Hidden tricks that are funner to discover by accident. And we did!

[scotty1991]

How when you take the parcel shelf out, the ropes go back up and hide :O

[Big Yellow]

How when you take the parcel shelf out, the ropes go back up and hide :O

they do??

i thought the ropes were attached to the parcel shelf!

[scotty1991]

IIRC yes.. maybe im thinking of another car..

edit: turns out i was, just checked mine.. maybe its the MK4? or Merc B class :S

[gavs]

I have a Mk4 golf (I know, wrong section!) but this thread is pretty interesting and my golf does a little trick too.

When adjusting the side mirrors, when the knob is turned to the driver's side and adjusted, the passenger side automatically adjusts in time with it! Apparently, quite a few VWs do this little trick, fwas first told about it with an older model passat

[ben]

I have a Mk4 golf (I know, wrong section!) but this thread is pretty interesting and my golf does a little trick too.

When adjusting the side mirrors, when the knob is turned to the driver's side and adjusted, the passenger side automatically adjusts in time with it! Apparently, quite a few VWs do this little trick, fwas first told about it with an older model passat

When i first got my mk4 i thought that the mirrors were broken in some way because of this feature haha...turns out u just have to adjust the passenger side last!

[gmk2]

Sort of on topic, when doing the digital speedo reading on the climate control lcd screen, is there a way of doing this and have the air con not turned on?

If you activate the 'secret' diagnostic menu in an RNS510 you can see speed and even cornering loads etc Activating the menu depends on which version of firmware you run - some can do it just by holding setup for > 15 seconds, others need a VCDS edit / firmware correction.

[silver32]

Which submenu shows you the speed and cornering loads etc? I have the secret menu enabled....

[maca]

I know 19 2 shows you speed in KM/h but not sure about the other...

[Maverick]

I know 19 2 shows you speed in KM/h but not sure about the other...

19 - 2 is Engine Temperature °C

19 – 0 Vehicle Speed (kph) kph
19 – 1 Vehicle Speed (mph) mph
19 – 2 Engine Temperature °C
19 – 3 Engine speed RPM
19 – 4 AC compress speed RPM

Full list - Volkswagen Climatronic Diagnostics

[bwen]

19 - 2 is Engine Temperature °C

19 – 0 Vehicle Speed (kph) kph
19 – 1 Vehicle Speed (mph) mph
19 – 2 Engine Temperature °C
19 – 3 Engine speed RPM
19 – 4 AC compress speed RPM

Full list - Volkswagen Climatronic Diagnostics

Mav, is there a way to show the menu but have the air conditioning turned off on the dual climate control models?

[silver32]

Oh, are you referring to the climatronic screens maca? gmk2 mentioned this kind of data can be shown on the RNS510 secret menu? Is it possible?

[maca]

Oh, are you referring to the climatronic screens maca? gmk2 mentioned this kind of data can be shown on the RNS510 secret menu? Is it possible?

Sorry yeah I was referring to the climatronic screen..

[gmk2]

Oh, are you referring to the climatronic screens maca? gmk2 mentioned this kind of data can be shown on the RNS510 secret menu? Is it possible?

Yep, lots of info you can get - the RNS510 has GPS data, gyro data and CANBUS data from the rest of the car so quite a few different 'diagnostic' readouts you can see - let alone all the other stuff (radio reception etc etc). Handy to determine the 'accuracy' of your speedo - set cruise control and flip menu's to see the difference between GPS and reported speed.

What I really need to find out is if the Aus maps have 'voice' information in them.. voice activation may just be a microphone install away (on the new firmware...).

[maca]

This is not actually hidden trick post,
But its taken me almost two years to realise that
the inside front door grab handles on my Jetta are both different.
Am I the only one not to notice this for so long?
Are the golf handles different to each other as well?

I actually went to the basement to check this out coz I thought you guys were talking about the door release handles . Me thinks it's to accomodate for the window/mirror switches. The Mk4's with electric windows have the same thing.

IIRC there are no Mk5s in the world that have manual front windows, so I guess they'd be all the same.

[methylnick]

Here is another one I just found out, and I am not too sure why all car makers (at least in the cars I have driven don't have this).

I found this one out at the car wash, decided to try out the touch free automatic car wash system in Balwyn (because I felt lazy).

Idling, it's difficult to hear my Golf running and thinking it was off I turned the ignition key, when I realised it was still idling and I only could turn the key a little (one click) I realised oh sh*t and was expecting the loud CRUNCH of the starter motor kicking in on an engine that was still running, instead, I heard nothing! The starter was disabled when the engine was on.

Thank the lord for German engineering and design! what else did they think of??