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Old 10-24-2023, 11:26 AM   #1
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This is explained in….

….your owner’s manual.

It’s all in there.

You bought an exotic car. Take twenty minutes and read the owner’s manual.

The security system goes into a “Deep Sleep” mode after a few days. You need to stick the key into the driver’s door and turn it to the front of the car and then pull it out and hit the “unlock” button.

More fun facts:if you stick the key into the driver’s door lock, and turn it towards the front of the car and hold it there, it will lower both windows.

If you have the top down, you can put the “Red Clip” onto the top latch and lock the car. This will activate the motion detection alarm. If anyone sticks their hand into the cabin, the alarm will go off.

There is a “half moon” cut out in the weather stripping on the bottom of both doors. This allows you to run a battery maintainer into the cigarette lighter plug inside the car to keep the battery charged while it is parked.

Lots of good info inside that owner’s manual.
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Old 10-25-2023, 03:27 AM   #2
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….your owner’s manual.
Lots of good info inside that owner’s manual.
I do not have the FOM!!
I am one of those who follow RTFM hence I started looking up for the info instead of simply asking.
Thanks for sharing those interesting facts.

I am familiar with windows up/down from VW and Audi. I wonder if it also works with the remote.
On MKV Rabbit it is only via the key in the lock, while 2015 Audi Q5 both - remote and the lock.
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Old 10-25-2023, 03:47 AM   #3
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No….

….”Global Windows” control does NOT work with button, key in cylinder only.

I recommend you pick up an owner’s manual.

If you were about to fly your used Learjet across the ocean, you’d read the manual first.

Welcome to the Porsche party.
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If you were about to fly your used Learjet across the ocean, you’d read the manual first.
Oh, c'mon, do not compare 6 passenger turbojet to a car.
Boxster is like any other VW/Audi, just in a different shell.

Besides, if I had been flying different planes for the last 35 years, I would be quite familiar with the general operation of the plane. Sure, I would need a course how to fly it, a short familiarization, but it is not like I would have no clue.

At this very moment I would not know, though... :P
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Old 10-25-2023, 11:59 AM   #5
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I wasn’t…

….talking about flying the Learjet, I was talking about changing the oil on the Learjet.



Anybody can FLY a Learjet. Look at that kid in Portland who took the Dash-8 up.


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