The little extras, the easter eggs of the Fiesta. Tips and tricks

[danpass]

I don't recall seeing this (or my search-fu is lacking) so I thought we could get a list going of the things that aren't so obvious:

Turn signals:
Can be set to blink three times with one soft-tap of the stalk (vs moving the stalk till it clicks and holds)

Wipers:
If the front wipers are on the rear wiper will turn on when you put the car in reverse. Also:

Originally Posted by wuzzzer

It was raining this morning on my way to work and I had my front wipers on the fastest delay setting that you can select. I noticed when I stopped at a light the delay slowed down and when I started going again the delay sped up. When I was stopped the wipers made a pass every 5 seconds. When I was driving they made a pass every 2 or 3 seconds.
There's an amazing amount of engineering in these cars!

Originally Posted by Slipster17

and if you pay attention to the rear wiper on the hatch - it goes one speed while the front wipers are on the 1st and 2nd settings, but if you kick up the front wipers to their highest (3rd notch), the rear wiper will go continuously without any delay in movement.

Steering:
I noticed on passing a truck that the car barely moved. According to the manual the system does a little bit of steering for you to compensate for any slight, non-driver induced drifts.

Door/Trunk locks:
As you know pressing the trunk release twice quickly will release the trunk. Then closing the trunk will lock everything automatically without needing to press any remote buttons (so make sure to hold onto the key lol).

[Darkbrew]

If you have the push button start you cannot lock the FOB in the hatch area... it knows and keeps popping the hatch open...

If the hatch is not properly closed and you lock the car it beeps twice to let you know something is wrong.

I love the auto rear wiper feature... like the car is saying, "Don't worry, I've got this"

[Cobra348]

Elastic strap on top of the glovebox to hold manual and brochures that came in the zipup container with auto. keeps things out of the way.

Glovebox has holder for stick-type pen on left side as you open it. Handy for a pencil or stick pen if you write data on gas receipts for tracking.

Drivers visor has a diagonal strap for holding small amount of papers or things up out of the way. I've found it handy for a couple bill payment envelopes as I head to the post office.

a light pull on the high-beam stalk (like you were turning on high beams) as you exit car give about 30-second delay where headlights are on. Similar to 3-blink signal and about same pressure needed. Good for night exits of car.

[GapBoyPCS]

I know there were a few threads...

...I could only find one right now: http://fiestafaction.com/forums/fies...tle-thing.html

[danpass]

I only searched tips and tricks lol

Maybe a sticky would help?

[danpass]

On the powershift models the trans will blip the throttle a little when it downshifts lol

[Norm201]

Originally Posted by danpass

On the powershift models the trans will blip the throttle a little when it downshifts lol

Hmmm.... is that a feature or quirk?

[Cobra348]

yes

[Audrey]

Originally Posted by danpass

Steering:
I noticed on passing a truck that the car barely moved. According to the manual the system does a little bit of steering for you to compensate for any slight, non-driver induced drifts.

The Stability Control is AMAZING for a little car. I hated passing trucks in my old Escort. It would wobble in a breeze! (I had the alignment done annually.) So it's been very nice to be in a car that is stands its ground versus the toughest foes.

[oracleguy]

Originally Posted by Cobra348

a light pull on the high-beam stalk (like you were turning on high beams) as you exit car give about 30-second delay where headlights are on. Similar to 3-blink signal and about same pressure needed. Good for night exits of car.

I didn't know that one, that is a nifty thing to remember.