Well, I Never Knew That!

[billynibbles]

One of the drawbacks of buying a nearly-new second hand car with a very long accessories list is never being quite sure what it's loaded with. It took me a while to find out that I'd got tyre pressure sensors, having never let the tyres go flat.

 

I've now done about 5,000 miles in my VTS HDi.

 

A few nights ago, I was driving in the dark on a very wet M3, wondering why it was that something was throwing patterns across the road every time I operated the screen wash when I got to wondering whether I'd got headlamp washers too.

 

Blow me down, I have. A casual look at the car gives nothing away. I always thought that the two rectangles on the bumpers were blanking plates for when they really did fit headlamp washers.

 

I can only assume that the operation is not so obvious when driving on lit roads. Thinking about it, that could have been my first dark road in the wet in 5,000 miles.

 

I wonder what else I don't know about...........the ejector seat for example.

[lee_marshuk]

Oh, nothing I'd have thought, but you do know the rear brake light spells TWAAAAAAAAAT don't you?

 

(just kidding)

 

Must be thinking of wozza's horn again :ph34r:

[Rich_Eason]

One of the drawbacks of buying a nearly-new second hand car with a very long accessories list is never being quite sure what it's loaded with. It took me a while to find out that I'd got tyre pressure sensors, having never let the tyres go flat.

 

I've now done about 5,000 miles in my VTS  HDi.

 

A few nights ago, I was driving in the dark on a very wet M3, wondering why it was that something was throwing patterns across the road every time I operated the screen wash when I got to wondering whether I'd got headlamp washers too.

 

Blow me down, I have. A casual look at the car gives nothing away. I always thought that the two rectangles on the bumpers were blanking plates for when they really did fit headlamp washers.

 

I can only assume that the operation is not so obvious when driving on lit roads. Thinking about it, that could have been my first dark road in the wet in 5,000 miles.

 

I wonder what else I don't know about...........the ejector seat for example.

Only operate when you have lights on and you wash the windscreen. Might be worth checking that they actually spray the lights and not the tarmac as two of us have recently found out....me being one of them