what the last thing you found out about your car?? - Page 30

stereom1ke · 14th June 2012, 18:53

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Originally Posted by Loxy

I had some scotch eggs in glove box for consumption on the way to Germany.

Imagine my horror when I realised it takes the air from the passenger side setting on the dual zone. I'd had mine side on frosty all the way down to the tunnel, my passenger had his set on 24.

They weren't edible and got binned at the tunnel terminal...

hahaha brilliant!

Bob H · 14th June 2012, 20:21

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Originally Posted by delta0

In the glove box. At the top (pointing down) there is a disc that rotates. Rotating will open or close it. You can see markings on it which show which way to turn to open or close. Then the aircon will cool the glove box. Considering it is a small enclosed space it will get very cold quickly.

Sadly missing from the 9G car...

Syx · 15th June 2012, 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loxy

I had some scotch eggs in glove box for consumption on the way to Germany.

Imagine my horror when I realised it takes the air from the passenger side setting on the dual zone. I'd had mine side on frosty all the way down to the tunnel, my passenger had his set on 24.

They weren't edible and got binned at the tunnel terminal...

Useful input - as just located this in my glove box and opened it!

There are pics on Google Images that show an 8G CTR dash, there's no "A/C Off" button which leads me to believe there is no A/C in some of them - i.e. the non-GT spec.

RyanE · 12th July 2012, 15:21

no idea if already mentioned but I just found out that the little sprung loaded flappy bit in the middle section slides forward creating two cup holders. (the bit in the tray between the ash tray and arm-rest)

robbo51 · 12th July 2012, 15:26

That my arm rest box is also Air conditioned!!

NoNumpty · 12th July 2012, 16:09

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Originally Posted by robbo51

That my arm rest box is also Air conditioned!!

Is there enough space for a bottle of IrnBru in there?

Booboo · 13th July 2012, 07:06

The vent near the drivers window can twist around to blow on me and not just the window

RobCDTi · 13th July 2012, 19:18

That the seal between the rear window and lower plastic window is crap and I now have a light cluster full of water. Hopefully a load of SikaSeal I already had has sorted it. Centre light cluster didn't want to come out, seems like the whole outer plastic on the hatch has to come off.

Starting to wish I'd part exchanged this for my wifes new car and had her Golf.

Naruto · 14th July 2012, 01:25

Rear view mirror has day and night positions and you cant see anything when using night position at night.

snowboundzero · 14th July 2012, 08:58

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Originally Posted by RobCDTi

That the seal between the rear window and lower plastic window is crap and I now have a light cluster full of water. Hopefully a load of SikaSeal I already had has sorted it. Centre light cluster didn't want to come out, seems like the whole outer plastic on the hatch has to come off.

Starting to wish I'd part exchanged this for my wifes new car and had her Golf.

Rob, the light cluster is stuck in place with some kind of plastic seal sheet thing, it's really sticky and stretches quite a bit. It's grey in colour. (it's too early to explain thing sensibly)
To get it out I pushed on the threads that I had taken the bolts off.
Then realised you have to loosen the 2 side clusters off or even take them out as they slightly overlap the middle one.

Make sure you check all the bolts are off in the middle as I missed one.

Once you get it moving I then closed the boot and worked it out from the outside.
The bulbs just twist out.

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mpn_daedalus · 14th July 2012, 09:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naruto

Rear view mirror has day and night positions and you cant see anything when using night position at night.

You can't see anything when it's in the day position at night either

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Kimotherapy · 14th July 2012, 09:56

it drives like a dog when the geo is out, even a little bit.

Ron240 · 14th July 2012, 10:40

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Originally Posted by Naruto

Rear view mirror has day and night positions and you cant see anything when using night position at night.

You certainly wouldnt be able to see anything with the mirror in dipped(night)position during the day, but at night it works perfectly well.

Following cars can be picked out by their headlights just the same as if the mirror was in its normal(day)position, with the exception that you cannot be blinded by the glare of badly adjusted or full beam headlights.

Having said that, you are not supposed to drive at night with the mirror constantly set in the dipped position - it is only meant for temporary use when experiencing unpleasant glare.

Manual dipping internal rear view mirrors have been a standard feature on cars for at least the past 25 years.
My earliest memory was on a 1985 Rover 213, with every subsequent car having either a manual or automatic dipping mirror. The latter being more recent though.

RobCDTi · 14th July 2012, 23:36

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Originally Posted by snowboundzero

Rob, the light cluster is stuck in place with some kind of plastic seal sheet thing, it's really sticky and stretches quite a bit. It's grey in colour. (it's too early to explain thing sensibly)
To get it out I pushed on the threads that I had taken the bolts off.
Then realised you have to loosen the 2 side clusters off or even take them out as they slightly overlap the middle one.

Make sure you check all the bolts are off in the middle as I missed one.

Once you get it moving I then closed the boot and worked it out from the outside.
The bulbs just twist out.

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Thank you for that. Definitely got all the bolts as it was very loose, just wouldn't quite come free. Definitely NOT stuck in place, came free very easily. That's a worry.... Hopefully it will dry out itself, if not I'll try removing the side clusters. Might chuck my dehumidifier in the car for a few hours while all the trim is off.

OK, now this is hard to explain. There is a lip seal that seems to be stuck to the plastic window with the 'lip' on the glass. The lip on the glass was fine it seemed to have come unstuck from the plastic window leaving a gap. I filled this with sealant which worked perfectly... except when it dried it has shrunk slightly and pulled the lip away from the glass. After plenty more rain there doesn't appear to be any new water in the hatch, will just have to wait and see. If not will go mad with the sealant again. (I'ts black so not really noticeable)

Ron240 · 15th July 2012, 19:06

Today i found out that the stock of spare blade fuses ive had for years are completely useless to me, because the fuses in my Civic(and presumably all modern cars)are of a much smaller size.

firstcivic · 25th July 2012, 18:34

found a dvd thing in my glove box this eve anyone know is this a proper dvd player or just for loading new updated versions of the sat nav??

padster · 25th July 2012, 18:47

It's invisible to other road users

LincsPoacher · 25th July 2012, 18:49

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Originally Posted by firstcivic

found a dvd thing in my glove box this eve anyone know is this a proper dvd player or just for loading new updated versions of the sat nav??

Thats just for the Sat Nag, needs to be a disk in there all the time for it to work. Thats where your update disk goes.

J. Derek Riddell · 25th July 2012, 20:28

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Originally Posted by LincsPoacher

That's just for the Sat Nav, needs to be a disk in there all the time for it to work. Thats where your update disk goes.

Yeeppp - a common source of confusion ! ...

p.s. - who knows that there is actually a "fuse" built into the [+] battery terminal (that isn't on the wiring diagram ! ...

robbo51 · 25th July 2012, 21:11

To be perfect it needs 30mm lowering springs
(Ordered and being fitted next Tuesday)

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