"I didn't know my Jag did that!" thread
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I would like to start a fun thread on secrets or functions that our x-types have that few might be aware of, especially with the radio or other electronics.
For instance, holding down the trip button while starting the car puts the dash in diagnosics mode.
I had no idea about that till two weeks ago and I've owned the car for two years!
I often wonder what other secret functions or not-to-well known factoids people can come up with.
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For instance, holding down the trip button while starting the car puts the dash in diagnosics mode.
I had no idea about that till two weeks ago and I've owned the car for two years!
I often wonder what other secret functions or not-to-well known factoids people can come up with.
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Mostly dealer mumbo jumbo that nobody understands, but there is some useful info like battery voltage and dashboard lights testing.
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That must be a British thing. I mean, I know some people have fog where they live.... I grew up with it. But where I live we never ever ever have fog.
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It's a European thing in general. Mercedes and Audi have them. I believe VW and BMW remove theirs for the NA market.
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The older Alfa Spyders have them, and my even older Porsche 911 had them. It is better to have them and not need them, than to need them and not have them...You don't gotta use them, but it is nice to know that you have them if needed....
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I would like to start a fun thread on secrets or functions that our x-types have that few might be aware of, especially with the radio or other electronics.
For instance, holding down the trip button while starting the car puts the dash in diagnosics mode.
I had no idea about that till two weeks ago and I've owned the car for two years!
I often wonder what other secret functions or not-to-well known factoids people can come up with.
1 2 3 go!
For instance, holding down the trip button while starting the car puts the dash in diagnosics mode.
I had no idea about that till two weeks ago and I've owned the car for two years!
I often wonder what other secret functions or not-to-well known factoids people can come up with.
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From: Brisbane, Australia
These are High Intensity rear lights... not only for Fog conditions... but mostly to be used when driving in heavy rain (check out the F1 guys and see theirs)
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Larry
Regards,
Larry
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From: wallingford ct
With the car off hold the button in. Start the car and continue to hold the button in for several seconds after the engine is running.
To cycle through each diagnostic simply press the trip button over and over.
Most of them are gibberish, but some like the dashboard test are pretty neat.
Don't get scared when it tests the gauges
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I ALWAYS use these when it rains where I live... Mostly because the people around here have no clue how to drive in the wet, so I like to give them an extra heads up that I am in front of them. Not that it matters, since most of the drivers in Vegas are either drunk or texting while driving anyways.
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plus if someones tailgatin' you, flip em on and they'll think you hit the brakes and back the eff up
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From: PHX some of the time
If they're wired like the UK ones you can't have them on without dipped headlights.
That's what I use 'em for too!
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My '92 XJ40 3.2 has central locking. I usually have it parked at my office with all the windows down just a touch. If I unlock the passenger door (to access the glovebox for example) and lock it again the windows will all close. If I unlock and lock the drivers door the window stay down where they were.
Go figure.
Go figure.
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>If you hold the lock button on the keyfob with your windows down, it will lock the car and roll the windows up 8)
Nope no do that on my '05, as someone else said earlier that must have been something they discontinued by '05... :-(
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Jaguar: Grace, Pace, and Space - Sir William Lyons
Nope no do that on my '05, as someone else said earlier that must have been something they discontinued by '05... :-(
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Jaguar: Grace, Pace, and Space - Sir William Lyons
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Same here. Would be way cooler if it worked with the remote because only poor people lock/unlock their doors by actually sticking the key in it.
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>If you hold the lock button on the keyfob with your windows down, it will lock the car and roll the windows up 8)
Nope no do that on my '05, as someone else said earlier that must have been something they discontinued by '05... :-(
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Jaguar: Grace, Pace, and Space - Sir William Lyons
Nope no do that on my '05, as someone else said earlier that must have been something they discontinued by '05... :-(
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Jaguar: Grace, Pace, and Space - Sir William Lyons
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From: wallingford ct
Is it the keyfob itself or the car that hast to be programed?