[whiteco3]

For those, like me, who didn't exactly read the manual cover to cover (or at all) and just jumped in and started driving there might be a few useful features that some people are unaware of. For example, I didn't know:-

That you could join/split the climate control by pressing the temperature itself and pressing the icon at the top(I'd just been using the plus and minus buttons to do the temperature, and it arrived with split climate control)

OR

There is a rain sensor on/off button on the wiper stalk (I'd just had it on intermittent wipe and was adjusting the sensitivity wheel)

OR

You can get the wing mirrors to auto dip on the reverse (or do it manually by pressing the wing mirror button twice)

OR

The home button is the little white bar at the bottom of the screen, and if you hold it down, it goes into screen cleaning mode, and if you hold it longer, it reboots the infotainment.

OR

The funky little animation on the rear light cluster when you unlock with the remote (perfectly possible to miss this treat if you always use keyless entry)

You get the idea. Add some more to the thread and see if you can make someone say, "oooh, well, I didn't know that!"

(maybe like the person's post too if "you didn't know that," so at least we know we've helped at least one new owner improve their life )

 

[dave]

Go on add some more to the thread and see if you can make someone say "oooh ,well I didn't know that!"

 

[dave]

I think you might be on your own for not noticing this one!

The funky little animation on the rear light cluster when you unlock with the remote (perfectly possible to miss this treat if you always use keyless entry)

 

[Jfd4000]

You can turn off the vehicle while pressing the “radio” play/pause button a few seconds.

 

[whiteco3]

I think you might be on your own for not noticing this one!

I bet you 50p I'm not! (assuming anyone carries cash anymore since the world started to end)

 

[JPC]

You can get the wing mirrors to auto dip on reverse (or do it manually by pressing the wing mirror button twice)

Could this be related to the issue where people were finding the mirrors stuck in the down position? Perhaps it was a commanded event through the button? Or were the reported issues just a single mirror?


Great thread idea, BTW.

 

[JPC]

I bet you 50p I'm not! (assuming anyone carries cash anymore since the world started to end)

Nope. Double or nothing that Dave is right here.

 

[whiteco3]

woohoo easy £1, I'll take cheque/postal order. Cmon' SOMEBODY say "well I didn't know that!". (Definitely an 80's sounding catchphrase)

 

[JPC]

woohoo easy £1, I'll take cheque/postal order. Cmon' SOMEBODY say "well I didn't know that!". (Definitely an 80's sounding catchphrase)

 

[Jfd4000]

one last for the weekend: you cannot open the windows if you are driving at more than 180 km/h

 

[Arjo]

one last for the weekend: you cannot open the windows if you are driving at more than 180 km/h

This makes sense as you would be BUFFETED TO DEATH at any speed above 60MPH with the windows open!

 

[Honken]

You can reboot the infotainment in secure boot, i.e no third party apps, by holding the turn off power button for > 10 seconds...

 

[Fishouttawater]

Could this be related to the issue where people were finding the mirrors stuck in the down position? Perhaps it was a commanded event through the button? Or were the reported issues just a single mirror?


Great thread idea, BTW.

If you enable this feature there are a few scenarios where quickly getting in the car and driving off means the driver's mirror doesn't come back up. I've had to manually move it up.

 

[whiteco3]

For times of weak 4G signal (or 4G just stops working), YT music app can store offline music. Press the gear/settings icon on YT music (only works when stationary) and you can set a slider on how much offline storage to use and whether to download over wifi only/4G.

Takes a little while to populate, but then offline music comes up as an option on the app

 

[PCR]

There is a pen holder clip in each of the small cubby holes in the centre tunnel (found today and wanted to let the world know)

 

[ChiefEngineer]

So I ditched the big keys and only used the little one with no buttons. Took me a while to suss out how to lock the car; at first I assumed it would lock as you walk away and unlock as you get closer.... so I tried it (leaving keys on floor further and further away). Nope.
Then I worked out to press my thumb on the handle. Doh !

 

[ChiefEngineer]

There is actually a rain sensor on/off button on the wiper stalk (I'd just had it on intermittent wipe and was adjusting the sensitivity wheel)

I could have done with that before my journey in the rain today .... could have sworn there was a rain sensor 🤣

 

[Ronster]

The funky little animation on the rear light cluster when you unlock with the remote (perfectly possible to miss this treat if you always use keyless entry)

Did you spot that front lights do something similar.

Turning a sort of circle towards the centre of the car.

 

[Jla]

So I ditched the big keys and only used the little one with no buttons. Took me a while to suss out how to lock the car; at first I assumed it would lock as you walk away and unlock as you get closer.... so I tried it (leaving keys on floor further and further away). Nope.
Then I worked out to press my thumb on the handle. Doh !

Thumb on the door handle? Where? What position? Same problem here. Car does not lock automatically.

 

[Guy]

The line on the door handle, this is where you press. You need to have the key on you for this to work.