Left the movies last night..and..
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Left the movies last night..and..
A couple of my friends and I were leaving the movies last night around 12.30am (saw superbad, by far one the funniest movies ever). Anyways, i always try to park a little away from the bulk of the cars, so i parked off to the right. And whenever i leave my car at night, i leave the headlights on, so that when i come back and press unlock, they come on. So we're walking to my car, and i obviously unlock, and the illuminous blue headlights come on, while im admiring the beauty of it all, i hear a group of early 20 aged guys walking behind us saying 'wow, isnt that a slick car? the lights just make it even better'..and obviously, i think in my head 'thanks guys
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Just wanted to share that, i know theres no pictures of how it looked at the time, but just imagine a 06 CGP standing all alone, just washed and waxed....heaven. thanks guys!
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Just wanted to share that, i know theres no pictures of how it looked at the time, but just imagine a 06 CGP standing all alone, just washed and waxed....heaven. thanks guys!
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For a minute there I thought I'd be reading something about a tsx getting in an accident. Glad to hear it wasn't so.
This is the photo section, so better post pics soon otherwise mods will close it.
This is the photo section, so better post pics soon otherwise mods will close it.
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Originally Posted by PACman
For a minute there I thought I'd be reading something about a tsx getting in an accident. Glad to hear it wasn't so.
This is the photo section, so better post pics soon otherwise mods will close it.
This is the photo section, so better post pics soon otherwise mods will close it.
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Originally Posted by BackToStock
A couple of my friends and I were leaving the movies last night around 12.30am (saw superbad, by far one the funniest movies ever). Anyways, i always try to park a little away from the bulk of the cars, so i parked off to the right. And whenever i leave my car at night, i leave the headlights on, so that when i come back and press unlock, they come on. So we're walking to my car, and i obviously unlock, and the illuminous blue headlights come on, while im admiring the beauty of it all, i hear a group of early 20 aged guys walking behind us saying 'wow, isnt that a slick car? the lights just make it even better'..and obviously, i think in my head 'thanks guys
'.
Just wanted to share that, i know theres no pictures of how it looked at the time, but just imagine a 06 CGP standing all alone, just washed and waxed....heaven. thanks guys!
TSX headlights=![Thumbs Up](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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Just wanted to share that, i know theres no pictures of how it looked at the time, but just imagine a 06 CGP standing all alone, just washed and waxed....heaven. thanks guys!
TSX headlights=
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man i feel ur love lol is the best when u hit that unlock button and u just wait for those headlight to come on lol sweeeeeetttt
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#11
Heck, I didn't even know we could do this. I'll try it at work in the morning. So you just leave the lights on, and when you hut the un-lock button, they turn on? Dang it I learned something...wonder what I just forgot?
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Let me help you!
I don't use the headlight's auto-off feature. The more the lights are turned on, the shorter the bulb's life span. I don't want to have to rush into my car, or have the lights turn back off because I turned it on too far away...
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where's your PICTURE!
Originally Posted by SoCaliTrojan
I don't use the headlight's auto-off feature. The more the lights are turned on, the shorter the bulb's life span. I don't want to have to rush into my car, or have the lights turn back off because I turned it on too far away...
I heard this first in a forum when someone mentioned he doesn't flash his high beams during the day since it also shortens the lifespan of the HIDs.
Still, OP, it is a nice way to see which car in the parking lot is yours (mine is silver, and blends in). If you're happy to replace the bulbs in a few years, have fun in the meantime.
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Make a hole, coming thru!
I don't want to have to rush into my car, or have the lights turn back off because I turned it on too far away...
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i love leaving work at night and hitting the unlock button and seeing bright bluish/white shining in my lot. i always park backwards for this reason, even though i like seeing my baby's fat ass.
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
I've heard this as well, so I don't leave the HIDs on ... just the parking lights. (In my work garage, I use them for visibility when entering and leaving.) I notice that when you crank the engine, the lights go off. So if you leave your lights on, they will ignite both when you unlock, and again when you start. Not sure the "cool factor" is worth the shortened lifespan (IF that is true, that their lifespan is lessened by each time they're turned on).
luther
#20
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
In my year/model (2006), you can adjust this time out ... 0, 15, 30, 60 seconds (manual p. 121).
edit: also, at work, we all leave at the same time and wait for the person to lock the gate. when it's my turn, and the lights turn on, people start driving away before I even touch my car's door handle lol
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Make a hole, coming thru!
Originally Posted by SoCaliTrojan
yeah, i know about that. I'm a tech person, so I have every setting customized.
But when I unlock the door to put stuff in the back seat, and then go into the trunk to put the rest of the stuff away...it's kind of hard to get to the driver's seat in time. My car tends to lock itself right before I get to the driver's door lol
... At work, we all leave at the same time and wait for the person to lock the gate. when it's my turn, and the lights turn on, people start driving away before I even touch my car's door handle lol
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#23
Originally Posted by davidspalding
In my year/model (2006), you can adjust this time out ... 0, 15, 30, 60 seconds (manual p. 121).
This doesn't work to adjust the amount of time the headlights stay on after unlocking the doors - and trust me, I've tried. (IIRC, there are two time-out settings, but I believe one is for the amount of time until the headlights turn off after hitting LOCK, and the other is for the interior courtesy lights. ) No matter what I do, the lights turn off much sooner than is useful. I can unlock my car from across the parking lot, but the lights turn off after maybe 10 paces. Conversely, if I make myself wait until I'm closer to the car to unlock (to avoid the lights turning off), I have to be pretty close to the car for that to work.
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Originally Posted by SoCaliTrojan
when I unlock the door to put stuff in the back seat, and then go into the trunk to put the rest of the stuff away...it's kind of hard to get to the driver's seat in time. My car tends to lock itself right before I get to the driver's door lol
Your car locks itself even though you've used the doors and trunk? That sounds odd. What if you had put your keys on your back seat along with all your stuff?? You'd be screwed.
Sounds a little like the Auto-Relock setting, but the locks aren't supposed to Relock unless you hit UNLOCK and then don't touch anything after a set time.
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
But still learning subliminally that opening the trunk means opening the doors separately. I set off, erm, tested the alarm when i took delivery by unlocking, and opening all the windows, with the fob, then doing an outside walkaround, then trying to unlock and open a door with the internal lock post. "Alarm tests good!"The TSX is clearly the leader! ![Thumbs Up](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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When you have your remote, pressing the trunk button will only unlock the trunk. The doors will not unlock, and the alarm re-arms itself after you've closed the trunk.
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Maybe not so good
Originally Posted by DLTSX6MT
When you have your remote, pressing the trunk button will only unlock the trunk. The doors will not unlock, and the alarm re-arms itself after you've closed the trunk.
Unless the trunk won't lock if the key fob is in it? Anyone know? I guess I could try it at home, having the 2nd key fob in hand.
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
I heard this first in a forum when someone mentioned he doesn't flash his high beams during the day since it also shortens the lifespan of the HIDs.
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Originally Posted by thunder04
The high beams are a separate bulb and the HIDs don't turn off when you use them. At least with my car they don't. When I turn on or flash the high beams the HIDs stay on.
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Originally Posted by DLTSX6MT
Your car locks itself even though you've used the doors and trunk? That sounds odd. What if you had put your keys on your back seat along with all your stuff?? You'd be screwed.
Originally Posted by DLTSX6MT
When you have your remote, pressing the trunk button will only unlock the trunk. The doors will not unlock, and the alarm re-arms itself after you've closed the trunk.
#30
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
Yep. No confusion there. That's what I like, the trunk can be accessed without even unlocking (which could arguably result in leaving the car unlocked if you only use the trunk release, then walk away).
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Make a hole, coming thru!
I actually tried what the OP described, by setting my headlight time-out at 60 seconds ... on my 2006, with the timer set to 0, you have to open the driver's door for the lights to snap back on. I'd grown accustomed to that. But with the timer at a default or higher value, the parking and headlights snapped on before I entered. Yep, the lights didn't blink off and on when I started the car.
But I noted a quick blink of the headlights after unlocking (or was it when I opened the driver's door? don't remember clearly). I'm not sure if the blink was long enough to "shorten" the lifetime of the lights ... anyone know?
But I noted a quick blink of the headlights after unlocking (or was it when I opened the driver's door? don't remember clearly). I'm not sure if the blink was long enough to "shorten" the lifetime of the lights ... anyone know?
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what area is that? in our area no one really cares what you drive because everyone has either a bmw, acura or lexus, you gotta have either ridiculously expensive car (ferrari or lamborgini) to get noticed or something very unique
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Originally Posted by Tsx6363
i was washing my car yesterday and an old lady passed by saying "looking good!" i said thanks not knowing if she was checking out my car or my ass ![Shrug](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/shrug.gif)
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