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Old 05-28-07 | 02:34 AM
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Neat feature that found out today: when the moon-roof is completely closed, press on the rotatable dial (rather than rotating it) and it will open all the way
Be nice now ^_^. sorry if this has been covered earlier or mentioned in the manuals. I am sure that I'm not the only one who doesn't read all the manuals and I am also sure that not everyone knew about this feature...
Old 05-28-07 | 05:25 AM
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Yup, covered in the manual. Read pretty much the whole manual the next day I got the car
Old 05-28-07 | 05:36 AM
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But to close the roof, you would turn the dial to open and then turn again to close right?
Old 05-28-07 | 06:22 AM
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But to close the roof, you would turn the dial to open and then turn again to close right?
No, just press it again and it closes. I think you guys would find a WORLD of information in the owner's manual. It's well worth the read.
Old 05-28-07 | 07:01 AM
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No, just press it again and it closes. I think you guys would find a WORLD of information in the owner's manual. It's well worth the read.
I didn't know that about the moonroof. I grabbed the manual yesterday to read but got sidetracked.
Old 05-28-07 | 07:41 AM
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I remember I showed a fellow member and he was like, "DAMNN DUDE THAT'S SOO SICK!"
Old 05-28-07 | 09:16 AM
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It say AUTO on the dial dude! You should read the manual ahead...
Old 05-28-07 | 09:23 AM
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it actually doesn't open the moonroof all the way.
Old 05-28-07 | 10:15 AM
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It dose! Just press the dail and the roof open itself all the way!
Old 05-28-07 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ISbb
It dose! Just press the dail and the roof open itself all the way!
No it doesn't and i'm confused by that. Why does the dial open it a smidge more?
Old 05-28-07 | 10:35 AM
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No it doesn't and i'm confused by that. Why does the dial open it a smidge more?
From what I've been told (and read here), pressing the dial opens it to a pre-programmed position that's as open as possible while still minimizing wind coming in the car. Apparently opening it all the way is "too much", in the opinion of whomever programmed that feature.
Old 05-28-07 | 10:39 AM
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Cool

Im not a owners manual reading kind of guy too! But to be truth my brother in law was the one who discover it and was yapping about that for about a week. still a neat feature wich i dont use at all, but nontheless cool.
Old 05-28-07 | 10:40 AM
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same as my audi..push the dial once open the sunroof all the way.. press it again it will close.... nothing new been on all european cars for years now... im more excited seeing it in a lexus/toyota car than the dial itself...
Old 05-29-07 | 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ahohnstein
No, just press it again and it closes. I think you guys would find a WORLD of information in the owner's manual. It's well worth the read.

I often forget what i read, this could be one of those things

Come to think of it, I don't really like the dialing method of opening the roof. Instead of stopping at a predefined location, it should be allowed to be stopped at any point.
Old 05-29-07 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ULTiMaX99
it actually doesn't open the moonroof all the way.
That's right. I like it open all the way. That inch makes a big difference.


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