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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

HID's only average. Should be LED or laser.

[TheBoy]

825 W sound system with 10CD onto hard drive.

But obviously the 1200W B&W is better .

But does a car need this. Really.

[TheBoy]

......cruise control.
ASL.....pointless.

I actually use both. Cruise for those tedious 50mph limits on motorways, to keep the cones safe. ASL in places like Bletchley where the ol' bill hide with their ray guns. Ensures I stick to, or below, the 30mph for those 2 miles.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Sat Nav. Sourced from Tandy in 1972.

Jag Sat Navs are crap! 

[TheBoy]

Keyless entry. Is there a point to this other than forgetting where the key is.

I wasn't taken with it at first, but now when I jump in other cars, I miss it.  I cart too much shite in and out of the office every day, saves having to fumble around for keys, as it just stays in my pocket or laptop bag

[TheBoy]

Sat Nav. Sourced from Tandy in 1972.

Jag Sat Navs are crap! 

People say same about Omega ones. They are fine. They do their job. And far better than portable units, as we all know deep down, but some don't like to admit. A human brain will usually be better, assuming an IQ in double figures (which rules most road users out).

Mine is "crap" in so much as the map is a million years old, and the earlier X351's had notoriously unresponsive touchscreens. Newer maps and better touchscreens are an easy upgrade, but the dual view screens like mine are find to source 2nd hand.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Keyless entry. Is there a point to this other than forgetting where the key is.

I wasn't taken with it at first, but now when I jump in other cars, I miss it.  I cart too much shite in and out of the office every day, saves having to fumble around for keys, as it just stays in my pocket or laptop bag

Ah....but one day when it's pissing down with rain and your hands are full to overflowing with crap from the office you'll find the  key is not in your pocket or laptop bag.

Mrs TB will have used the car and neglected to return it.

At this point with the rain turning to hail the whole of the south of England will turn blue with profanity and expletives.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

TB.....is your XJ finished in ultimate black? I have a Jaguar Lacquer and touch up stick left over from my old XFR if it's of any use.

[TheBoy]

Keyless entry. Is there a point to this other than forgetting where the key is.

I wasn't taken with it at first, but now when I jump in other cars, I miss it.  I cart too much shite in and out of the office every day, saves having to fumble around for keys, as it just stays in my pocket or laptop bag

Ah....but one day when it's pissing down with rain and your hands are full to overflowing with crap from the office you'll find the  key is not in your pocket or laptop bag.

Mrs TB will have used the car and neglected to return it.

At this point with the rain turning to hail the whole of the south of England will turn blue with profanity and expletives.

She has her own key to lose

[TheBoy]

TB.....is your XJ finished in ultimate black? I have a Jaguar Lacquer and touch up stick left over from my old XFR if it's of any use.

Errr, its black.  Let me check TOPix later and see

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

825 W sound system with 10CD onto hard drive.

But obviously the 1200W B&W is better .

But does a car need this. Really.

No. I don't believe they are 1200 proper watts anyway. Some method of measurement must have changed. Years ago I used a Marshall 100w guitar amp in a small hall. It cracked one of the windows, and people from over a quarter of a mile away complained about the noise. We had proper watts in the 70,s. 

[Andy B]

..ll

On mine, you go in to the settings and un-tick the 'Fold mirrors when locking' option. You can still manually do it on the door button or the fob. 

Likewise. Though I found that if I lock the car with the passenger door open, the mirrors stay put when I lock it, then I shut the passenger door. Handy for when I have towing mirrors fitted.

[Andy B]

My Mondeo has front and rear parking sensors.  I've never been beeped at so much!!   

Oh and it's also the first car I had with electric folding mirrors, which is handy to be able to tuck them in at the press of a button. 

Trouble with parking sensors front & back is that you become deaf to them continually beeping at you ..... I've even had a tree leap out  behind me ...... & I did hit it   
My mirrors fold when I lock it 

Ooo get you!   

What if you don't want to fold the mirrors when you lock it though? 

On mine, you go in to the settings and un-tick the 'Fold mirrors when locking' option. You can still manually do it on the door button or the fob. 

I think mine is a setting needing dealer diags equipment, which is a bit daft IMHO. Esp as my passenger one is getting lazy unfolding, so I'd probably be inclined not to fold when locking . And I bet a replacement mirror is the wrong side of £2k - I know the glass is well over £300

That's what I was thinking, that with all that folding and unfolding they'd get tired. 

Poor things! 

It's not unheard of for wiring on Mercs to break due to repeated opening & closing

[Andy B]

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The feature I *REALLY* miss from Omegas that is absent is the interior mirror is not on the memory system

I believe its the same on some very very expensive Mercs too ..... all for the sake of a few quid of electrickery

[Doctor Gollum]

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The feature I *REALLY* miss from Omegas that is absent is the interior mirror is not on the memory system

I believe its the same on some very very expensive Mercs too ..... all for the sake of a few quid of electrickery

W140 is a case in point... Early cars interior mirror is fully electric with memory, face lift cars aren't even on memory...