Do you ever find yourself......
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Drifting
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Do you ever find yourself......
....standing outside your vette after you just got out waiting for you interior lights to turn off? Knowing very well they are going to, but you just want to make sure. I find myself doing this every now and then, it seems sometimes they stay on longer than usual.
[Modified by OrangeC4, 5:49 AM 3/5/2002]
[Modified by OrangeC4, 5:49 AM 3/5/2002]
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (OrangeC4)
:D :yesnod: Corvette paranoia, I've done it a few times. Also I'm sure that after I did some work on my car over this weekend, it seems like it's shrunk an inch ? I checked, and I did remember to put the wheels back on so that's not it. :confused:
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From: Newport News VA
Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (OrangeC4)
Sometimes, but then again I'm psychotic when it comes to my car. Just curious if those egg heads programed MY car correctly so the thing will turn off. Sometimes the lights stay on for a bit and sometimes not who cares as long as they turn off ! Dead batteries suck big.... you know what !
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (OrangeC4)
Ever since I left the interior light on once, I started doing this. When I'd hear the doors lock (PKE) I'd say "goodnight" under my breath, and the horn would beep a "goodnight" back to me. I LOVE(D) MY CAR !!
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (OrangeC4)
I'm usually pretty confident that my lights will shut off, but my g/f or any other passengers are like "your interior lights are still on", so I stand around and wait for them to shut off. I guess I have passenger induced paranoia. :crazy:
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From: Sunbury North Carolina
Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (SANMAN93LT1)
Other people are worse than me, they are like "wait! your interior light is still on!" I am like, "yeah, it stays on for a little bit." "Are you sure?" "YES!" and then by the time I finish arguing with them it goes off. :)
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (OrangeC4)
I used to all the time. :lol:
Now I know they will turn off so no more waiting. :D
Now I know they will turn off so no more waiting. :D
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (OrangeC4)
Been there, done that. Actually for a reason. Sometimes the car anticipates too much. For example if you forget something in your car, open the door, take the item out, close the door again. The car seems to think you´re in the car and kinda waits for you to start the engine, interior lights on. Usually after a while it seems to give up, but so far twice mine didn´t with the result that the next day the battery was empty and the radio lost all my favorite stations!
And just hope that it doesn´t happen to you in a tight garage. If you parked your car with the bonnet in first and you can´t get it out of PARK because there isn´t any electricity left to tell the computer that you´re stepping on the brake pedal, thus you can´t push the car out of the garage you´ll need a pretty long cable to start it!
And just hope that it doesn´t happen to you in a tight garage. If you parked your car with the bonnet in first and you can´t get it out of PARK because there isn´t any electricity left to tell the computer that you´re stepping on the brake pedal, thus you can´t push the car out of the garage you´ll need a pretty long cable to start it!
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (LT5FIRE)
I just figure the lights will turn off sooner or later, one way or another. :lol:
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (Aerovette)
Ever since I left the interior light on once, I started doing this. When I'd hear the doors lock (PKE) I'd say "goodnight" under my breath, and the horn would beep a "goodnight" back to me. I LOVE(D) MY CAR !!
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (OrangeC4)
How many people have said "Hey, your interior light is on" after you left the car?
I just reply, "Yeah, it automatically sets the alarm when it goes off".
I just reply, "Yeah, it automatically sets the alarm when it goes off".
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (SaveTheWave)
All the time. It's like the refrigerator light though. It seems to turn on when I look. :D
One time it wouldn't shut off so I had a panic attack. I don't know how I got it to turn off. :jester
One time it wouldn't shut off so I had a panic attack. I don't know how I got it to turn off. :jester
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Re: Do you ever find yourself...... (Raysur)
I always have that problem with my moms 1987, which has like a 30 second delay. Somehow I always manage to turn on the drivers door light when I'm driving too. With the 1994 I just walk away and listen for the horn to beep.