eletric window trick....?

felyx · Post by **felyx** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:34 am

hi people i was wondering if anybody had discovered the window trick.

on the drivers side button very quicky click it down twice and the window will go down all the way by itself,
is this a well known fact or some obscure thing i found out????

i have found some though not many this won't work on.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:36 am

type 3 CEM only 480's

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:27 pm

yeah, shame they couldn't be arsed to program it for the near side too...

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:33 pm

I only found that out when the Groomiester took my car out for a spin at the N.Wales meet and did it, shame they don't close the same too huh?

You might also want to try when locking your car with the key, keeping it in the lock position for a few seconds and the car automatically closes any open windows/sunroof aswell as the c.locking. Total Closure.

Didn't know that til I saw it somewhere on the forum either!

Still never been able to get my rearwindscreen wiper to automatically stop in the right place though!

Stu.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:20 pm

aha! yes the old tricks! The headlight one is good too.

Ally · Post by **Ally** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:46 pm

What's the headlight trick?

guitarcarfanatic · Post by **guitarcarfanatic** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:53 pm

The longe range light trick me-thinks. Pull the flasher stalk with the engine off and keys out of ignition and the longe range lights come on for 30 seconds to "light the way to your door"! Brilliant for trying to convince younger nephews and cousins that the car is alive...

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:26 pm

Window thing is in the manual.

"Tollbooth function" or something like that they called it!

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:05 pm

Does no-one read their handbook!!!!!

Seriously, have a browse, it has all the tricks listed.

pol · Post by **pol** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:19 pm

The first thing i did when I got my car was rwead the handbook. I remember I had to keep running down to the car to test all these things.

Also the little lights on the door lock and ignition should light when you pull the door handle. I like that one too.

pol

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:28 pm

jeez, guys!!
read the frickin manual

fargo · Post by **fargo** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:25 am

I also like the 100-mile-trick, has anyone noticed that?
Very entertaining

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:35 pm

100-mile trick? curious - am I being naive and missing something?

I'm gutted that Greta is missing some of the tricks the earlier ones came with - the flat-out-wiper trick would be soo cooool. Didn't early 480s come with a light in the engine bay aswell so you didn't have to find a torch when you hear a worrying noise from the engine at night...

These - lets face it - are the reasons we love these cars - am I right?

As for the "toll-booth" function - it's only wired up for the drivers-side window... then Volvo went to the bother of fitting an extra grounded output from the CEM to select between LHD and RHD cars... nuts!

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:11 pm

Murf wrote:jeez, guys!!
read the frickin manual

Mine never came with the present one. That's why I logged on here!

Anyone got a spare for later model???

Stu.

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:16 pm

Murf wrote:jeez, guys!!
read the frickin manual

Call yourself a man?

The manual is what you read when something goes wrong!!

I read mine in bed the night i got my first 480

fargo · Post by **fargo** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:50 pm

SanPhire wrote:100-mile trick? curious...

Er... It's simple: something randomly falls off / goes wrong at every hundred mile.

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:43 pm

lol!!

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:51 pm

chris1roll wrote:

I read mine in bed the night i got my first 480

Did you have a box of tissues ready?

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:54 pm

I bet his got the 480 playboy mag under the bed!

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:03 pm

Oi, I wasn't expecting you lot to find filth in that!!