[aarslan]

Originally Posted by nicoverca

In Belgium it's an option that costs about 10$

About 24 Euros here in Turkey. :-/

[hanizh]

Although I don't use it much but I like the cruise control in this car, it mark on the main scale the desired speed and change color based on if it's on or off, the most elegant cruise control I ever seen.

[hanizh]

Originally Posted by Sladester100

Something else I didn't know. Found em today. Brilliant! Lol

I sow them before but I didn't think of using them this way ! nice man

[itwasepic]

Originally Posted by matt_335Ci

just noticed washing my F30 for the first time, this is the first car I have washed that doesn't have wipers that can stand up? I am surprised being a car coming from a country that experiences the winter elements??

I just found this out the hard way. I was washing my windshield with a squeegee at the gas station and kept trying to pull up on the windshield wiper arm. After 3 attempts, I realized it was rubbing against the inside edge of my hood and scraped some of the body paint off. Luckily it is not visible. But this is total CRAP design!

[MarkW83]

Originally Posted by itwasepic

I just found this out the hard way. I was washing my windshield at the gas station and kept trying to pull up on the windshield wiper arm. After 3 attempts, I realized it was rubbing against the inside edge of my hood and scraped some of the body paint off. Luckily it is not visible. But this is total CRAP design!

Not sure if this is what you mean: but to pull the wipers away from the windshield/windscreen, there is a special process. I can't remember it exactly (have a look in the manual), but it's something like turn ignition on and off, hold wiper stalk in up position for 3 seconds, and the wipers will then stay in an 'up' position, allowing you to then safely fold them back and away for washing.

Hope this helps?

[itwasepic]

Originally Posted by MarkW83

Not sure if this is what you mean:

Sorry, I edited the post. I was using the gas station's squeegee to wash my windshield and kept trying to pull up on the wiper blade arm to squeegee under it.

[ric124]

Originally Posted by itwasepic

Sorry, I edited the post. I was using the gas station's squeegee to wash my windshield and kept trying to pull up on the wiper blade arm to squeegee under it.

My gti was the same way you have to get your wipers in a upward position before you can lift.

[elistan]

Originally Posted by itwasepic

But this is total CRAP design!

The reason for this AFAIK is that it keeps the wipers out of the air stream when not in use, thereby reducing coefficient of drag and improving highway gas mileage.

[fj58]

I am yet unsure how "cool" this "feature" is, but my left cheek can, at will, open the trunk [boot] while I am sitting on the porch. . . .

[Left_eye]

Not sure if anybody mentioned this earlier n not sure if US n Europian specs work like this but here in Dubai when u long hold the 3 lines on the comfort access door handle, the mirrors auto close after locking the doors by couple of seconds. Naturally, mirrors auto open when car is unlocked either by comfort access or FOB. stuff!

And:
Long pressing unlock on FOB also opens all windows n unfolds side mirrors.
Long pressing lock on FOB also closes all windows n closes/folds side mirrors.

Hope that was useful

[Steve33]

Originally Posted by elistan

The reason for this AFAIK is that it keeps the wipers out of the air stream when not in use, thereby reducing coefficient of drag and improving highway gas mileage.

^this

I had an e350 rental car this last weekend and at the speeds my caravan was going, those darn things were smacking the heck out of the windshield. I think it's a combo of keeping them out of the airstream for a barely-measurable gas efficiency reason (I'm sure it saves a gallon of gas every 10k miles. The additional components of it probably cost more than the gas it saves), for blade longevity, and it looks better than a competitor's alternative. (They tried to tuck it, but doesn't go as far as it should IMO... makes it look like garbage)

[Alpine F31]

Originally Posted by Left_eye

Not sure if anybody mentioned this earlier n not sure if US n Europian specs work like this but here in Dubai when u long hold the 3 lines on the comfort access door handle, the mirrors auto close after locking the doors by couple of seconds. Naturally, mirrors auto open when car is unlocked either by comfort access or FOB. stuff!

And:
Long pressing unlock on FOB also opens all windows n unfolds side mirrors.
Long pressing lock on FOB also closes all windows n closes/folds side mirrors.

Hope that was useful

US spec cars don't do this, but they can with coding. My car does all of those things and more thanks to forum member Frogman. He helped me code in all kinds of cool features.