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#21
5th March 2018, 07:58 PM
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A "Windscreen washer low" warning. OK we all have on of those, but I'd like it to wake up and remind me when I'm parking up, rather than when setting off and got to be somewhere.
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#22
5th March 2018, 09:24 PM
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+1 for rear wiper. A lot of Jap imports had them...very handy...they also have the auto close mirrors too on some high end Toyota models.
I like the manual control of the PDC - the Infiniti doesn't have any control apart from a 'mute' button which kills the beeping until you got over 5mph.
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#23
5th March 2018, 09:26 PM
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The PDC on my Volvo comes on automatically at low speeds as you approach an obstacle. Still not quite sure what triggers it.
(The online manual implies that it is always active when speed is below about 10kph and it's range is about 3 feet max)
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#24
5th March 2018, 09:52 PM
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Talking about PDC, another little mod I want to do to mine is mute the radio when the PDC is active.
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#25
5th March 2018, 11:39 PM
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I wouldn't mind a circuit that can deactivate PDC when I'm towing! It's really annoying to have to keep deactivating it when reversing the trailer (6x4 box trailers are difficult to place where you want them first time!).
The factory tow pack on the Volvo does this (and gives you separate indicator indications too (should test the bulb warning!). I suspect the D2 factory trailer loom would have done this too, but as they're NLA and unobtainium, I'll never find out... Actually, even a toggle switch would do - is there a wire I can interrupt near the dash?
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#26
6th March 2018, 04:32 AM
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Real shame that, as the feature list was excellent!
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Cheers Marty ____________________ Current: 2001 Audi S8 - Brilliant Black with Black interior, C5 RS6 rims (whenever I actually put them on...), Solar Sunroof, Tinted side and rear glass, RNS-D, Grom, Bose, clunky old phone in arm rest! 2002 Audi S8 - Project Replacement head coming arrived thanks to MJSilver with Black interior. All features as the '01, with the 'S' mode auto shifter. Dodgey rear tint (need to find a way to get rid of that). Family: 2009 Volvo XC90 V8 R Design - has a louder more obnoxious exhaust than the S8, sounds great! Love this thing - Q7 was double the price, and certainly not double the car! Sold: 1997 Audi A4 - Hamilton's Club Sport, Achat Grey (will miss the old girl)
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#27
6th March 2018, 05:17 AM
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Folding seats and a rear wiper please. And front drains about an inch across so I don't have to unblock the cursed things.......
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#28
6th March 2018, 08:43 AM
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I'd like an OK button to cancel warning nags, even if it's just until the next ignition power cycle.
I hate it when a fault light comes on at the beginning of a journey, or even just the windscreen washer level warning, and I'm forced to look at it for the entire journey. Why is it more important to tell me (continuously) that my windscreen washer fluid is getting low than it is to display things like outside temperature and ice warnings? Quote:
A couple more things I miss about my XMs that I wish my 8s had: A foot operated parking brake (which operated on a ratchet and was released by a lever on the dashboard) and Hydractive Hydropneumatic suspension, the best incarnation being 'Activa', which was fitted to some Xantias. An S8 with Activa suspension would've been perfect; luxury 'floaty' suspension while you're cruising along, combined with almost zero body roll when cornering. Being able to jack the car's ride height up at the flick of a switch is handy too, as is being able to drop it onto its belly while parked (which had the added bonus of making it impossible to get most conventional wheel clamps on). Quote:
I wouldn't want auto-fold mirrors, for some of the reasons already mentioned, but I think a semi-auto option like that would be a great idea.
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#29
6th March 2018, 08:51 AM
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If you reckon the warning beeps on a D2 are bad - wait until you experience a D3 set of beeps, they take it to a new level and are slowly driving me crazy
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#30
6th March 2018, 11:15 AM
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It also had the most awesome suspension set up you have ever experienced and four wheel steer that gave it a tighter turning circle than a London cab. Great car, shame they never made them with the VVTi engines
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