Summary of tricks
So here's a summary of the tricks we've found so far:
1. It has an auxillary electric cabin heater. If you turn the temp knob all the way to 80, it clicks and hot air starts coming out, even when the engine is cold. Instant heat!
2. To get the wipers in a position where you can clan the window or change the blads, turn the key on, turn it off and then within 10 seconds push the washer control down. Wipers will come to the "service position" where they can then be folded out of the way.
3. Key hole for the trunk is by the license plate light under the rear lip.
4. Radio settings can be changed by holding down the SCAN button for a few seconds to get into the menu.
5. "Euro parking markers" can be activated when parking on a busy street to make your car stand out. If you leave the turn signal on while turning the car off, it will beep at you like your headlights are on. In fact, just the parking lights are on, but only on the side the turn signal was turned to. So if you have the left turn signal on, turn off the car, the left parking lights outside the car will remain on, but the right will be off.
6. If you press and release the turn signal one direction quickly, it will blink 3 times and then stop. unverified - supposedly the turn signal clicking volume decreases in volume as the vehicle slows down...need to have the radio off to hear the difference
7. If you have the wipers on high at high speed and then slow down, the wiper speed will drop to low speed. If you stop, they switch temporarily to intermittant.
8. Only with Climatronic - if you hold the auto button for 3 seconds, the passenger temp will be the same as the driver temp until the passenger changes it.
9. When washing the windows, it delays starting the wiper until there's some fluid already sprayed on the window to minimize smearing. Then it does 4 swipes, waits a few seconds, and does one more to get the drips.
10. If you turn the engine off while the high beams are in use, the headlights will default to low beams when the engine is restarted - even though the switch is still set to high beam usage (the turn signal stalk pushed toward the dashboard). This is when the headlight knob is in the "automatic" position. To reset, bring stalk back to normal position.
Keep 'em coming!
