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Noise Complaint posted:Modern Fords that have auto down on all the windows will also let you roll down all 4 windows by holding down the unlock button on the key for a few seconds. Handy in the summer to air out the car. Going from an E46 to (a Forester) to a '15 FiST, this is one of the features I miss the most from the BMW - rolling down the windows by double tapping and holding the unlock button, or rolling them up by doing the same with the lock button. It's the most effective way to air out hot stagnant air in the summer, and I love sliding into a fresh air'd cabin. One of the little things I hate most about my current car: I know the auto-down feature exists in the FiST ECU, but it's not enabled for USDM versions.
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Cellular Suicide posted:One of the little things I hate most about my current car: I know the auto-down feature exists in the FiST ECU, but it's not enabled for USDM versions. Truly, I hate that all two of the windows in my truck aren't auto-down. I mean, you already did half of them by wiring up the driver's side, why not finish it by doing the passenger's side?
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Mar 4, 2016 06:34
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I am constantly messing with wiper settings when it starts to rain. I'll even use the single wipe switch as needed if it's not raining hard because that's how much I loving hate hearing dry wipers skip across my windshield. Noise Complaint posted:Modern Fords that have auto down on all the windows will also let you roll down all 4 windows by holding down the unlock button on the key for a few seconds. Handy in the summer to air out the car. Can't wait to try this out.
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I can crash it into things and not care, and the base Scion FRS head unit swapped into it has super solid Bluetooth. (04 RAV4. It sucks.)
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Previa_fun posted:I am constantly messing with wiper settings when it starts to rain. I'll even use the single wipe switch as needed if it's not raining hard because that's how much I loving hate hearing dry wipers skip across my windshield. Oh god yes. That noise is awful.
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Mar 4, 2016 11:26
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Cellular Suicide posted:Going from an E46 to (a Forester) to a '15 FiST, this is one of the features I miss the most from the BMW - rolling down the windows by double tapping and holding the unlock button, or rolling them up by doing the same with the lock button. It's the most effective way to air out hot stagnant air in the summer, and I love sliding into a fresh air'd cabin. If FoCCCus worked with the US model FiST you could re-enable this. The ability to tweak things with software is something I miss coming from a GTI to a FiST.
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Mar 4, 2016 14:24
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88h88 posted:Oh god yes. That noise is awful. You guys need some decent wiper blades like Bosch Icons. Yeah, you pay more. But they last for years and you don't have that fuckin' noise. $40 for peace of mind? Hell yeah.
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Mar 4, 2016 14:46
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wallaka posted:You guys need some decent wiper blades like Bosch Icons. Yeah, you pay more. But they last for years and you don't have that fuckin' noise. $40 for peace of mind? Hell yeah. I use cheapo Alaska wipers from my local discount hobby store. They're $10 each (with little spoilers on them!) and my current set has lasted about a year so far, including winter. And they make no noise, despite being normal wipers, not flatblade.
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Mar 4, 2016 17:49
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I bought fancy icons for my car, and they were way noisier because the flat plastic hit the window when the beam twisted. Went to OEM bmw blades, finally quiet.
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Mar 4, 2016 17:56
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Cellular Suicide posted:Going from an E46 to (a Forester) to a '15 FiST, this is one of the features I miss the most from the BMW - rolling down the windows by double tapping and holding the unlock button, or rolling them up by doing the same with the lock button. It's the most effective way to air out hot stagnant air in the summer, and I love sliding into a fresh air'd cabin. You can enable it in the Focus using the FoCCCus software and a bluetooth or USB to OBD2 dongle. I'd imagine it likely works for the FiST as well.
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Mar 4, 2016 18:11
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Noise Complaint posted:You can enable it in the Focus using the FoCCCus software and a bluetooth or USB to OBD2 dongle. I'd imagine it likely works for the FiST as well. US FiST isn't supported. It has a different Vehicle Type code. Adding into the XML config file doesn't help either.
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Mar 4, 2016 18:50
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Heated door locks, so you can always lock/unlock it with a key no matter how miserable and icy it is. It also does that passenger mirror rotate-y thing, but it's got a hilarious little stubby mirror so that only works well in theory.
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Mar 4, 2016 21:05
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I got an 09 reg Seat Leon TDi last week and I am totally in love with the recessed rear door handles for reasons I cant quite explain. Quite a trade up from my old '96 Corsa! Pic is not mine but illustrative. 
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Mar 5, 2016 23:13
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Took me a while to figure out something for this thread cause both my cars are generally pretty great with a few little things I don't like, and not any little minor things I do like. Except my Focus. I was a picky fucker who wanted it just right so I could avoid the awful automatic transmission while still getting the options I wanted and not the ones I didn't (MFT, sunroof) so my dealer had to bring it from out of town. That meant they didn't have a chance to put an advertisement on it, so I'm glad I don't have an awful little sticker on it.
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NonzeroCircle posted:I got an 09 reg Seat Leon TDi last week and I am totally in love with the recessed rear door handles for reasons I cant quite explain. Quite a trade up from my old '96 Corsa! Pic is not mine but illustrative. Yeah, I love that little design twist. Other cars that also have them are the Alfa Romeo 156, the Peugeot 206 SW and the Renault Clio from 2012 onwards, and it just makes the lines of the rear door so much cleaner.
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KozmoNaut posted:Yeah, I love that little design twist. Other cars that also have them are the Alfa Romeo 156, the Peugeot 206 SW and the Renault Clio from 2012 onwards, and it just makes the lines of the rear door so much cleaner. Does the RX-8 count?
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And the BMW i3.
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thread necromancy! The Forester taking a gallon of washer fluid when the reservoir is almost completely empty almost makes up for it not having a washer fluid level warning lamp. What kind of car doesn't have a washer fluid level warning lamp?  The Forester's rear diff whistles and hums when I exceed 50mph. Very nice speed warning when not on the highway. The white MJ's auto-off headlamps are great for getting complete strangers to warn me that my crapcan truck's headlights are still on.
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Jul 1, 2016 18:14
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kastein posted:thread necromancy!
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kastein posted:thread necromancy! On the VWs, the washer fluid level sensor gets broken if you put Rain-X fluid in it anyway so it just seems like another thing to break.
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Jul 1, 2016 19:33
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I love how the 3.92's in my Ram Daytona allows me to slay virtually any car in a 30-50 roll war. It's hilariously dumb virtually everywhere else, but if I'm doing 30 and kick her in the guts it just jumps up and goes for about a second. Always makes me smile.
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Jul 1, 2016 20:27
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Krakkles posted:Conversely, I wish my XJ didn't have this. It's a "hey you parked on / drove over a hill" light. Seat Safety Switch posted:Most? I think I've only seen a few that do. It made my wife panic and call me to come pick her up once when it started flashing (too quickly for her to figure out what it was) while driving on a bumpy uphill road.
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Jul 1, 2016 21:42
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kastein posted:The Forester taking a gallon of washer fluid when the reservoir is almost completely empty almost makes up for it not having a washer fluid level warning lamp. What kind of car doesn't have a washer fluid level warning lamp? My 9-5 takes close to a gallon and a half from empty, and the reservoir gets really narrow at the bottom which stops the "you parked on a hill" warning feature. Its a perfect example of a little thing I like about that car. E: Granted, the downside to the huge capacity is I spend half the summer working through the winter washer fluid which is terrible at removing bugs.
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Jul 1, 2016 21:56
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kastein posted:I fill mine up the second the light starts flickering so it's not really an issue for me. I've been debating putting a check valve in the line just to stop that. Or, not debating, meaning to but not actually getting it done.
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I appreciate that my Camry is a boring, dependable easy to drive car that I really don't give a poo poo about. Just got a huge door ding the other day and couldn't care less I love it.
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Jul 1, 2016 23:08
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Krakkles posted:Your XJ doesn't have the undocumented feature where "excess" (read:"all") washing fluid is purged out of the nozzles on hills? Nope! Nor do my MJs. I don't even know how that would happen, since the nozzles are above the tank. Maybe the pump is stuck on or the pump grommets into the tank are leaking?
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kastein posted:Nope! Nor do my MJs. I don't even know how that would happen, since the nozzles are above the tank. Maybe the pump is stuck on or the pump grommets into the tank are leaking?
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My Audi doesn't have a windshield fluid sensor but manages to have two progressively more angry coolant and oil level warnings, a warning when it's cold outside, and a light that flashes to indicate "your tires are spinning and traction control is unhappy"
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My car came with a wifi router. I named it Trump Death Camp.
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VikingSkull posted:I love how the 3.92's in my Ram Daytona allows me to slay virtually any car in a 30-50 roll war. It's hilariously dumb virtually everywhere else, but if I'm doing 30 and kick her in the guts it just jumps up and goes for about a second. Always makes me smile.
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When it runs for more than a week without something expensive/hard to get to/unobtainable breaking. #frenchcarownership
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My F150 doesn't have a washer lamp. Know what it does have? A spare tire, which after dealing with towing my wife's Kia last night I really loving appreciate.
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metaxus posted:When it runs for more than a week without something expensive/hard to get to/unobtainable breaking.  Most recently, it was the wiper motor on mine.
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Jul 2, 2016 14:25
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11 wrx: - once the key is out of the ignition, all power is off (lights, radio, etc). - when you are on an incline facing upwards, you can push the clutch in and take your foot off the brake, so then you just put in first and accelerate and the car will be stay on the brakes for a bit.
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Jul 2, 2016 19:25
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Ether Frenzy posted:Is that the SRT10? Next step down, kinda. They only made them in 2005, in both regular and crew cab, and 4x2 and 4x4. All with a Hemi. The most rare ones are the 4x2 regular cabs, which is what I have. e- they do have the SRT-10 hood, though lol
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My car has a little screen that tells me "WASHER FLUID LOW". This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It's nice to have a warning that I need to get more, but if I fill it at the point that it warns me I can only fit about 4/5 of the gallon in. If I wait a week or two until it starts spraying less fluid then I can fit the whole thing in. The reason it's a bad thing is the warning pops up every time I turn the car on or off, and replaces my MPG readout until I manually change the setting back to MPG. So I have to put up with that for a week or more until it's low enough to put the fluid in, or carry around a 4/5 empty bottle of washer fluid. TLDR: First world problems. Disgruntled Bovine fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jul 2, 2016 |
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Holy poo poo. Sitting in the E39 last night, turned the key to acc to listen to the radio while I was waiting on somebody. Noticed a "VENT ON" button on the radio. Hit it. God drat vent blowers turn on without starting the car. Thanks, BMW!
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:My car has a little screen that tells me "WASHER FLUID LOW". This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It's nice to have a warning that I need to get more, but if I fill it at the point that it warns me I can only fit about 4/5 of the gallon in. If I wait a week or two until it starts spraying less fluid then I can fit the whole thing in. The reason it's a bad thing is the warning pops up every time I turn the car on or off, and replaces my MPG readout until I manually change the setting back to MPG. So I have to put up with that for a week or more until it's low enough to put the fluid in, or carry around a 4/5 empty bottle of washer fluid. Saab 9-3?
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That the switches are actually switches. 
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Bloody Queef posted:That the switches are actually switches.
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