Interesting Bits Inside Your Euro..

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Originally Posted by IS250

Hmm, maybe there was an update between 2001 and 2003. I distinctively remember that feature was listed on the brochure that I saw around late 2002. I almost bought it just because of that feature lol. Try the owners manual, it might say how to do it.

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Haha, you know, now I dissuade everyone from buying Holden. So far this 2001 has had leaking injectors (cylinders flooded when left off overnight), faulty ignition barrel and worn rotor after just 1 set of pads (my gf's car, so it's not driven aggressively). There was a 0.5mm lip on the front rotor!!! Now with 60,000km/4 years, we have to change the timing belt! The service was almost $1000! I'm trying to persuade her to get a Honda (because of the timing chain) but the only one she likes is the IS200.

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Originally Posted by EuroDude

Or when ClimateControl is OFF, maybe they just have the drivers temperature dial set high, such as ~27. It needs to be set to "LO" to avoid the air being heated by the engine.

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100% correct. It took me ages to work out why warm air was coming out of the vents when the climate control was off. Our climate control seems to be just a manual system with an electronic display.

I am now in the habit of turning the dial all the way down if I turn climate control off.

yfin - from what I can tell, it only becomes 'manual' when you hit the 'off' button - it just leaves all the valves and vents at whatever position they are, and stops adjusting it. Otherwise, it's automagic.

Say, the cabin temp is 20C and you had the temp set to '29C'. With the CC on, regardless of whether AC is on or not, the valve controlling the amount of engine coolant going to the heater radiator will pretty much be wide open. Normally, with the CC on, it will gradually close the valve as the cabin temp approaches 29C. If you hit 'off', it will stop adjusting the valve, and the fan will stop. Other factors aside, the cabin will get hotter and hotter.

So basically, you are right - to really make sure the CC is off and not interfering, turn the temp dial to 'lo' first before pressing 'off'.

That's the beauty of having CC - no constant adjustments to the HVAC controls - just set and forget.

Thanks Kleung - rep point for you :thumbsup:

Just curious - has anyone here noticed that may be the 06 Euro seats have been revised - I don't know but I think that the seats are deeper and more comfortable than my 03 Euro!!

Noticed the other night driving through Lithgow that if the temp drops below 3 degrees, a picture of a road with an ice flake lights up in the trip computer. There is also a warning beep.

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Originally Posted by C[H]aMeLeoN

Noticed the other night driving through Lithgow that if the temp drops below 3 degrees, a picture of a road with an ice flake lights up in the trip computer. There is also a warning beep.

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That's it... make us 03-05 owners drool.... :)

Another interesting bit is when you press Lock on the remote, the car wont lock if there is a door open or not shut properly.

Plus in the wet with the wipers on Intermittent, the wipers activate when you release the brakes if the car is moving under 10km/h (I think thats been mentioned previously tho)

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Originally Posted by EuroDude

Plus in the wet with the wipers on Intermittent, the wipers activate when you release the brakes if the car is moving under 10km/h (I think thats been mentioned previously tho)

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Hey I found out that one tonight too ... finally have some decent rain in Sydney so I've used the wipers for about the first time since I bought the car! What I found was if you dial up the fast end of the intermittent wiper setting it seems the wipers run continuously while driving ... until ... you come to a stop at the traffic lights and then they go at a slow intermittent speed. I'm guessing that end of the intermittent setting is some type of auto mode with speed sensing. Neat!

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Originally Posted by MalGib

Hey I found out that one tonight too ... finally have some decent rain in Sydney so I've used the wipers for about the first time since I bought the car! What I found was if you dial up the fast end of the intermittent wiper setting it seems the wipers run continuously while driving ... until ... you come to a stop at the traffic lights and then they go at a slow intermittent speed. I'm guessing that end of the intermittent setting is some type of auto mode with speed sensing. Neat!

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No matter which setting you use when in intermittent mode, it will go to the slowest possible setting when you stop and are on the brakes.

Didnt know it slowed down on fast-intermittent speed, sweet - i'll try it when I'm stuck in traffic tomorrow :)

wow - all that stuff about the AC was really interesting... still not sure if i 100% understand it, but ill try out the reccomendations you fellas have made