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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #180 on: June 29, 2006, 10:29:55 am »
JSCC, I thought it would be another month before they'd start arriving. The changes I noted in the Jetta decontenting thread, but really they've added some useful features and deleted some trivial stuff. The moves are balance on the positive end.

Do the silver buttons light up differently / semi translucent at night? They sorta look cheesy to me, but go well with the aluminum strips in the dash and are not BAD and I'd probably get used to them. I was hoping they would have some extra element of cool.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #181 on: June 29, 2006, 10:59:49 am »
Quote from: Brigitte on June 29, 2006, 09:48:16 am
Do you seriously think any of these guys will get that reference, Ross?   :rofl2:

You obviously did, so my labour bore viable fruit!  ;D ;D
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #182 on: June 30, 2006, 10:40:09 pm »
Quote from: Brigitte on June 29, 2006, 09:48:16 am
Do you seriously think any of these guys will get that reference, Ross?   :rofl2:

Duh? I don't get it.  ::)
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #183 on: June 30, 2006, 10:42:48 pm »
Quote from: sirAQUAMAN64 on June 29, 2006, 10:29:55 am
JSCC, I thought it would be another month before they'd start arriving. The changes I noted in the Jetta decontenting thread, but really they've added some useful features and deleted some trivial stuff. The moves are balance on the positive end.

Do the silver buttons light up differently / semi translucent at night? They sorta look cheesy to me, but go well with the aluminum strips in the dash and are not BAD and I'd probably get used to them. I was hoping they would have some extra element of cool.

Well the white one is here and will be delivered by next week.
I haven't seen the lighting at night, so I don't know if it looks any different than before.

It gives the dash a bit of contrast, instead of everything being black/anthracite.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #184 on: July 01, 2006, 08:00:49 am »
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #185 on: July 01, 2006, 11:08:03 am »
Strangely enough, in the original play, he was 6'1". I disagree about the movie. I think it was one of Jimmy Stewart's better efforts.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #186 on: July 04, 2006, 02:43:27 pm »
I'll take my Rabbit in a menacing silver colour...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko

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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #187 on: July 04, 2006, 08:04:58 pm »
I have noticed one thing regarding Rabbits on the road. All of them are 5-doors with alloy wheels. I still haven't seen a 3-doors on the road yet.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #188 on: July 05, 2006, 10:02:10 am »
Quote from: Audi Tom on July 04, 2006, 08:04:58 pm
I have noticed one thing regarding Rabbits on the road. All of them are 5-doors with alloy wheels. I still haven't seen a 3-doors on the road yet.

Yeah, most dealers that I know of ordered 5 doors.
More practical, lower insurance, no black molding, more standard features for $1000 more.

We have one 3 door since day 1, but no bites.
We plan on making it into a service loaner.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #189 on: July 05, 2006, 12:30:36 pm »
Saw a silver 3dr on the highway and the black rub strips looked much better 'on the road' than I thought. Lent a nice somehow aggressive look to it (a la S60 or M5).

I think the market is more geared toward 5drs anyway (even for a car like the Yaris).
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #190 on: July 05, 2006, 12:47:34 pm »
Oh just caught there is an AUX input now?  Nice!
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #191 on: July 05, 2006, 04:00:26 pm »
I really love the semi-auto climate control Climatic in both Rabbit and GTI. Work better than standard AC but not as fully auto as full ACC. Good feature for econocar segment.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #192 on: July 05, 2006, 04:03:26 pm »
How does that work exactly?  Just put the dial at the temp but it doesn't turn off and on??
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #193 on: July 05, 2006, 04:04:52 pm »
In ful- ACC, you press the "auto" button and the fan speed will adjust itself on the internal and external tempeature. In semi-ACC, you have to adjust the fan speed yourself but it calculates the internal tempeature using outside tempeature.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #194 on: July 05, 2006, 04:05:55 pm »
Better than nothing it sounds like :)
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #195 on: July 05, 2006, 04:13:48 pm »
You set the temperature, as well as control which vents, fan speed, recirulation or fresh air.

If you set the temp for 21dC and it's 30dC out, it will turn on your A/C so that the temperature of the interior drops to your set temperature. If you set to 21dC and it's 10dC out, it'll turn on the heat for you.

It's great for traveling between places of varying temperature - you don't have to keep adjusting. Also, good for when you hop in a vehicle after it's been sitting because you don't have to fiddle with the controls so much.

There's an "econ" button which ensures the A/C won't come on if you don't want it to (at which point it can't cool the interior as effectively in hot weather either, but on days like today which are cool enough to run without A/C but are on the boarderline for the A/C to be working, I set it on Econ).

I like you can decide where the vents should blow versus the computer. It's a useful and not techologically frustrating system.
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #196 on: July 05, 2006, 04:45:15 pm »
Quote from: sirAQUAMAN64 on July 05, 2006, 04:13:48 pm
If you set the temp for 21dC and it's 30dC out, it will turn on your A/C so that the temperature of the interior drops to your set temperature. If you set to 21dC and it's 10dC out, it'll turn on the heat for you.

What if you set the control at 22C and it is 19C outside with a humidex of 28C?  :P
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #197 on: July 05, 2006, 09:30:52 pm »
CONTROL YERSELF MAN.........  :P
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
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Re: CD Article: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
« Reply #199 on: July 08, 2006, 12:11:17 am »
Cool brochure ... very youth oriented!  ;D  :thumbup:  Pretty lame graphics at page 16.  :rofl2:

Virtually all the Rabbits showed in the brochure have the Ground Effects kit but it's NOT AVAILABLE in Canada ... false representation from VW Canada  :thumbdown:  >:(  I understand that it's a NA brochure so it's technically available in the US but still.  :shake:
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