Power window operation from key buttons

[monkeysrus]

I hate it when the auto wipers come on when the winscreen is a bit dirty / greasy. Makes a bloody mess.

[BlackSuperb]

And I hate it when I have to drive my wife's Mazda 3, bloody manual wipers and manual headlights..... takes a bit if getting used to....

[ralp2dam]

And I hate it when I have to drive my wife's Mazda 3, bloody manual wipers and manual headlights..... takes a bit if getting used to....

Speaking of Mazda 3 how poor are the wiper speed settings. There either too slow or flat out. How about some intermittent speeds. Sorry just had to rant. It annoys me everytime I drive one in the rain.

[Gnat]

All the "auto" stuff I love. Very few problems of false triggers etc.
... auto lights, auto wipers, auto rear-view tint, auto audio mute, auto dash lights when driving into the sun, flat tyre warning,
Now, if it'd just do the auto-body-wash and auto-loan-repayments I'd be in 7th heaven

[Rosie]

I hope that you are not saying that you leave your dog unattended in the car on hot days.

K1W1,
I don't leave my dog in a car unattended on cool days. I've been know to give a mouthful to people that do. They just don't realise that even on a cool day that all that metal and glass heats up the inside to lethal levels for a dog in a very short time. "The temperature in a parked car can quickly rise to over 60º C. Under these conditions a dog locked inside can suffer from heat stress in as little as six minutes, resulting in an agonising death. Even cars parked in the shade on an overcast day can become dangerously hot". - quote from RSPCA.


Dogs don't sweat, and dehydrate a lot faster than humans. They cool themselves by getting airflow over that dripping tongue, which is why when they're hot they pant when standing still, or lay down with their mouth open facing a breeze. If the air they're trying to draw over the tongue is already even 5C higher than ambient, and especially with no water at hand, then they're in trouble. Anyone who has burnt their hand on a steering wheel knows that the inside of the car is well over 5C above ambient.

I'm pretty sure the windows stop when they sense an obstruction.

That's right brad, but the window has to first jam the dogs head in the window before it stops. Now I know that the windows only activate while the car is locked and staionary it's not an issue, but the mental picture of a freaked out 45kg Ridgeback with his head jammed in a window was enough for me not to leave anything to chance.

rosie - do u know u can "adjust" the sensitivity of the auto-wipers by adjusting the dial thingy ontop of the wiper stalk. towards the left = least sensitive; towards the right = very sensitive. i've got mine set 1 left from the middle.
seems 2 b well behaved there.

dArK5HaD0w,
Yes. Another thing I've found in the manual. Handy little book that one! I've now got mine set where yours are and am happy not to now have those unexpected flurries of wiper activity.

[brad]

That's right brad, but the window has to first jam the dogs head in the window before it stops. Now I know that the windows only activate while the car is locked and staionary it's not an issue, but the mental picture of a freaked out 45kg Ridgeback with his head jammed in a window was enough for me not to leave anything to chance.

test it out. I think it backs off a bit.
It would be cruel to use the dawg as a crash test dummy but if you've got kids there's an hour's pleasure trying it out. Start with a newspaper, then try & convince one of them to put there hand in; gradually change body parts until they try with their head (if you put your hands either side of the head it doesn't hurt too much ).

[SKODA vRS147]

I have done this by mistake on a mate of mine.
I decided to close the window using the auto up without him retracting his hand from outside the window and shortly after i heard some very loud screaming and the odd occasional swear word. During the resulting debate after my mistake he assured me that the pressure that it places on the obstacle before it backs off is significant. We did have a bit of a giggle when we got home and let everyone know what had happened and was able to show the bruise across the back of his hand.

[Rosie]

brad,

I like the way your mind works.

[Antiplastix]

There s a cat across the road from me that I can lend you...........