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21st January 2013, 07:10 PM
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Marker lights are simply having your lights set on the sidelight setting / sidelights on Jim, so that the switchgear all glows red
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22nd January 2013, 07:10 AM
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Yes, it works like Sergie said. Mine was switched off - can't wait to give it a try!
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24th December 2016, 05:14 PM
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Blinking flip!
Well, resurrecting an age-old thread from back in the mists of time...
I checked mine this afternoon by flooring it in 3rd gear whilst in Tiptronic aka manual mode. Nothing. Not a sniff. Pulled over to the side of the road, turned my knob clockwise (ooo-errr) about an eighth of a turn. I pulled back into a line of traffic and waited a bit before sinking my right foot to the floor. All I can say is that my silver QEII left her berth at a very rude rate of knots and that's probably an understatement. I will admit to being a little bit scared when the gearbox lumped it into first gear (from third gear at 30mph) as it pretty much red-lined straight away.I am sure that I won't be using this facility on a regular basis but will leave it enabled. It has always struck me how lethargic the auto box can be, especially when you want to get a move on. If I ever have a situation where I can safely 'boot' it in order to avoid a possible accident, it is now possible to extricate one's self out of harm's way. Thank you for this beautiful nugget of old information. It was certainly news to me.
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28th December 2016, 10:01 AM
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IT - thanks for originally writing this
Johnny - thanks for digging it up. Did the 'flooring it in Tip' test today - 70kph up a moderate hill 4th gear. Stayed in 4th and slowly accelerated away... So I pulled into the servo at the top of the hill and checked the kickdown switch. Turned it clockwise about 1/4 turn for a nice satisfying "click". Repeated the test and got an immediate downshift from 4th to 2nd and powered away up the next hill. It's a very satisfying test BTW! ...Own the car for 3 years and still find something new!
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20th January 2017, 11:11 AM
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Hi There,
The ol' D2 S8 certainly have a good lurch on them.....I kinda miss mine for that, could always get a reation out of a new passenger I recall testing the top speed and I was at 145 and booted it and it STILL lurched, dropped a gear and went for it. Backed her down pretty quick after that as I didn't feel safe driving at those speeds!!! Always better to have a get me out of trouble button and not need to use it than the other way round! Lee
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