Auto Lights

[pitch3110]

I was on a private runway yesterday playing with wifeys car, sun was shinning & the lights came on

Why is this ?

[ade1703]

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   

[gaz b]

Mine appear to be quite random too!

[182_blue]

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   

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

[Mark_GTIV]

On mine they come on automatically above 160KPH.. 100MPH. :D

[stealthwolf]

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

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.

[Mark_GTIV]

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

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 

[tomoc2003]

Oh this is why they come on 
I'll try to figure out which speed etc set's them off 

[pitch3110]

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

[Mark_GTIV]

I feel pretty fortunate to have a nearby track to play on too :D -- it's called Germany.

[neg]

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.

[TomB]

Yeah its an autobahn safety feature...its all in the manual 

[neg]

You can turn that feature off using vcds (vagcom)

[VeeDubDan]

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!

[ub7rm]

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...