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Ohh nooo, first breakage!
Thankfully it's just a gas strut on the tailgate. Not expensive to replace - £30 for two. I think the second one went (I could hear it decompressing) because the other one may have been shot from before I bought the car.
Does anyone know what the A/C is all about? I press the A/C button to turn it off, but it only makes the letters A/C on the little screen flash. I've had a look in the car manual, but it doesn't say to do anything otherwise. Ideally, I'd like to have the blower running, without the use of A/C.
Not much else to report. I sometimes see the tachometer spike sometimes without any gas, which is odd, but it's no biggie. I love her so far, and the looks she gets, and the looks I get when I tell people what the tax is!
Be more cat!
Thankfully it's just a gas strut on the tailgate. Not expensive to replace - £30 for two. I think the second one went (I could hear it decompressing) because the other one may have been shot from before I bought the car.
Does anyone know what the A/C is all about? I press the A/C button to turn it off, but it only makes the letters A/C on the little screen flash. I've had a look in the car manual, but it doesn't say to do anything otherwise. Ideally, I'd like to have the blower running, without the use of A/C.
Not much else to report. I sometimes see the tachometer spike sometimes without any gas, which is odd, but it's no biggie. I love her so far, and the looks she gets, and the looks I get when I tell people what the tax is!
Be more cat!
Hmmm...AC light flashing? Generally the AC will automatically come on when switched to windscreen only, you can over-ride this by pressing the AC switch again. If you have it set on Windscreen and face blowers, then you can choose either not to have the air-con or not.
I've personally never seen the AC light flash, although there maybe others on here that have? Have you checked to see if it's fully gassed up or not?
I've personally never seen the AC light flash, although there maybe others on here that have? Have you checked to see if it's fully gassed up or not?
Sorry, 'flash' was the wrong word to use. On the display the "A/C" letters blink twice or thrice and the A/C remains on. I've only had the blower setting on the windscreen so far, is that why I can't turn it off?
Yup, that's what I was trying to say about turning knob to screen and face blowers, can then turn the AC off and just have blowers on.
Given that it's rare to get a manual with your Coug these days, (and even rarer to read it to this degree...) pretty much everyone's first experience with their car in Autumn is:
"No, I don't want the aircon on - I just want to put heat on the windscreen. Dammit I've pressed the AC button! Why won't the AC switch off?!"
I will cheerfully admit that it took me a fortnight of ownership before I realised what the pattern was. To make things worse, I grew up in the States with Lincolns and Mercurys. Over there, they have a setting on the dial called "Max AC" which is the demister position. I was horribly confused.
"No, I don't want the aircon on - I just want to put heat on the windscreen. Dammit I've pressed the AC button! Why won't the AC switch off?!"
I will cheerfully admit that it took me a fortnight of ownership before I realised what the pattern was. To make things worse, I grew up in the States with Lincolns and Mercurys. Over there, they have a setting on the dial called "Max AC" which is the demister position. I was horribly confused.
THIS! Exactly! I'm getting the hang of it though! Managed to do a full sweep of the gears this evening and it was glorious!
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