the clock and said:
"Is that 8 am or 8 pm?"
morty1961 said:
The clocks in my V12V and Mk1 Focus RS stay on BST as they hibernate in the garage from end October Until April (at the earliest).
Ah, you have a Mk 1 RS? It has been my second car, at 22, after my Integra Type-R! Loved both of them really, but the brutality of the turbo in the RS was cool. Of course I fitted a pop-off valve! Here is a picture, it had Wolf double exhaust, Wolf springs, spacers, sports cats, questionable dark rear lights and stupid wheels, the previous owner changed them and sold the superbly beautiful OZs.
In hindsight, I would keep it original now, but hey, I was 22. I will not show you my Integra, it was the Fast & Furious times!
Edited by EVR on Monday 2nd November 10:00
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