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Regenerative braking Like many of you, my insurance company plays big brother, watching my every driving move. But regenerative braking remains a mystery to the company and to much of the general public. Fortunately, this doesn’t impact my insurance rates, but it troubles me nonetheless. Then I spoke with a friend who is well aware …
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Porsche Dashboard Symbols So, what is that light on your dashboard? What follows is easily the most complete list available of symbols and warnings that may appear in and on a Porsche dashboard or instrument cluster. The following are warning lights, fault lights and indicators found in vehicles built by Porsche. Click the link to …
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Porsche manuals We discovered a source for Porsche manuals and embarked on updating the Porsche dashboard symbols page. It was then that we discovered that we had never put up a symbols page for the company. So, we’re building one using the manuals that are now available and in the process we discovered that Porsche …
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Egress Warning This is an Egress Warning Indicator symbol. It appears as a vehicle seen from above with an open door and two curved lines outside of the door. Its the warning, from Porsche, makes occupants of a vehicle when the stationary aware of road users, such as cars, motorcycles, or bicycles approaching from behind. …
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Police Interceptor These next symbols are Police Interceptor Mode indicators. They are found in Ford Explorer models outfitted as police interceptors. It is unclear if these features will remain available if or when an interceptor finds a second life in private hands. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read on …
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Electric motor temperature These are Electric Motor Temperature Indicator symbols. In blue, the motor is cold. In red, the motor is too hot. In the latter case, it is recommended that the throttle be eased back to allow the motor to cool. In the first case, it is recommended to continue driving so that the …
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Problematic in-car owner’s manuals on the rise
In-car owner’s manuals We’ve expressed our grievances with owner’s manuals many, many times over the years. But the growing trend towards in-car owner’s manuals should really stop. At best they are difficult to navigate. We’ve used manuals from Maserati, Polestar and Volvo and in each case we’re left frustrated with the experience. Most recently, we …
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