Illumination

[Angie]

As a driver of a twenty-five year-old Torslanda I'm so pleased I don't have these problems. Indicator/dip-switch stalk on the left, front and rear wipers on the right, both within fingertip reach, and even after all these years working positively and easily. I know when it's getting dark or foggy and I switch on the lights - nice neat rotary switch on the dashboard - and when it rains I switch on the wipers, intermittent, slow, fast or single sweep. None of the switches has illumination. I just wonder what the point is of all this automation and illumination except to build obsolescence into the car.

Oh dear, I do feel old!

[wimorrison]

Originally Posted by hodgy

Why mention wheel position, clutch or brake. Of course I know where they are. I also know how to set up the auto lights and wipers. I just thought it was funny, not having the stalks. (NOT the wheel of other) illuminated. I supposed it's what you used too I guess

fairly obvious reason to mention them - you lknow where they are and they dont need to be illuminated for you to find them - exactly the same reason that the stalks aren't illuminated

[Jcbrown]

Originally Posted by hodgy

Me too, I can start the engine from inside the house. Realy warm when I get in it.

[hodgy]

Originally Posted by civilservant

Stop this bragging at once!

OK OK sorry sir lol

[phil1968]

Had illuminated stalks on a mid-80s Mini Metro, but not had them since on any vehicle I've owned.

[Simon Jones]

Years back I had a 1985 MG Metro which had illuminated stalks. There were fibre optic filaments that went from a bulb somewhere around the switch mechanism and ran up inside the stalks to the translucent markings towards the end. Evidently the forward-thinking innovative designers at BL were just too far ahead of the curve .

Edit: what he said

[andrewpain]

Originally Posted by phil1968

Had illuminated stalks on a mid-80s Mini Metro, but not had them since on any vehicle I've owned.

a colleague of mine had an MG Maestro that he put into a field upside down. He swears blind that while he was trying to climb out of the window the high-tech dashboard started up"Warning - oil pressure low!"
Mighty cars, those 80's BLs...

[andrewpain]

Originally Posted by Jcbrown

Check your settings. Salesman told me it is a "safety feature" that you had to re-set the wipers to auto every time, as they re-set to manual every time the engine is switched off.

I showed him the setting on their demonstrator (had not got my car at that point) : My Car -> Wipers -> Rain Sensor Memory

Now they are permanently in Auto mode

cheers - don't get mine till FRIDAY:-))

[andrewpain]

Originally Posted by andrewpain

cheers - don't get mine till FRIDAY:-))

oops - got so excited a little bit of wee might have come out....

[Jcbrown]

Originally Posted by andrewpain

oops - got so excited a little bit of wee might have come out....