catweasel wrote:

Renny wrote:

Why do you wan auto headlamps? Is it too much trouble to turn the switch ?

yes you can do things manually like the wipers and lights but why even ask this question, why should you have to do it manually. if you had an auto gearbox and had to change it manually would you accept that ? you pay for something and no matter how trivial it is you expect it to work. so why the f##k dont they and why cant people express their dissappointment either.

CW, Have another look at my post and the original posing.
I was trying to say it may not be worth the hassle/cost to retrofit something that was not there and might not be that useful. I even used a to try to emphasis this. If you'd bothered to read my post and the OP before you launched into flame mode you would have seen that they are not defective on the OP's vehicle, they are not there. I admit to using and liking the auto wipers so am not someone who dismisses technology, it is just that there are times where a person can make a better judgement than a sensor. Why waste money?

MacLeod 313 wrote:

But the auto headlights will be impossible without the dash sensor though.

Read the last page !!!!

As PaulP and myself has explained ...the auto lights are worked off the sensor in the windscreen

The dash sensor has no bearing on the auto headlights ...

Heres what it does

AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR
An ambient light sensor is located in the instrument cluster, adjacent to the alarm indicator. The ambient light sensor is a phototransistor which measures the available ambient light.
The phototransistor measures the ambient light (lux) level and passes a signal value for the available light level to the instrument cluster microprocessor. The instrument cluster software adjusts the display brightness of the message center and information display LCD's accordingly to ensure that the displays are clearly visible during day and night time driving.

Renny wrote:

CW, Have another look at my post and the original posing.

Whoops, Oh dear, erm errr.... dive for cover CWs coming

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before you launched into flame mode

and where would this be then and as for wasting money all those that have auto functions and dont/cant use them have wasted money have they not and if you read my post you will see I like them and think they work fine. just because they dont come on in a tunnel doesnt mean they are naff it just means the D3 believes you have enough light and it is always right in my vehicle. how many vehicles have auto lights and if not do they switch on in a tunnel or similar. probably not because they have enough light to see where they are going. right Im off to get some more gas (unsure as to what emoticon needs to be placed here so please yourself)

catweasel wrote:

Im off to get some more gas, unsure as to what emoticon needs to be placed here

CW, if you've got the gas you need the flamethrower emoticon then

 Previously:
2005 D3 2.7 TDV6 S
1984 90 2.25 Petrol CSW
1992 90 200TDi Hard Top
1995 Discovery ES 300TDi
2003 90 TD5 Truck Cab

 

catweasel wrote:

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before you launched into flame mode

and where would this be then

Having read most of your posts during the last couple of years, I would guess that it was probably around 4134 posts ago






Excuse my cynicism, but it is Friday after all

For the record, my auto lights and wipers are nowhere near as good as those on our VW Golf. They seem to have a mind of their own and I agree with most people that their operation is a bit dodgy and should have been improved.

Saying this, as CW says, when it is dark, the lights always come on and when it rains, the wipers always work. I use them all the time and thing they're a great feature, but their implementation is pretty flawed compared.

How's that for taking the middle ground