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As many of you agree I'm sure, Saab sure can think "outside the box" when it comes to design. I've read on this forum about many of the unique things they design into the cars as well as the software that controls them, but still I was pleasantly surprised by this one...
Last weekend I got in my car (a 2006 2.0T SS automatic, with premium and cold weather packages) and was alerted by the SID that my right rear break light was out. It was nice but not that impressive that it let me know, or even that it told me which one. I pulled out the owners manual to get the bulb spec and found this nugget:
"If a stop light bulb fails, the adjacent taillight will act as a stop light to ensure traffic safety. Change the broken bulb when possible"
Really? Sure enough I checked and the bulb that would generally just be the rear parking light was now acting as a brake light also. I replaced the bulb and everything went back to normal.
Ad this to the list of items built by software engineers, for software engineers, like;
-Nightpanel
-SID switching to showing temprature "when the outside temperature falls or rises to between 26 and 38 degrees" or switches to DTE "when the remaining fuel is only sufficient for approx. 80 miles"
-The way the HVAC system resets to your "Default" settings after two hours no matter what you set them to when you got out
However, nothing is as over-thought as the wiper/washer system. Straight from the manual, "...When the washers are operated, the wipers will make 3, 4 or 5 sweeps, depending on how long the washers were kept on. If the speed of the car is less than 12 mph, the wipers will make an additional sweep after roughly 8 seconds. When the washer fluid level drops below 1 quart, the headlight washers are deactivated. This is in order to prioritize the windshield. To prevent the smell of washer fluid from entering the car, recirculation can be activated automatically while the windshield is washed. This function is optional; contact a workshop...
What's cool is that they have designed things the way I would design them if I was doing it for the most part. It is really what makes Saabs unique from most other cars. The hate part of my Love/Hate relationship with my car will come when these things begin to fail and don't work as expected.
So, what other nuggets are hidden in that owners manual that I haven't found yet? Let's hear them!
posted by 64.81.226...
, Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:34:40
, Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:57:26, Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:14:29
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