DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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is there anyway to lock the doors when the bonnet is open ?
I am giving the battery a charge and want to leave the bonnet open but lock the doors. However, when I try to do so the car just beeps at me  Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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There must be a sensor/switch somewhere that detects it's open.
If you could find that then replicate a 'bonnet closed' situation. I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:34 am |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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i think its under the bonnet catch just like in the D3 -
I thought about pressing the catch down ie locking it, but I just know that I would forget and slam the bonnet on the closed catch.... Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:38 am |
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euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
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I went in through the air intake.....undid the clip to the air box and went to the battery from there....not too much of a faff and got the car locked "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:39 am |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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Mmm, might do that - I have a connector to attach to the battery so could leave the plug inside the blank air intake  Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:42 am |
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Calcul@tor
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: Middle England!
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Doesn't it lock anyway - even though it beeps to warn the bonnet is open? D4 XS MY12 Galway
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:56 am |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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no, it doesnt lock - the D3 sounds the Horn and locks - the D4 makes a lickle beep and remains open
already got a CTEK charger and lead Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
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| 25th Nov 2011 11:58 am |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
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Well leave the end tucked in at top end of the bonnet, easy, had mine there for 2yrs, no need at all to have bonnet open just plug in when needed
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| 25th Nov 2011 12:09 pm |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
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| 25th Nov 2011 12:13 pm |
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Calcul@tor
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: Middle England!
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Another thing that perhaps isn't really progress!
I had a faulty bonnet switch on my D3 for a while - what a nightmare if it means you can't then lock your car! Not too bad in your garage or on the drive, but what if it goes wrong as you're driving to an important meeting in the middle of a town? No time to get it fixed, meeting too important to miss - but no way to lock it either!
Sorry, but I think this 'upgrade' is actually a short sighted and counter intuitive (non)advance. D4 XS MY12 Galway
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| 25th Nov 2011 12:14 pm |
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Calcul@tor
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
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Discotres wrote:just plug in when needed
Do you really need to charge your battery often enough to make this worthwhile?
I think in the last 7 years, other than a week or two when my battery was dying and I hadn't realised the problem, I've only had to charge my battery about twice when, despite the bleeps, I'd managed to leave lights on. D4 XS MY12 Galway
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| 25th Nov 2011 12:18 pm |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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since I still use both the D3 and the D4 each one only gets half of the use it would if I only had 1.
either car can go for several days a week not being used and the constant recording of the Blackvue drains the battery a bit.
just keen to keep them topped up - the D4 gave me a low batt warning a few days a go Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
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| 25th Nov 2011 12:25 pm |
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