Audi: Car has a mind of it's own
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Car has a mind of it's own
Hi,
I'm still trying to work out all the gizmos on my A3, and I swear this
thing has a mind of it's own 
There are two things I've noticed, and wondered if anyone had any input
on.
1. Automatic lights
The car has a light sensor system, which can switch the headlights on
and off automatically depending on the prevailing light conditions.
When I first tried this when I first got the car, it decided to put the
lights on in broad daylight. Only strong sunlight would cause it to
leave the lights off. This perplexed me somewhat. Obviously the car
has to "play it safe", as it's far better to have lights on when you
don't need them, than off when you do, but it seemed a bit overzealous.
I've now started using them again, and the system is far better, only
switching the lights on when it's actually necessary.
What I'm wondering is what's changed? Has the system taken note of the
ambient light levels when I've manually switched the lights on and off,
and altered it's behaviour according? If so, I'm bloody impressed!
2. Wipers
Simpler one this. If I leave the wipers on (in any mode) when I leave
the car, then when I return, they don't operate at all until I move the
stalk to another setting. Is this behaviour by design?
Thanks for any opinions.
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Toby
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Re: Car has a mind of it's own
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 12:35:06 GMT, "Toby Groves" <org.uk> wrote:
Other than speculating that the ambient light sensor was dirty, can't comment
on the first issue. I'd just be happy it sorted itself out ;-)
As for the second concern, someone in Audi's engineering department was using
his head when they designed the wiper electronics.
In winter, with wipers freezing to the windshield, having them try to resume
movement when turning the key can easily damage wiper arms, or actuator
linkage. I had the linkage on my Pathfinder separate at one of the swivel
joints from exactly the above scenario, because I had left the control in the
intermittent position (my mistake).
I prefer the Audi's wiper behavior...
/daytripper
'00 s4 6spd
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Re: Car has a mind of it's own
"daytripper" <com> wrote in message
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Excellent point. Now if only they'd copy BMW and switch to intermittent when
stationary..!
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Hairy One Kenobi
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!
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Re: Car has a mind of it's own
In article <%moHb.11489$server.ntli.net>, Hairy
One Kenobi <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> writes
Mine do! 
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Toby
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