Interesting Discoveries Thread (Good or Bad)

[ShannonC]

Hood/bonnet is metal (at least in AUS)

 

[Joseph Spiegel]

I was under the impression it was all high strength steel? Maybe the hatch is aluminum to save weight for the struts to lift?

 

[rocket23]

dunno...tried to stick a magnet dog paw sign ''back off, I'm not in heat'' the sign slid right off......

 

[Joseph Spiegel]

And it stuck to the fender? Maybe just leave it on the fender?

 

[rocket23]

no one tailgates a fender......

 

[AV8R]

Back end is plastic i believe

 

[robz32]

Correct the back end (where emblems are located) is plastic as well as the top part (where it meets the bottom of the rear glass) The rest is metal.
Hood/Bonnet is metal as well

 

[niko]

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i never sit in the back seat one day i just felt hot air when i had it cold in the front.

Well the good thing is youre not blind or you couldnt read this post so i guess your left with one other choice! Lol
Only joking i would never have guessed it either until i found out on the forum. We will get you to Yoda status soon!

lmao haha like i said above i never sit in the back or go. only reason i notice cuz i reach back there while driving and i felt it. i was tripping like wtf i couldn't figure it out. i was going through the settings and everything. i gave up and came on here lol.

You and me, bub: I didn't find out till last night that the USB, charger "pit" (center console) has a cover: I thought that lid was just a handy spot for a wallet. I did know about the rear climate control though.


Well, then, don't put chocolate in there.

haha i knew that but not the other lol

 

[MerlintheMad]

When the car is on, the push button on the handle is disabled. Use the buttons on the remote.

Ah, I only thought of that much later.

 

[rocket23]

Ah, I only thought of that much later.

so I guess pleading to the wife (to let you in) actually worked!,lol

 

[Madman]

no one tailgates a fender......

No one that tailgates pulls back because of an amusing magnet....imho. Install a rear facing machine gun.

 

[rocket23]

No one that tailgates pulls back because of an amusing magnet....imho. Install a rear facing machine gun.

BOND!! James Bond......

 

[MerlintheMad]

BOND!! James Bond......

I'm still looking for the feature that raises the passenger seat and then ejects the unwanted "guest'"through the moonroof.

 

[rocket23]

ahhhhh ''goldfinger''

 

[Ecobust]

I should really crack open the owners manual someday. I found out yesterday that if you're in Sport mode, the transmission will indeed shift to 8th, if you just set cruise control. All this time I thought you had to force it up to 8th by manually shifting it.

 

[rocket23]

you'd be the first!,lol.....j/king.

 

[Joseph Spiegel]

I read it and missed or forgot that. I thought no 8th in Sport at all. Whew.

 

[rocket23]

car hasn't seen 8th gear in weeks.....

 

[ScottE]

Here's an annoying one. Yesterday I didn't close the door all the way and didn't notice. When I started the car, the display nagged at me that the car was on and to shift into park, but it didn't bother to tell me that I didn't close the door all the way. Took me a minute to figure out what it was complaining about.

 

[rocket23]

Has anyone figured out how to replace the wipers and keep the oem ''look''?! Seems a waste to trash the design of the wiper housing to the what would be a simple ''refill'' Haven't done that since the 70's!! I was just gonna pop 'em off and keep them before they get trashed and replace with rain-x oor some other pricey wiper.........btw......the oem wipers are useless in winter..