With all the gadgets and gizmos in the car (on the Abarth at least) I'm interested to learn from people how many of them you use on a daily basis.

I always use the auto windscreen wipers, the cruise control on motorways and when I've needed it the SatNav has been a god send (especially when you're driving from Manchester to an industrial park in Guildford which I would have never found in a month of Sundays!)

Although I'm impressed with the voice recognition, I do get rather fed up with my many arguments with "Fiffi" (that what I call my in-car computer - sad eh?) when all she says is "Sorry" when you ask her politely to change CD's and you end up pressing the buttons yourself. Mind you, at least "she" has the ability to read a map


Barbarian
3dr Stilo Abarth, Leather, Broom Yellow and Sky Window

ever thought how silly you'll look talking to "yourself"
i'd rather be in control of things myself, less arguements.


sexy black 3 door punto with wild yellow interior.

You have to say that Dawn as a Punto has no gadgets for you to play with anyway, so what exactly do you control, ooh, the "girlie button"!

I've got plenty of nobs to fiddle and play around with, oo-err, yes, including my own![^]

I always have the auto wipers and headlights on. The reversing sensors are great too.

Andy

02 Stilo Dynamic 5 door. Orion Grey. 17" Fox 2's in Titanium

Ah yes, I'd forgotten about the reversing sensors.

It's interesting that over the years that Air Con (and now climate control) has found itself appearing as standard equipment on cars. I suppose that SatNav is still a rather expensive toy, but I've started to see more and more cars with the telltale reversing sensors in their bumpers (BMW's mainly). Even my Proton hire car in Malaysia had them!


Barbarian
3dr Stilo Abarth, Leather, Broom Yellow and Sky Window

savi,

the only real button i need to have in my car is the stereo one.
this is cos i dont need air con and climate control, cos i either open my window, if its too hot, or close the window and put the heater on if its too cold....... guess you dont know how to do that though [:0]
dont need sat nav, cos guess what I CAN READ A MAP [:0]
dont need reversing sensors cos i can do that too [:0] even though im a woman
and cos i dont have all these gadgets and gizmos there is less in my car to go wrong, so i'll think of you next time i see a stilo back in the garage cos is gone wrong AGAIN
[:X]
as for playing with your own button .......well........having 4 kids shows i got some-one who can play with mine for me

sexy black 3 door punto with wild yellow interior.

Ooh!

Get you every time Dawn, oh if only the fish round here bit like you!

Savi.

I use the auto lights, auto wipers and parking sensors the most (who else has stopped looking behind them properly now?). Also use the MP3 player a lot - much better than a CD changer! Don't use the sat nav as I don't really use maps either! Did use the window opening on the remote locking is the summer. Help get some of the heat out before I get in...

Have lots of arguments with Doris though (yes, I call the sat nav woman Doris!)

Roja

2003 Silver 3-Door Abarth with graphite wheels and all the toys
NOW FOR SALE - £9995ono

Your argument holds no water with me Dawn!

They're just things people say when they haven't got the things they'd like!

The gadgets and gizmos are there to make our lives easier. Or do you still wash your clothes by hand because you enjoy it? Don't own a dishwasher because you can wash them cleaner? Sweep your carpets with a brush as vacuum cleaners are for the elderly? Cut your lawn with Shears as Lawn Mowers are environmently polluting? Shall I go on or do you get the picture? And you are going to reply on another gadget..............your PC!

Case closed.

Savi.

Hi
I think it has to be the in car phone for me.
What a blessing, not having to faff around with those stupid ear pieces.

MP3 player too. So much music on 1 disc!!!
Reverse sensors help me park better, lol!!

Thats me
Bev

metalic scilla red stilo abarthhhhhhhhhhh

Hi

I find the City Power Steering button really useful. I know people call it the "girlie button", but when you live in a house like mine, where you've got just about the space of your car to get out, it's so useful! The parking sensors are brilliant too.

The "My Car" menu is pretty good too - i'd prefer the Sat Nav and Abarth dash, but it's still pretty cool.

The automatic wipers are good too, but it does annoy me sometimes when you have to reset them after you've turned the ignition off. Apparantly, so my Fiat garage tells me, its to avoid the wipers wiping with ice on the screen after a cold night, and to prevent activation in car-washes.

I dont know about your cars, but on mine, if the lights come on in the dark and it gets brighter (ive tested it by putting a blanket over the sensor in daylight), the sidelights stay on for about 10 seconds. Does the sensor control the sidelights coming on, or is it dipped beam only, then sidelights when in the "turning off" stage?

Can't think of any other marvellous Stilo gadgets that nobody else has mentioned.

Stilo 1.6 Dynamic, 5dr, 2002, Crystal Green

OH! I feel so underpriviledget that I do not have SAT NAV. In greece we still do not have thissystem going. Thankfully by the tims the Olympic Games are over we might have it down here also. Bummer! I am sure I would use it a lot!

pantelis
2002 Stilo 80 Active, no alloys, no power tuning, tinted windows, love the sky window though!

I too like the girlie button, especially when parallel parking. :I

One feature I do like, but I'm not sure you can call it a gadget/gizmo, is the way the rear wiper comes on when you select reverse (when your windscreen wipers are on, that is).

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2003 Stilo 1.6 Dynamic 3dr, Orion Grey, 17" Alloys, Dual Zone Climate Control, Aluminum Sills, Clarion DXZ928R, Kenwood DualMags, Clarion SRX1784, de-badged.
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The extra swipe the wipers do after washing the windscreen is a neat touch too.

Roja

2003 Silver 3-Door Abarth with graphite wheels and all the toys
NOW FOR SALE - £9995ono

Yeah, see you love it, that bloody Vauxhall doesn't do that does it?

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You Need Someone To Stir Up This Joint.........I'm The Man!

Err...it does actually!! [8D]

The spec is actually very good. It's just that it's very, very dull (sorry, I mean refined and understated).

Roja

2003 Silver 3-Door Abarth with graphite wheels and all the toys
NOW FOR SALE - £9995ono

You are a Vauxhall convert!

Or have you just come out of the closet? It's a bit like telling people you're gay. Ooh, um, yes, well,err, I'm into Vauxhalls.



You Need Someone To Stir Up This Joint.........I'm The Man!

Has anyone noticed that the rear wiper is interlinked with the rain sensor?

When you select reverse, and have the front window in rain-sensing mode, the rear wiper will move the same as the front (except it cannot do the high-speed mode, instead it just stays on continuously).

Also both wipers (front and back) do the extra "clear-screen" wipe a couple of seconds after you've sprayed them.

What I would like it to do, which the Peugeot 607 does, is when you have reverse gear selected, by turning the indicator stalk left or right, the corresponding mirror dips down to aid in parking near a curb. I wonder if the NBC can be reprogrammed?

Stilo 1.6 Dynamic, 5dr, 2002, Crystal Green

I have that facilty of the dipping mirror,
It i s activated by pressing one of the buttons on the edge of the seat when you select reverse and set the nearside mirror to the desire position. It then remembers the setting of the mirror when you next select reverse.

Fiat Stillo MW. 1.9JTD
Met. Blue. all Electric. Skywindow..SatNav+
17" 7 spoke alloys.
Rear Parking sensor and Puddle Lights.


......Ham............

Hi Ham,
Hope you had a good Xmas, cheers for the disk, it works great. I like the dipping mirror feature, do you have electric seats? I haven't seen any buttons on mine. Though I must admit I keep finding new things about the car every day
Hava a great new year and I'll catch you later.
Happy new year to everyone else as well !![)]

Black 3DR 2002 Stilo Abarth 2.4 all the toys.
"the muts nuts"