Obscure Features

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Two things to add to the list that not everyone might be aware off:

- The sunroof shade cover has open slots in it. That is so that on hot days, you can tilt up the sunroof when leaving the car and not have to open the shade cover. Hence sun light will not come in through the sunroof. Hot air will flow through the slots of the shade cover and out though the sun roof.

- The sun visor, when using it against the side driver window, it can slide backwards or forwards to better cover the sunlight that might be coming through the driver window during sunrise or sunset.

[weonarok]

Probably a good thing the wiper blades 'flip' to prolong their life considering that they are $80 or more a pair against 'old style' blades being a couple of bucks.
With Ross Tech the 'lane changing blinkers' can be changed from off too 5 flashers.
On latter models you can also go in and change the values to make the speedometer more accurate. Mine is now spot on with my GPS.
There is also provision to correct the odometer settings (I run much larger tyres on my rok and the odometer reads low) but it needs a code that unfortunately only My VW himself appears to have.


"You don't know what you don't know"

Cheers dave

[Jakeys]

Probably a good thing the wiper blades 'flip' to prolong their life considering that they are $80 or more a pair against 'old style' blades being a couple of bucks.
With Ross Tech the 'lane changing blinkers' can be changed from off too 5 flashers.
On latter models you can also go in and change the values to make the speedometer more accurate. Mine is now spot on with my GPS.
There is also provision to correct the odometer settings (I run much larger tyres on my rok and the odometer reads low) but it needs a code that unfortunately only My VW himself appears to have.


"You don't know what you don't know"

Cheers dave

For wiper blades I buy Bosch Aerotwins. They make them for front and also rear for wagon. Fantastic blade, wasn't much more expensive than when I was buying them for my old Verada. I haven't actually ever replaced with OEM so I can't say a direct comparison but I've been very happy with the price and performance of the Bosch wipers and have always heard good reviews from others. Food for thought there.

On the speedometer accuracy, while that is true, I looked at doing that and realised it's actually a bit more difficult than just adding or subtracting a number of km's, there are ratios and different ranges involved. I would suggest unless you're very confident with what you're doing not messing with those speedo numbers.

[OilBurna]

Don't forget auto hold will not engage unless you have your seatbelt on


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[Hillbilly]

Probably a good thing the wiper blades 'flip' to prolong their life considering that they are $80 or more a pair against 'old style' blades being a couple of bucks.
With Ross Tech the 'lane changing blinkers' can be changed from off too 5 flashers.
On latter models you can also go in and change the values to make the speedometer more accurate. Mine is now spot on with my GPS.
There is also provision to correct the odometer settings (I run much larger tyres on my rok and the odometer reads low) but it needs a code that unfortunately only My VW himself appears to have.


"You don't know what you don't know"

Cheers dave

Well I do know what I do know and I know I cant get my speedo more accurate. Went to the correct place in VCDS and changed the values to every different one and no matter what I did it hasnt changed anything.

Any further asssitance would be appreciated.

[kleung]

Found another cool feature.

The brake discs are also equipped with a kind of wiper. Reason: In heavy rain, a water film can form on the brake disc and reduce its response. This is where the new “wiper” function comes in. At an interval of five minutes, the brakes are applied with a minimum amount of pressure to dry the discs. You do not notice this process while driving.

New Passat Launched In Germany - Over 40 New Photos And Full Specs - VWVortex

No idea if AUDM Passats got this feature, but it's clever nonetheless.

[claude626]

Someone mentioned the cruise control speed increments being 1kmh and 10kmh, all I can do is the 10kmh increment...

Any thoughts?

[Eaglehawk]

Don't you just pull the stick towards you to make it go up in 1km/h increments?

[Harrydhillon]

Usually the 'Set' and 'Resume' button for +- 1km/h


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[Hillbilly]

You pull the stalk towards you for 1 k increments up and press the button in the end of the stalk for 1k increments down. At least i do in mine using Adaptive Cruise.

You push the stalk up for 10 up and down for 10k down