Turn Signals
05-13-2005, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Hormazd' date='May 12 2005, 06:11 PM
About 40 years ago,? they started getting rid of the third pedal.? Good job you weren't driving then.
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And turn signals were out the window!
05-13-2005, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='May 13 2005, 10:26 AM
Don't forget the old dimmer switch location.
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05-13-2005, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by stream' date='May 12 2005, 06:41 PM
[quote name='zippers525' date='May 12 2005, 10:11 AM'][quote name='stream' date='May 12 2005, 10:43 AM'][quote name='Magneto' date='May 12 2005, 07:58 AM']You know, if we're going to bother modifying I-Drive to allow selecting the 'number of blinks', maybe we should go a little further.? I'm thinking that on US cars a "Florida Retiree" option might be useful.? If selected the right turn blinker would be permanently on.? 
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I lived in Ft. Lauderdale years ago. Lots of crazy drivers--between the retirees and the drunk/lost tourists...
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[/quote]Yeah, the problem is they don't turn them off though. The i-drive should not allow them to turn into the fast lane or drive in I-95 or especially the ternpike.
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[/quote]What's worse (with both groups) is changing lanes without any warning...and making a right turn from the left lane...
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[/quote]Excellent. I'm going to be a Florida tourist in July, thanks for the tips on how to drive, no indicators and change lanes unexpectedly, anything else I need to know...........
05-13-2005, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='May 11 2005, 10:49 PM
As explained above, the trick to canceling it on the E60 is to move the lever in the SAME direction as the indicator is blinking -- in other words, the opposite of what everyone is used to.
Once you get used to this new way, it actually makes more sense and works fine.
Once you get used to this new way, it actually makes more sense and works fine.
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I am begining to worry that I don't as I just had to take my car out and experiment with the blinker control as I have not experienced these problems personally. I find that I can 'cancel' the blinker by moving the lever in either direction. That is, to cancel a left turn signal, I can push the level up as is my natural tendancy, or down as suggested in this thread.
Now I understand why BMW changed to the '06 model year so quickly.
05-13-2005, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='May 13 2005, 09:39 AM
[quote name='JDN' date='May 13 2005, 10:26 AM']Don't forget the old dimmer switch location.
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[/quote]The foot dimmer switch was one way to release emotion, especially when some *#$%C@%$^&%$# was oblivious to the first three flashes he got.
05-13-2005, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='May 13 2005, 07:26 AM
Don't forget the old dimmer switch location.
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05-14-2005, 06:04 AM
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So if I understand the Turn signals you pull down for a left turn and then you pull down again to turn off
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Well, just finished reading this thread. All the guys in my town were getting used to me winding my way to work with the indicators going left, right, left, right for 100's of yards after a turn... No more! I now know how to stop them. And I did RTFM so I am SOOO glad someone else thinks this isn't in TFM!! 
I'm all for change if only they actually put the instructions in TFM!!
No more! I now know how to stop them. And I did RTFM so I am SOOO glad someone else thinks this isn't in TFM!! I'm all for change if only they actually put the instructions in TFM!!