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Old 04-19-2016, 10:51 AM   #1
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Absolutely.... its the best when you are entering your car in dead of summer... great way to let the hot air out of your car before you enter it. People find that really cool feature.

I wish there was a way to link that feature to the key remote somehow - pressing a button on the remote to open the windows would boost the cool factor big time!
Wait a tick...

You hold the key turned in the lock to roll the window down instead of just...I don't know...opening the door!
Seriously, though...I've never used it and it seems like a completely useless feature.
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Wait a tick...

You hold the key turned in the lock to roll the window down instead of just...I don't know...opening the door!
Seriously, though...I've never used it and it seems like a completely useless feature.
You would of thought so...... but in the Texas heat it does help to be able to roll down both windows before getting in (top being up of course .)

Not sure why the key FOB would not do it also, all my other cars you just hold down the unlock button a few seconds and it lowers the windows.
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Not sure why the key FOB would not do it also, all my other cars you just hold down the unlock button a few seconds and it lowers the windows.
Newers Porsche do this. The company that makes smartTop makes a thing called remoteTop that enables windows control from the key fob.
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You would of thought so...... but in the Texas heat it does help to be able to roll down both windows before getting in (top being up of course .)

Not sure why the key FOB would not do it also, all my other cars you just hold down the unlock button a few seconds and it lowers the windows.
When I visit my folks in Florida and the car is parked outside, like when we go to the mall or something, it gets so hot inside the car that I have to walk out ahead of time just get in and roll down the windows. Can't put an elderly person with a heart condition in a 100 degree car. Since I don't use the key trick in my 986 I never thought of trying it on other cars.
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The key trick also works on recent VW's and Audi's too... (both the '02 and '06 jetta did it as well as my wife's '11 q7)
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