Warning light that time forgot (well the Internet did anyway)

[Tamworthbay]

On the dash of my E46 3 series there is a warning light, it's not on, but I can't find out what the hell it is. It's not in the manual or anywhere I can find on the Internet. I know it's not important but it's bugging me. I have drawn a picture of it, sadly not the best as its on a stupid online drawing pad. It's a right angle triangle with a line extending from the right angle corner with a filled in box floating over the right hand end. Does anyone have any ideas?

[Tickman]

No idea on the light but love the technical drawing of it!

[pshome]

seems part of the symbol faded away with time, i have fixed that for you.

It's the "attention mad driver" warning light.

[eddyramrod]

Indicator to show your caravan/trailer is connected?

[Dave_Q]

It's for convertibles, I think it's to tell you not to press the window while operating the roof.

 

Or warn you that the roof is down or something.

 

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[Dave_Q]

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=1062999

 

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[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Isn't it to tell you that your roll over protection has triggered?

[Pillock]

 

This one? It's Evil Kenevel mode.

[srad34]

Roof latch, our Z4 has it on the button.... 

[Tamworthbay]

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=1062999

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Well done that man, I searched though a stupid number of pics last night and couldn't even find a picture of it. I have the car a year but the subject came up last night as a few of us were drinking beer and complaining about how some drivers are clueless about their cars as my mate had just serviced a fiesta that has gone five years from brand new without being touched.

[overrun]

It tells you when the indicator fluid is full.

That is why you have never seen it. LOLOLOLOLOL

[Tamworthbay]

seems part of the symbol faded away with time, i have fixed that for you.

It's the "attention mad driver" warning light.

 

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Can't be that as its never been on while I have been driving it.

[Squire_Dawson]

Golf mode.

[martc]

Desperately try's to think of a witty comment regarding it warning about non-functioning indicators or driving too close to the vehicle in front.

 

Or some sort of warning about being late for the urgent photocopier sales conference and the need to "make progress".

 

Fails.

[LC Torana]

Symbol for

 

"trebuchet catapult loaded and ready"

[Mr A Lawrence]

Is it the symbol for warning that there's a 20p coin stuck in the handbrake?

[cms206]

We've got this warning light on in one of our recently acquired "fuck we need schoolbuses yesterday" buses.

 

 

It turns out that it means the bus has jacknifed, warning light is on the bingo panel 'cos Volvo B10M artics are common on the continent.

 

You can imagine why it confused me when you see the bus...

 

 

 

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[Tamworthbay]

Bus drifting? The perfect Autoshite sport.

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I can't claim to be an expert bendy bus driver, but surely if you jackknifed one of the bastards you'd be quite aware of the fact without needing a light on the dash to tell you so?

[62 Austin]

I'm sorry you in the British Isles haven't been exposed to some of the real low-quality autoshite that's been made in the U.S. of A., and only get the occasional imported autoshite from the continent to the right of you(or maybe I'm glad). One car was made in Florida, kind of a nether region for car manufacturing. It had some good qualities, like futuristic design, being small(8 feet long) and being electric, and was called a Commutacar. The dodgiest thing about it -- besides the shape was just a right triangle laid on its side with 4 lawnmower wheels -- was that government regulations demanded it have a defroster on the windshield. The guys who built this were not ones to fritter away money on expensive things like blower motors........so they put a big on/off switch and the words: "DEFROST" on the instrument panel in the 2nd or 3rd year of production. Only it wasn't wired to anything, except the word "on" lit up, a little like Tamworth Bay's mystery light.

 

1000s of these things were sold and I'm guessing none made it to England. If you gave your kid one of these when he turned 16 as a "First Car" he'd hate you for-EVER. On the other hand, if you drove one of these for a  year you'd think a Robin Reliant or Yugo was a limousine.

[Mr A Lawrence]

This??

 

OMG!

 

How much weed was smoked in the design studio for that?

[Guest Hooli]

Bus drifting? The perfect Autoshite sport.

 

Where I used to drive buses a full bore start out of the bus wash straight into the U-turn to get round into the garage & out resulted in sideways action everytime. I stopped doing it on the day I found a car parked in the garage & only stopped the back of the bus sliding about 4ft from the manager's car.

It's fun though & I can confirm Scania Irisars step out on frost in 4th when empty & cross the entire A27 like that over the bridge at the bottom of 'Long Furlong' near Worthing.

[62 Austin]

Thanks for the piccies, Andy. These two have the xtra-option "Rallye Stripes". They say, when new, they had a range of 30 miles and could propel themselves at 40 m.p.h., on a slight downhill*. One's for sale somewhere for $400 right now, and someone paid $11,000 for another at a big auction recently(?). Design studio process?  I think it's autoshite enough to be on the "RANK" part of the member signatures (e.g., Sebring Vanguard Citicar/Commutacar, Austin Metro, Renault 16, etc.) -- unless you don't think it's bottom-of-the-barrel enough...

 

 

 

*Of course, a skateboard will go 40 m.p.h. on a slight downhill, too!

[DVee8]

Twins

 

 

 

Almost.

[Tamworthbay]

I'm sorry you in the British Isles haven't been exposed to some of the real low-quality autoshite that's been made in the U.S. of A., and only get the occasional imported autoshite from the continent to the right of you(or maybe I'm glad). One car was made in Florida, kind of a nether region for car manufacturing. It had some good qualities, like futuristic design, being small(8 feet long) and being electric, and was called a Commutacar. The dodgiest thing about it -- besides the shape was just a right triangle laid on its side with 4 lawnmower wheels -- was that government regulations demanded it have a defroster on the windshield. The guys who built this were not ones to fritter away money on expensive things like blower motors........so they put a big on/off switch and the words: "DEFROST" on the instrument panel in the 2nd or 3rd year of production. Only it wasn't wired to anything, except the word "on" lit up, a little like Tamworth Bay's mystery light.

 

1000s of these things were sold and I'm guessing none made it to England. If you gave your kid one of these when he turned 16 as a "First Car" he'd hate you for-EVER. On the other hand, if you drove one of these for a  year you'd think a Robin Reliant or Yugo was a limousine.

Only two questions - 1, do any still exist? And 2, how much would it cost to ship one? They are AWESOME

[quicksilver]

I'm sorry you in the British Isles haven't been exposed to some of the real low-quality autoshite that's been made in the U.S. of A., and only get the occasional imported autoshite from the continent to the right of you(or maybe I'm glad). One car was made in Florida, kind of a nether region for car manufacturing. It had some good qualities, like futuristic design, being small(8 feet long) and being electric, and was called a Commutacar. The dodgiest thing about it -- besides the shape was just a right triangle laid on its side with 4 lawnmower wheels -- was that government regulations demanded it have a defroster on the windshield. The guys who built this were not ones to fritter away money on expensive things like blower motors........so they put a big on/off switch and the words: "DEFROST" on the instrument panel in the 2nd or 3rd year of production. Only it wasn't wired to anything, except the word "on" lit up, a little like Tamworth Bay's mystery light.

 

1000s of these things were sold and I'm guessing none made it to England. If you gave your kid one of these when he turned 16 as a "First Car" he'd hate you for-EVER. On the other hand, if you drove one of these for a  year you'd think a Robin Reliant or Yugo was a limousine.

Never heard of these hideous little shitboxes before so obviously I had to go and read all about them. So they put the batteries in the front bumper? Seems safe*. Also, why the actual fuck would a little plastic electric car only capable of 30mph need disc brakes?

[Ghosty]

Maybe the light reminds you you have a BMW, ie a sideways Golf, because it's RWD.

[DeeJay]

I never thought the Bond could look sporty...ish.

[pshome]

Seems  there are various ways to jacknife a bus

[Guest Hooli]

Never heard of these hideous little shitboxes before so obviously I had to go and read all about them. So they put the batteries in the front bumper? Seems safe*. Also, why the actual fuck would a little plastic electric car only capable of 30mph need disc brakes?

 

To be boringinly sensible disc brakes are lighter. It'd only do 28mph with drums.