Subtle details game on the 166

I thought we could have a light hearted game of subtle details you have spotted on your 166, either pre or facelift model. We might discover details we have never noticed before!

I will start with one I spotted yesterday:

Have a look at the headlamps on the pre facelift 166, there is a tiny strip of chrome under each one. Never noticed it before!

Anyone else?

~cough cough~


i think you have tooooo much time on your hands....

Get back yo your GTV lounge

What she said

lol!!!!


I noticed how much i really really need new front tyres!

The really squishy elbow pad on the door cards.

that the "reverse" beep happens when you drive forward with the door open.

Originally Posted by bobda

The really squishy elbow pad on the door cards.

Sheer class, that bit!

The negative-volume glovebox. -1.2km2. I assume the missing positive volume exists somewhere in a parallel universe. The rubber boot straps are damn good though.

As is the simplicity and intuative dash / controls layout, other than the climate control. (All we need is three rotary switches. 1. Temperature - 2. Speed - 3. Direction). No Audi festoon of thousands of small buttons and it also pre-dates any silly BMW iDrive (like a man chicken?) nonsense.

Crayf

I like the pointless curve on the bonnet lid.

Originally Posted by midlifecrisis

I thought we could have a light hearted game of subtle details you have spotted on your 166, either pre or facelift model. We might discover details we have never noticed before!

I will start with one I spotted yesterday:

Have a look at the headlamps on the pre facelift 166, there is a tiny strip of chrome under each one. Never noticed it before!

Anyone else?

it took me 4 weeks to find half of mine is missing

The little indents in the rear seats to tuck in the seatbelt clasps.

the way the interior light comes on when the central locking is activated rather than the door opening

The Cloverleaf design on the oil dip stick..
The Polished in let Pipes on the V6

The lights on the under side of the door.

The way you can't apply the handbrake without pulling up the arm rest !!

Takes a few times to change a radio station on the memory buttons..Sometimes..

I only drive on the motorways with the arm rest down and I only ever scan for radio stations!

Have you noticed the ICS sometimes displays the wrong CD track being played? Funny, the most unreliable part of our italian cars turn out to be a piece of german Siemens electronics......

Originally Posted by purple145

the way the interior light comes on when the central locking is activated rather than the door opening

also the way the lights fade....rather classy imo

Originally Posted by dafi166

Takes a few times to change a radio station on the memory buttons..Sometimes..

do you mena when your changing form AM to FM? i seem to have a similar one: when i move from FM to AM it misses MW and goes straight to LW? but if i press it twice quickly to go the other way it does it normall and ends up on LW again! (almost like it was hard coded to like Radio 4 :|)

[quote=CrayfishLagoons;1834556]The negative-volume glovebox. -1.2km2. I assume the missing positive volume exists somewhere in a parallel universe.

Possibly thats what the storage box on the rear parcel shelf is for?

what on earth are you guys on about??

I love the fact that you can't open the boot without either switching the engine off (for using either the key or the remote button) or using the handy button in the glove box