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Can anyone tell me if there is one or two reverse lights on the 06 grande punto. Just bought one and noticed that the rear left light is clear glass and the rear right is red glass. Only the clear light comes on when reversing. Is this normal or has there been some kind of work done on mine?!

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In Germany and some other countries only one reversing light is permitted by law, so the other is usually a blank. Makes sense actually since there is no confusion as to which way the car in front might be facing!

Often UK spec cars only have one reversing light too. No pattern though.

I don't know about the UK GP, put possibly this is the case.
 
Soooo many customers come stomping back into the showroom to complain that their driver's side reverse lamp isn't working.......

Then we tell them to switch on the rear foglamp!

Try it. ;)
 
Thanks to everyone for the quick responses! The handbook didn't make it all that clear...glad I didn't stomp back to the dealer!
 
D4nny8oy said:
Soooo many customers come stomping back into the showroom to complain that their driver's side reverse lamp isn't working.......
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It's not exactly rocket science to work out that the offside light is the fog lamp... it is red after all! :p

"Why isn't my red reverse light working?" :D
 
On a similar note - when you go in reverse it makes that funny "rrrrrroooo" noise (sorry but that's my best impersonation) - what's the technical explanation behind that?
 
luvduvs said:
On a similar note - when you go in reverse it makes that funny "rrrrrroooo" noise (sorry but that's my best impersonation) - what's the technical explanation behind that?
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Are you refering to the noise when you actually engage the gear or the engine noise when you are reversing. If you are talking about the engine noise its because its a really short gear. Obviously you dont normal spend much time in reverse or generally go very fast so its short in order to make it easier.

Rich
 
RichC said:
If you are talking about the engine noise its because its a really short gear. Obviously you dont normal spend much time in reverse or generally go very fast so its short in order to make it easier.
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That one - love that noise :slayer:
 
T14086 said:
Well some have two reverse lights & two fogs.....legal requirement is reverse light on n/s.
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There is no legal requirement to have a single reverse light fitted to the near-side. Only that if there are two fitted then they must be symetrical. If only one rear fog is fitted then it must be in the centre or to the off-side of centre. (The road vehicle lighting regulations 1989)
 
I think you'll find that Reverse is not a "short" gear, it is usually the same ratio as 1st, the reason that you get the whiring noise is because it is a straight cut gear, whereas your forward gears are helical cut gear, helical makes for quieter running, as we don't use reverse as often as the others it makes more financial sense for car makers to straight cut reverse, as it is cheaper............sorry, this was supposed to be a quick reply
 
Dynamic Sport said:
I think you'll find that Reverse is not a "short" gear, it is usually the same ratio as 1st, the reason that you get the whiring noise is because it is a straight cut gear, whereas your forward gears are helical cut gear, helical makes for quieter running, as we don't use reverse as often as the others it makes more financial sense for car makers to straight cut reverse, as it is cheaper............sorry, this was supposed to be a quick reply
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Reverse, in my experience is usually lower than 1st. Although having checked the italiaspeed site I see that for the G.P. it is either the same or higher than 1st.
 
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Noticed today when my gf was reversing in the carpark, there was a short lag (1-2 seconds) between when she changed to R and when the white light lighted up. That is, she was reversing and the white light wasn't on until a few seconds later. Then later she tried again and there was no lag.

Is this normal?
 
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