Re: A4 cheers its driver?

[elliott@yrl.co.uk]

>dan_masi@MENTORG.COM (Dan Masi)

>Yesterday, I was on a back country road that had a somewhat-sharp
>90-degree bend.  Nothing around for miles, so I thought I'd
>try taking it a bit faster than usual. Halfway into the curve,
>I grin as the map in the backseat goes sliding across the car.

>Coming out of the curve, a beep attracts my attention to the
>dash, where a red light is flashing on and off, with nothing but
>and exclamation point in the middle of it.

>Cool!  A car that grins with you, I thought!
I bet it was a right-hander.

My  old  10-valve urq went totally manic in the end. You had
to   go   quite   fast   on   left   handers   to  turn  the
over-temperature OFF!

The  current  20v  is  more  like  yours. The maps and other
loose  objects  have  to  be  sticking  to left-hand windows
before  the  over-temp  comes  on... .at which moments it is
nice to be told that the car is enjoying it too!


>Then I noticed that it's not an exclamation point, but a
>picture of a thermometer.  Coolant in reservoir must've sloshed
>away from the low-coolant sensor.

>Ah, well.

>Dan Masi
'96 A4Q