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Offline pitch3110

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Auto Lights
« on: May 17, 2009, 09:59:33 am »
I was on a private runway yesterday playing with wifeys car, sun was shinning & the lights came on :confused: :confused:

Why is this ?:happy2:
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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2009, 10:03:15 am »
I remember reading somewhere that your lights will automatically come on if you do greater than 80mph for more than 30 secs. Never seen it happen in mine  Honestly  :innocent: :innocent: 
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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 10:05:48 am »


Mine appear to be quite random too! :surprised:

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2009, 10:14:38 am »
I remember reading somewhere that your lights will automatically come on if you do greater than 80mph for more than 30 secs. Never seen it happen in mine  Honestly  :innocent: :innocent: 

yeh it does, also tells the police you have been naughty  :laugh:

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2009, 10:18:48 am »
On mine they come on automatically above 160KPH.. 100MPH. :D


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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2009, 10:24:52 am »
yeh it does, also tells the police you have been naughty  :laugh:

I remember Porsche spoilers used to pop up at 80mph and above. On a later model, they put a switch in so it could pop up at lower speeds.

I either turn the lights off or put them to on depending on conditions.

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2009, 10:40:24 am »
yeh it does, also tells the police you have been naughty  :laugh:

I remember Porsche spoilers used to pop up at 80mph and above. On a later model, they put a switch in so it could pop up at lower speeds.

I either turn the lights off or put them to on depending on conditions.

And the Corrado too.. IIRC mine used to raise it's spoiler above 60mph. Quite a tell tail on a lower limit road  :driver:

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2009, 10:45:12 am »
Oh this is why they come on  :rolleye:
I'll try to figure out which speed etc set's them off  :wink:

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2009, 10:50:44 am »
Being on the east coast we have lots of old WW2 airfields to play on to try such antic's. I am fortunate to have a private one to play on. I felt it was 100mph it happened. For fear of this thread becoming incriminating may I thank you for you kind responces and happy slow, safe driving to all.  Hugs
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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2009, 11:29:38 am »
I feel pretty fortunate to have a nearby track to play on too :D -- it's called Germany.

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2009, 12:34:50 pm »
If on auto the come on when you go over 140kmph for more than a few seconds - 20 or 30, they will stay on until you have dropped under 40mph for more than 2mins - unless its raining or gets dark in which case that will override the turn off.

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2009, 01:34:03 am »
Yeah its an autobahn safety feature...its all in the manual  :smiley:
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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2009, 08:42:11 am »
You can turn that feature off using vcds (vagcom)

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2009, 12:40:22 pm »
I find mine fairly random, even at low speeds.  Often on the drive to work they come on when the sun is out and I'm not givnig it licks!

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Re: Auto Lights
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2009, 03:32:55 pm »
Is this early in the morning?  I think the system compares the inside and outside light reading and can determine if its around sun rise / sunset and can throw the lights on a bit 'early...
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