Express-Up Window?
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Just to get things pointed toward my original question again....
I know that our Vette's don't have this feature, but it feels like on the drivers side only, that there is a second 'detent' as you pull up on the window switch that feels just like the "express up" feature that many new cars have today.
I was wondering really if I got a goofy switch, or do others have this second detent on their switches. It's not there on the pass. side switch, or even on the pass. window switch on the drivers door, just the driver's window switch... that's what really got me thinking, why that one switch and not the others?
Also **** Jockey, I was thinking the same thing about the window indexing, but I can't imagine it's all that difficult to add express-up when so many other cars have it, and the mechanism is probably already there anyway.
Hey, don't some Caddy's have window indexing just like the Vette? Don't they also have express-up?
TomZ
I know that our Vette's don't have this feature, but it feels like on the drivers side only, that there is a second 'detent' as you pull up on the window switch that feels just like the "express up" feature that many new cars have today.
I was wondering really if I got a goofy switch, or do others have this second detent on their switches. It's not there on the pass. side switch, or even on the pass. window switch on the drivers door, just the driver's window switch... that's what really got me thinking, why that one switch and not the others?
Also **** Jockey, I was thinking the same thing about the window indexing, but I can't imagine it's all that difficult to add express-up when so many other cars have it, and the mechanism is probably already there anyway.
Hey, don't some Caddy's have window indexing just like the Vette? Don't they also have express-up?
TomZ
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Why don't we have express up?
CF member "bimmerborn" posted the answer on 9-6-09:
"Folks,
An anti-trap mechanism is required for express-up option. Many cars that have this feature run a membrane (sensor) across top edge of the window frame; meaning if something get stuck between the window and the frame while winding up, the window motor immediately reverses a bit and stops. Having express-up feature on a Corvette with targa top makes things complicated..."
"Folks,
An anti-trap mechanism is required for express-up option. Many cars that have this feature run a membrane (sensor) across top edge of the window frame; meaning if something get stuck between the window and the frame while winding up, the window motor immediately reverses a bit and stops. Having express-up feature on a Corvette with targa top makes things complicated..."
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CF member "bimmerborn" posted the answer on 9-6-09:
"Folks,
An anti-trap mechanism is required for express-up option. Many cars that have this feature run a membrane (sensor) across top edge of the window frame; meaning if something get stuck between the window and the frame while winding up, the window motor immediately reverses a bit and stops. Having express-up feature on a Corvette with targa top makes things complicated..."
"Folks,
An anti-trap mechanism is required for express-up option. Many cars that have this feature run a membrane (sensor) across top edge of the window frame; meaning if something get stuck between the window and the frame while winding up, the window motor immediately reverses a bit and stops. Having express-up feature on a Corvette with targa top makes things complicated..."
Someone made the comparison between the vette's technology being stuck in the 70s. Perhaps a tad bit of an exaggoration?
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Um...is it that hard to push the button in a controlled fashion? lol
My XLR-V has express down and up and I've never had a problem.
The C6 is simply behind the times in any creature comforts. People who say otherwise who want to claim it's because it's a sports car are simply making excuses.
My XLR-V has express down and up and I've never had a problem.
The C6 is simply behind the times in any creature comforts. People who say otherwise who want to claim it's because it's a sports car are simply making excuses.
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No second up click up position on the window switch on my GS, but I do have a cruise control cancel button. You just need to move it one click to the left with your thumb into the OFF position. Tapping the brake, depressing the clutch, hell even bumping the e-brake up a 1/4 inch will all turn off the cruise control. It beeps at you when you use the E-brake method though.
My 65 has both express up and express down, I just have to turn the crank really fast.
My 65 has both express up and express down, I just have to turn the crank really fast.
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No second up click up position on the window switch on my GS, but I do have a cruise control cancel button. You just need to move it one click to the left with your thumb into the OFF position. Tapping the brake, depressing the clutch, hell even bumping the e-brake up a 1/4 inch will all turn off the cruise control. It beeps at you when you use the E-brake method though.
My 65 has both express up and express down, I just have to turn the crank really fast.
My 65 has both express up and express down, I just have to turn the crank really fast.
TomZ
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