It's the little things..............

Talk about general things related to the new VW Scirocco in here.
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It's the little things..............

Post by bungle »

Has anyone come anything they didn't know they had, or that your 'roc did, by accident?

I just noticed that the 'star' button on the steering wheel will mute the radio, but that it also pauses your ipod track if that is playing.

I've also just found out that the photochromatic rear view mirror needs to be switched on :oops: I knew it was a feature, but didn't realise you had to press what is obviously an on/off button to activate it..... :doh:
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Post by rehmondo »

bungle wrote:I've also just found out that the photochromatic rear view mirror needs to be switched on :oops: I knew it was a feature, but didn't realise you had to press what is obviously an on/off button to activate it..... :doh:
Mine is always on, if I turn it off, then the next time I start up the Green light will be on again.
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Post by SuperJB »

I didn't know that my scirocco had Daytime Running Lights until after I got it, but then I'm not sure that I like them (tho I haven't attempted to deactivate them just yet).

And though it's not really a feature that I didn't know I had, I'm pleasantly suprised with the RCD 510 and how functional it is (CD's, SD's, ipods, etc etc etc!)
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Post by DavidH »

hell yeah, there's friggin loads of buttons that i have no clue what they do, it's hard to figure out whilst driving. There's this woman in the roof that starts talking shit when you press one of the buttons up there, what the hell's that about? :shrug:
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Post by gossa »

Took me a week to realise you could pull the arm rest out and raise it!
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Post by silver130 »

I like the way the wipers work. I.E with the the wipers on. When you come to a halt the wipers drop back to intermittent so they don't start making a row and if you turn off the engine when the wipers are mid sweep they don't just stay stuck in the middle of the screen but drop back down to the rest position.
It's nothing new. My Audi did it too, but it's just a nice piece of attention to detail imo.
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Post by Mr Baz »

I like the fact that if the front wipers are on and you stick it in reverse it clears the back window for you.....A nice feature but totally pointless as you can't see feck all out the back when reversing anyway!!! :shrug:
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Post by Andy-GTI »

Mr Baz wrote:I like the fact that if the front wipers are on and you stick it in reverse it clears the back window for you.....A nice feature but totally pointless as you can't see feck all out the back when reversing anyway!!! :shrug:
When you select reverse It also puts the heater system into internal recirculation mode, so it cant ull in any fumes while reversing. . . . .
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Post by LCM »

Best feature I found out by accident was how the driver window opens with the key fob when you hold unlock down - freaky thing was that the key was in my pocket at the time and I thought I was having either an LSD trip or an electrical problem!!

The other thing I found out by accident was how godammed f@cking cool everyone else thinks my car is!!! :clap:

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Post by albertz33 »

noticed this morning ( first icy morning with the ROC ) that it heats up and clears the windows much faster than my MK 5 GTI did, thats a welcome point on a cold morning. :nod:
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Glove box cooling.
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Post by wigit »

how the underside of the bonnet lip attracts sh#te so you get nice black marks on your hands as vw were too cheap to put a hydraulic stay in, remember to wipe first :)
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Post by albertz33 »

andy wrote:how the underside of the bonnet lip attracts sh#te so you get nice black marks on your hands as vw were too cheap to put a hydraulic stay in, remember to wipe first :)
this is true, would it have been so bad to fit a strut as in the GTI? surely it wouldnt have cost that much.
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Post by adamj »

albertz33 wrote:
andy wrote:how the underside of the bonnet lip attracts sh#te so you get nice black marks on your hands as vw were too cheap to put a hydraulic stay in, remember to wipe first :)
this is true, would it have been so bad to fit a strut as in the GTI? surely it wouldnt have cost that much.
I would of paid the extra £5 for one......

Its a little thing but slightly annoying and cheap.
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Post by DavidH »

albertz33 wrote:noticed this morning ( first icy morning with the ROC ) that it heats up and clears the windows much faster than my MK 5 GTI did, thats a welcome point on a cold morning. :nod:
Yeah, i've noticed the car gets up to temp much faster than previous VAG cars i've owned, including the A3, which i'm bloody thankful for, it's probably one of my favourite features of the car right now. :D . i'm nice and toasty within a couple of miles, and less if it's only been stood a couple of hours, it's like up to temp virtually right away, something to do with the oil circulation i think.. That's a little thing that makes a big difference.
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Post by drkaos »

Mr Baz wrote:I like the fact that if the front wipers are on and you stick it in reverse it clears the back window for you..
A rather easy way to ruin the glass if your window isn't clean.. I'll deactivate this feature with vag-com, and then remove the back-wiper.
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Post by ryancooke »

i like it when its dark, and i leave the light in the "on" position, press the unlock button and my xenons come on :D love it
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Post by easybreeze »

ryancooke wrote:i like it when its dark, and i leave the light in the "on" position, press the unlock button and my xenons come on :D love it
Just seen that, looks ace :)
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Post by DavidH »

i've been doing that too, just cause it looks cool :D , i found that out by accident by forgetting to switch the lights off.
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Post by Andy-GTI »

It does it with non xenon cars aswell.
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