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MetaJew posted:When I first bought my car (MS3) I left the auto-headlights switch on. But then, occasionally, I would leave a parking garage and drive into broad daylight and my headlights wouldn't turn off and my gauge cluster wouldn't lighten back up. After that happened a few times I just switched back to manually toggling my lights when I needed them. I don't know about the first gen ones, but the second gen MS3 you can click the dimmer adjustment like it was the trip odometer and it will cancel the dimming. Then you click it again and it goes back to your dim setting!
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Keyser S0ze posted:I can't remember the last time I've had to actually manually turn ON my headlights in any of my BMW's since 2000....people still have to do that? I drive a BMW and I keep the switch on manual because I drive rentals enough that auto headlights create potentially dangerous and bad habits.
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Feb 2, 2012 13:30
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I find it's the people with the auto-headlights that are the worst. It's almost always higher end cars that are driving around without lights because of it. They have it on almost all the time but that one time they turn it off to manual because [situation] and then they forget to put it back on auto and assume it still is and their headlights are just dirty or something. I know it's supposed to be a feature and all, but it's one of those features I really wish would be removed by all manufacturers for the greater good.
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Feb 2, 2012 15:20
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Viper915 posted:I don't know about the first gen ones, but the second gen MS3 you can click the dimmer adjustment like it was the trip odometer and it will cancel the dimming. Then you click it again and it goes back to your dim setting! First gen has it too, I use it religiously 
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Feb 2, 2012 15:32
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Keyser S0ze posted:I can't remember the last time I've had to actually manually turn ON my headlights in any of my BMW's since 2000....people still have to do that? I can't remember the last time I had to turn on my own headlights either. In my 98 Isuzu. 
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Feb 2, 2012 16:54
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Naky posted:I find it's the people with the auto-headlights that are the worst. It's almost always higher end cars that are driving around without lights because of it. They have it on almost all the time but that one time they turn it off to manual because [situation] and then they forget to put it back on auto and assume it still is and their headlights are just dirty or something. I know it's supposed to be a feature and all, but it's one of those features I really wish would be removed by all manufacturers for the greater good. Just wait. Auto High Beams are out there now as well, and will surely trickle down to every car. I was driving a '12 Grand Cherokee last night and it was creepy how well it worked.
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Feb 2, 2012 17:30
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I drive a BMW and I keep the switch on manual because I drive rentals enough that auto headlights create potentially dangerous and bad habits. Yeah, I understand that. I freak out sometimes when I have to drive an automatic and someone locks up in front of me and I react by immediately looking for clutches and gearshifts to engage and stop, plus the big giant brake pedal throws me off.
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Feb 2, 2012 18:40
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IOwnCalculus posted:First gen has it too, I use it religiously I just have a problem with my MS3 auto lights turning off while it's raining. I don't like that.
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Feb 2, 2012 18:48
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Just another reason flip-up headlights own. I can see and hear them when they go up. Of course, when they freeze shut...
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Gain 20 Pounds posted:Just another reason flip-up headlights own. I can see and hear them when they go up. Of course, when they freeze shut... Well clearly you need to switch to HIDZ so the heat melts the ice.
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Feb 2, 2012 21:00
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Gain 20 Pounds posted:Just another reason flip-up headlights own. I can see and hear them when they go up. Of course, when they freeze shut... But there's a button to leave them up in the snow?
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Feb 2, 2012 21:02
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LTBS posted:I just have a problem with my MS3 auto lights turning off while it's raining. I don't like that. Daytime rain is pretty much the only condition I have to manually turn mine on for, because it's still juuust light enough out to tell the sensor not to. Headlights in the rain are more to be seen, not for helping you see, anyway.
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Feb 2, 2012 22:05
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Keyser S0ze posted:Yeah, I understand that. I freak out sometimes when I have to drive an automatic and someone locks up in front of me and I react by immediately looking for clutches and gearshifts to engage and stop, plus the big giant brake pedal throws me off. Strange but when I drive an auto I realize there's no clutch and don't go for it.
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Feb 3, 2012 00:24
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wav3form posted:Strange but when I drive an auto I realize there's no clutch and don't go for it. I noticed this going back to an auto for the first time in a year or two as well, but even so I frequently reached for the shifter, especially when making left turns at lights.
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wav3form posted:Strange but when I drive an auto I realize there's no clutch and don't go for it. blame car control clinic drills drive 35 mph straight at cones ditch left or right based on flag signal lock up in target box without stalling (meaning take the car out of loving gear so it doesn't stall and you can get away from exploding tanker truck or zombies in front of you) Keyser_Soze fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Feb 3, 2012 |
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Feb 3, 2012 00:45
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Ziploc posted:But there's a button to leave them up in the snow? I'm curious -- do all popup headlights have that mode?
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Feb 3, 2012 00:51
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kimbo305 posted:I'm curious -- do all popup headlights have that mode?
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wav3form posted:Strange but when I drive an auto I realize there's no clutch and don't go for it. I've given a few people wiplash before, but generally 5 minutes and I'm fine. My right hand drifts over the gearshift a lot though.
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Feb 3, 2012 01:04
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TrueChaos posted:I've given a few people wiplash before, but generally 5 minutes and I'm fine. My right hand drifts over the gearshift a lot though. .... then something horrible happens in front of you and you revert to emergency instincts for a second or two before you realize have neither a clutch pedal nor a gearshift (that's all I was trying to say).
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Feb 3, 2012 01:13
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Yeah, it's hard to fight years and years of muscle memory in a split second. I tend not to worry about it on the basis that, if something happens in front of me suddenly enough to make me instinctively go for the clutch, an emergency stop is probably an appropriate response anyway.
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Feb 3, 2012 01:23
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I would expect not, since there's mechanical popup headlights like the Opel GT (though those almost certainly stay where they're put). I don't remember seeing that feature on an AE86 I drove either unless I was especially thick that day. The AW11 MR2 I used to drive had a setting to keep the lights flipped up, so I'd imagine an AE86 would have the same feature.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I would expect not, since there's mechanical popup headlights like the Opel GT (though those almost certainly stay where they're put). I don't remember seeing that feature on an AE86 I drove either unless I was especially thick that day. The GT is actually supposed to turn the lights on when you flip them over. However, the switches and wiring for it are fiddly and rarely survive, so most owners install a separate switch.
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Feb 3, 2012 03:00
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Our '93 Probe had a button to keep the lights up, our '95 didn't.
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Feb 3, 2012 20:29
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240SX and Miata both have popup switches.
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Feb 3, 2012 21:05
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Where's all the NSX talk after the superbowl commercial?
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Feb 7, 2012 01:25
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Hashal posted:Where's all the NSX talk after the superbowl commercial?
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:240SX and Miata both have popup switches. i have a 97 180sx with the switch, my buddies 91 doesnt.
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Laserface posted:i have a 97 180sx with the switch, my buddies 91 doesnt. He should... My 89, and both 93s have/had it, along with my friends 91, I don't see why your friends wouldn't, whats in the place of the button?
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Feb 7, 2012 03:36
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Nitrox posted:Perhaps nobody cares about the hybrid definitely-not-supercar, just sport-looking-thing they keep changing the story about? This is me. They went from pure drivers car to techno mental. I no longer care about the NSX.
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Hashal posted:Where's all the NSX talk after the superbowl commercial? We remembered the CR-Z and said no thanks.
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Feb 7, 2012 04:27
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D C posted:He should... I dont know, actually. But mine was a type X that came with the factory fog lights which were removed, along with the fog lights button. Id say the PO of his car removed the button when he swapped the dash lights out with red LEDS 
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Laserface posted:I dont know, actually. But mine was a type X that came with the factory fog lights which were removed, along with the fog lights button. Id say the PO of his car removed the button when he swapped the dash lights out with red LEDS But its one of the big rear end buttons, wonder if it has a Silvia cluster surround or something.
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D C posted:But its one of the big rear end buttons, wonder if it has a Silvia cluster surround or something. big rear end buttons? i have the hazard and rear wiper on the 'big' buttons and then down beside the steering column/keys I have the headlight button, and a few blanks. Im assuming these were for options like fogs/cruise control if it was available. Ours are imported from Japan (never sold domestically) so there may be differences between the JDM and USDM models. The few that were sold domestically were the coupes with the regular coupe lights the JDM models have, and in the same spot they actually get a dimmer knob for the dash lights (Australian Design Rules requirement). either way these are not new cars so maybe this derail has gone far enough
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Viper915 posted:I don't know about the first gen ones, but the second gen MS3 you can click the dimmer adjustment like it was the trip odometer and it will cancel the dimming. Then you click it again and it goes back to your dim setting! This is true on the 1st gen, as others have said-- I just don't see the benefit. I'm smart enough to turn my headlights on in low light conditions. The stalk is also easier to access than reaching through the steering wheel as I'm driving.
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Am I the only one that thinks the new NSX looks like dog poo poo?
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Yes?
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travisray2004 posted:Am I the only one that thinks the new NSX looks like dog poo poo? No.
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I think it looks awesome but am bummed they hopped aboard the AWD hybrid bandwagon. An NSX should be RWD. 
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Hey look, we're discussing the NSX!
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A5H posted:So BMW's diesel M car is a straight six with TRIPLE turbos. What? Next Porsche 911 Turbo (991) will also have three turbos. quote:As revealed in a series of recent patent applications made by the German car maker, the Porsche system uses three individual turbochargers. One smaller unit is mounted close to the engine to boost low-end response together with two larger ones similar to the Borg Warner units in use today.
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