Norm <nsippel@mindspring.com> wrote: Message Dan:
New A4s also automatically lock the doors like blue-hair GM products. That
one "feature" was the coup de grace last year when we were car shopping.
After eliminating all of the Japanese cars one after the other, we got down to
an A4 & a 328i. While the Audi gets slightly better fuel consumption & with
fwd, we could drive north in winter, I don't like being automatically locked
into my car. Once the salesman said it wasn't re-programmable, we bought the
BMW in which that feature is programmable 4 different ways. We've owned Audis
before & never had lamp problems. Must be another new "feature." BTW, love
the 328.
As for fogs with low-beams - that makes them useless. The entire idea with
fog lights is to send out a flat-topped, low-level beam that does NOT reflect
off the fog droplets as high or low-beams do. Last car I had that I could run
with just parking & fog light was my first MGB - a '65 with Lucas Flamethrower
& Lucas Fog light.
But, your comment makes me curious. With all of the features that can be
driver-programmed on the BMW, I wonder if fog/headlight interaction is one of
them.
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Norm, I actually had to have the door locks programmed - the 'standard' for the
2004 model was that you had to lock the car yourself. With small children at
the time, I preferred the auto locks. The dealer didn't charge me to program
this. Re: the fogs, yes, I understand the whole issue of fogs being somewhat
useless with the low beams.... The earlier version of the A4 (up until around
2003, I believe) could have the fogs programmed to work with the parking
lights, and many enthusiast owners did this. Audi aparently changed either the
wiring or the programming for the 2004 model year that prevents this. Bummer.
BTW, love the A4 ;-)
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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