XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 08/16/2021 01:41 AM, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 15 Aug 2021 22:44:57 -0700, The Real Bev   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 08/15/2021 02:56 PM, micky wrote:   
   >>> In rec.autos.tech, on Sat, 22 May 2021 11:52:04 -0700, The Real Bev   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>It only lights up when I have the headlights on, which is annoying.  Is   
   >>>>this normal or is something broken?  One of the little knobs adjusts the   
   >>>>brightness, but only with the headlights on.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not the same problem but similar effect.  My 2005 Toyota Solara clock   
   >>> cluster lights, for the clock and 2 or 3 other things, only go on at   
   >>> night, even though I can't see what they say during the day time unless   
   >>> I'm driving away from the sun.  Even with the headlights on.   Even   
   >>> worse when the top is down.   I think it's a mistake in design by   
   >>> Toyota.   
   >>   
   >>They clearly put all their expertise into reliability, etc.  And it   
   >>never occurred to them to make the driver's seat raise up a few more   
   >>inches for us NORMAL people?  I'm not even that short, I just want to be   
   >>higher, especially with the reduced window area so prevalent in cars now!   
   >   
   > They make other mistakes too.  In the 2005 Solara, the fob opens the   
   > trunk but not if the engine is running.   There's a lever on the floor   
   > to open it, like in 2000, but in 2000, if you were parked with the top   
   > down, or even the window open, anyone could climb over the trunk or lean   
   > in the window and open the trunk.  So in 2005, they let you lock that,   
   > but then the only way to open it was to turn off the engine and use the   
   > fob.  (I installed a button on the dash, but I had to root through the   
   > wires at the bottom of the left kick panel to find the one to the trunk   
   > lock.)   
   >   
   > 2 of my 3 Lebarons had only mechanical trunk releases, which could be   
   > disabled in the trunk lid, but then I had to get out and use the key.   
   > Electric trunk releases can be set to only work when the ignition is on.   
   >   
   > The Solara is set so you can't raise or lower the top if you're going   
   > more than iirc 3 mph, so I had to find and cut that wire. OTOH, the   
   > recent Buick convertible is set so you can't go more than 30 mph. Yikes.   
   > Even I would never go over 15 or 20, or I'd sail away like a kite!   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> Even if I block the light sensor on the dash so that the car thinks it's   
   >>> night time, the headlights go on but not these lights.   
   >>>   
   >>> I've tried rewiring the dash, but ended up with a little flashlight in   
   >>> the console to shine on the LCDs.   
   >>>   
   >>> emailed also because it's an old thread.   
   >>   
   >>Not necessary, usenet is sufficiently immortal!   
   >   
   > I knew you'd have the thread in your computer, but I thought it might be   
   > so far up on the page, above the top of the monitor, you wouldn't see   
   > it.   
      
   I used Thunderbird 38 and have it set to show threads with new messages.   
     That seems to work better than 'new messages'.   
      
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