09-03-2007, 01:12 PM
what brilliant porsche engineer decided to make the warning light for what has to be the most insignificant
thing in any car, one of the most prominently displayed alerts on the instrument panel ?! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/dry.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
they could have had a small, orange or yellow symbol somewhere along the sides of the gauge, but nooooo; they place it at the very top of all other warning lights, running across the entire gauge and in bright red letters, as if it was more critical than oil levels or charging system or brake fluid, and dwarfing the obviously less important "check engine" light <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/dry.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> which rests meekly at the bottom of the gauge! Yeah, that's logical. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/blink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
so those of us driving at night and who happen to see this light appear ( for the first time ever ) can go into a state of panic thinking the variocam chain just snapped or some other similar disaster is looming..
yes, ok, so I need reading glasses and the letters spelling washer fluid were not entirely clear, but come on, you're going 80 or whatever on a highway at night and suddenly a large @&# red alert comes on the panel to warn you...that your windex mix might need a refill ?! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/mad.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
incidentally, I had topped off the washer container earlier that afternoon, so it's apparently sensing there is too much liquid, not lack thereof. I took a bit of it out with a baster and the " WARNING - TURN OFF ENGINE IMMEDIATELY OR YOUR CAR WILL EXPLODE !!" light is off again <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> .
thing in any car, one of the most prominently displayed alerts on the instrument panel ?! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/dry.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
they could have had a small, orange or yellow symbol somewhere along the sides of the gauge, but nooooo; they place it at the very top of all other warning lights, running across the entire gauge and in bright red letters, as if it was more critical than oil levels or charging system or brake fluid, and dwarfing the obviously less important "check engine" light <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/dry.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> which rests meekly at the bottom of the gauge! Yeah, that's logical. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/blink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
so those of us driving at night and who happen to see this light appear ( for the first time ever ) can go into a state of panic thinking the variocam chain just snapped or some other similar disaster is looming..
yes, ok, so I need reading glasses and the letters spelling washer fluid were not entirely clear, but come on, you're going 80 or whatever on a highway at night and suddenly a large @&# red alert comes on the panel to warn you...that your windex mix might need a refill ?! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/mad.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
incidentally, I had topped off the washer container earlier that afternoon, so it's apparently sensing there is too much liquid, not lack thereof. I took a bit of it out with a baster and the " WARNING - TURN OFF ENGINE IMMEDIATELY OR YOUR CAR WILL EXPLODE !!" light is off again <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> .
