Warning Light?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

Our old manuals would cover an entire decade lol

And several different cars.

For sure ...... a flathead V-8 is a flathead V-8 is a flathead V-8.

A Stove bolt 6 is a stove bolt 6 ....etc......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Now ....... I call ......

I doubt you have compared both years manuals, for all countries, page by page, line by line, word by word ...... in all the printed languages .......

NOW, how are those new pills working for you ........


humfrz

Well other than the back up camera there is no difference. If somebody reads the 16 manual and goes looking for the camera in their 15 then they deserve to waste the time. The 16 manual is 1000% better than none.
Of course all this means nothing if nobody reads the damned thing in hardcopy or electronic version.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well other than the back up camera there is no difference. If somebody reads the 16 manual and goes looking for the camera in their 15 then they deserve to waste the time. The 16 manual is 1000% better than none.
Of course all this means nothing if nobody reads the damned thing in hardcopy or electronic version.

........I'm jest ah messen wich ya ....... in case you haven't figured that out ......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

........I'm jest ah messen wich ya ....... in case you haven't figured that out ......


humfrz

Of coarse I know!
Besides I realize that the paper manuals may be confusing to you. Not like those easy to use ones from your first car.

[BRZnut]

Not sure if anyone answered the OP, but it is the low air pressure light. One or all of your tires needs air. Could be a slow leak but most likely from the temperature getting colder outside. Mine goes off at 27-28 PSI.

Get a good digital gauge (don't use the ones at the gas station) and your own electric air pump (get the ones that run off the house current), and bring each of your tires to 35 PSI. Check them once a month (don't wait for the light to go back on since low pressure reduces handling and tire life)

welcome to the forum!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Of coarse I know!
Besides I realize that the paper manuals may be confusing to you. Not like those easy to use ones from your first car.

...........

DANG, @Tcoat, cut me some slack ...... I don't go back QUITE that far .....

However, back in the day, on the farm, they could put the whole owners manual on one page. That's back when people, who had machines, knew what they were doing ....... they just needed to know where the parts were .....


humfrz

[lowlevel]

Originally Posted by humfrz

However, he is not accustomed to all the "lights", like the shift light.

I have my shift light set at 6,200 rpms ...... to give these old reflexes time to react, before fuel cut off.

As I cranked it up through the gears, he exclaimed "watch out - some red light keeps blinking on your dash display .......!!"


humfrz

Yeah... you see something red light up that you're not expecting... and you're back at that time your 1989 Plymouth check engine light came on moments before the engine exploded... lol... didn't realize you could change the point where the light comes on... I really should take a peek at the owners manual...

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by lowlevel

Yeah... you see something red light up that you're not expecting... and you're back at that time your 1989 Plymouth check engine light came on moments before the engine exploded... lol... didn't realize you could change the point where the light comes on... I really should take a peek at the owners manual...

Yep, reading the owners manual these days is a good thing ...... especially with all the whiz-doodles the cars have.

Not like back-in-the-day, when all you had to do when you got a new car, was to adjust the seat (up or back), adjust the rear view mirror, make sure the emergency brake was off, pump the gas pedal twice, fire it up, check the gas gauge and dial in one of the two AM radio stations you could receive.

Push in clutch, put it into gear, let out clutch, give it some gas .......and you were off .........


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, reading the owners manual these days is a good thing ...... especially with all the whiz-doodles the cars have.

Whiz-doodle? I don't have one. How do I get one? What does it do? I read my whole manual again and there's no mention of a whiz-doodle.

[Yal]

Whiz doodles only came on the BRZs. The whiz doodle mounts right next to the blinker fluid fill port.

[humfrz]

To follow up on post #36.

Of course, some people had more steps to prepare their car for driving.

@Tcoat , with his POS cars, had to add a quart of oil, pump up at least one tire, add water/alcohol to the leaking radiator, along with some more oatmeal, prime the carb with a squirt of gas, dry out the distributor cap and then jump the dead battery. After a couple of backfires, he was off .....

@Ultramaroon, down on the farm, had a few additional steps. Unstick the barn door, shush the chickens off the top, clean the pigeon poop off the windshield, get the cat out of the engine bay, sweep the rats nest off the front seat, find the nail he used for a key then pull up to the tractor gas tank and pump a couple of gallons, slide the piece of plywood back over the hole in the floorboard and then he was ready to go ......


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Whiz-doodle? I don't have one. How do I get one? What does it do? I read my whole manual again and there's no mention of a whiz-doodle.

That's because you didn't get the DELUXE model ..... offered only in Washington ......


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Yal

Whiz doodles only came on the BRZs. The whiz doodle mounts right next to the blinker fluid fill port.

I might add that if you were over 70, you got an extra capacity blinker fluid tank.....


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

To follow up on post #36.

Of course, some people had more steps to prepare their car for driving.

That was eerily close to the truth.