A couple of interesting little things I found out and like about my SVR - apart from the Power/Sound/Looks

• The center vents only operate (lift) automatically if the temperature outside is above 60oF. Can be manually lifted and lowered through the menus
• The electronic brake works great in traffic to hold the car without you having to put your foot on the brake to disengage when you pull off. Simply accelerate.
• The Speed Limiter function works well when you have really low speed limits areas, (25mph and school zones). Simple to set and it takes that urge away to put your foot down!
• The Sound System Suck! Door panels vibrate with the bass and sub-woofer turned way down.
• G force meter in the Dynamic setup menu is fun to use when you have some twisty bits to drive.
• The Valet function is great and easy to set.
• Love that the Cruise Control is always active. Hate other cars where you have to keep switching it on each time you start the engine.
• Love the 6 hour memory for the Dynamic Control. Previous BMW M5 always annoyed me as it had to be activated each time you started the engine.

 

I learned the sun visors don't swing to the side.

 

The clear coast is very soft

 

Until a week ago, I had no idea the was a notch inside the gas cap door where you can hang the gas cap while filling up. Until then, I had been (carefully) letting it dangle.

 

When I picked up my F type R, a fellow owner said, "Be careful, this car will make anyone drive like a Dbag" (idiot, Ahole, etc).
I said, "Oh, I've had fast cars before and driven lots of exotics... I'll be fine."
Literally 30 minutes later, I'm weaving through traffic cackling like a wild man. Running the revs in town. Inducing extended cracks and pops anytime a pedestrian was walking down the sidewalk. And tunnels...don't get me started.
So yeah, I'm THAT guy now.

 

I recently made the same discovery.

 

The fake air vents

 

In a hoonish manner, then? A new word, hoon, that I picked up on this forum. I learn so much here!

 

My MB windows went down as well and up. So I found out mine go down by holding the fob, but do they go up?

 

I discovered my 2018 does not have a CD/DVD player.

 

Have you looked in a storage container under arm rest next to gear shifter? This is where is mine installed. I never used it.

 

Several times. If it's there, it is very well hidden. I'm due to have my windshield replaced next week and I'll ask the dealer, but I'm 99.9% sure it is no longer a feature.

 

I'm fairly new here and see that this thread is capturing a huge response! I only have 1000 miles on my new 2018 F type R and love the car. No problems have surfaced yet, car appears to be made quite well. But, being an "enthusiasts" type of car, I am completely shocked and somewhat disappointed that the car has basically no gauges to tell you what the drive train is doing or seeing. Things like oil pressure (in pounds), oil temperature (in degrees), coolant temperature (in degrees), boost pressure, transmission oil temperature (in degrees), engine oil dipstick (ouch!), etc. My previous, newer model (2010, forward) sporty or muscle type cars, all had these gauge packages prominently displayed on the instrument panel, or readily available in the electronics where they could easily be dialed up while you were driving. Someone said that's because Jaguars are purchased by old people....I'm an older guy (more mature??), grew up in the 50's and 60's and like many of us older guys, still like performance and sporty type cars. especially ones in the 6 figure category (ahem!). Part of that is reading the gauges, IMO!!

 

+1. Jag figures you're too stupid to properly interpret analog data. But, then again, most folks under the age of 40 don't know how to read an analog gauge or even use a rotary dial phone. They don't even know what a carriage return [CR] button is. lol

 

 

Not in the USA models to my knowledge. It's called global closing. Global opening works. I think the word on the forum is in USA it's the lawyers working to eliminate lawsuits.

 

[QUOTE=tzoid9;1924524]Unhingd: How about stomping on a metal peg near your left foot to activate your high beams? Better yet, using a timing light, turning the distributor cap, and measuring gap with a feeler gauge for a tune up, jetting your carbs...today saying "measuring gap with a feeler" will get you the stinkeye as a Weinstein wannabe and jetting carbs would elicit diet and weight loss fad questions.


tzoid9: Ahhhh...Alfred E., that takes ya back.

To the subject at hand...
Discovered I'll have to keep a small serrated knife close at hand in the car to feel safe as the seatbelt pretensioner on the driver side locked up and will not release, this with less than 400 miles on the car. New parts on order. If that happens with the belt latched I'll want to have the ability to cut my way loose. After decades of driving with seatbelts on it is oddly disconcerting and quite distracting to drive without being latched in.

Also discovered I can hear the supercharger in regular exhaust mode but it is gone when the gases are on loud.

Discovered I love this car as much as I dreamed I would watching the old Villainy ads.

 

 

I think these are vents that measure the ambient internal temperature of the car?

 

I tried the hold unlock button and the windows opened!