Needle Sweeps - A8 D3 W12

[stressa89]

Sorry to be a pain, it may have been answered previous but was wondering whether needle sweeps were possible on a 54 plate D3 W12. Just its a gimmicky thing but little things and all that haha. Cheers Gary

[snapdragon]

Not possible on any D3.

[Delboy]

It is possible but it hardware based in latest cluster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkzKcVFOg6Q

[PsYcHe]

Need to see if I can do it in the a7. The a5 I had as a courtesy car did it.. was moderately cool

[tonupkid]

This is something I need in my life. The littlest things are often the most rewarding.... Noooo don't

[paulrstaylor]

Originally Posted by PsYcHe

Need to see if I can do it in the a7. The a5 I had as a courtesy car did it.. was moderately cool

A7 should be easy as:

Activate the needle sweep
Go to Module 17 (Instruments), coding, long coding helper then in Byte 1 there is a tickable option. Tick the Guage test / Needle sweep box. Then Do It. Your needles will go all the way through their full range of movement when you start the engine (the markers for the cruise control light up and go off again too)

See http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/s...cks-for-the-A7

[The_Laird]

Did I m1ss the point somewhere? Why do you want this?

[PsYcHe]

Originally Posted by The_Laird

Did I m1ss the point somewhere? Why do you want this?

Because cool? It serves no real purpose, but still

[paulrstaylor]

Originally Posted by PsYcHe

Because cool? It serves no real purpose, but still

Handy to know that the gauges work, and safer than a live test on the motorway

[The_Laird]

I think, like me, you should focus on useful mods. For example:

- my solar sunroof (I live in the west coast of Scotland, so the car suffers terribly from overheating when parked in the blazing sunshine)
- my rear view camera (which is always crystal clear and doesn't suffer from the cr*p that would be kicked up all over the lens if I lived in a climate where the roads were usually wet)
- the chrome instrument rings (the functionality of which should be obvious)
- the radio clock (which, because I'm so close to the signal transmitter in Germany, never drops the signal)
- red painted calipers (which clearly improve the braking distance significantly)

I hope these examples will be a lesson to you all in making sensible mods to your car that serve a purpose and are not just 'cool'!