aviatorcase
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- April 28, 2006
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- City, State
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 99 Explorer XLS
Hi ... just bought it ... great vehicle .... not bad in the fuel mileage around town ... incredible highway mileage .... I'm impressed .... but I've got a couple of questions
1) the daytime running lights come on as soon as the vehicle is started ... thats fine ... and I assumed that they would go out when the park brake was engaged .... but they didn't .... now I would like to know if there is a way of shutting them off when the vehicle is running and parked.... now the reason I want to know is that my wife wants to go to the drive-in movies with me (at least I hope its with me) and it is still rather cool in the evenings ... so I would like to be able to start the vehicle to stay warm, without blanking out the movie screen with my lights. I don't want them to be out permanently ... I like the safety feature .. just when parked for the movie et cetera
2) are there any quirks / idiosyncrasies / bad habits / mechanical anomolies / et cetera with this line of vehicle I should be made aware of ... its the first one I've ever owned ... so best to be aware and be pro-active.
Thanks for the help
Randy
1) the daytime running lights come on as soon as the vehicle is started ... thats fine ... and I assumed that they would go out when the park brake was engaged .... but they didn't .... now I would like to know if there is a way of shutting them off when the vehicle is running and parked.... now the reason I want to know is that my wife wants to go to the drive-in movies with me (at least I hope its with me) and it is still rather cool in the evenings ... so I would like to be able to start the vehicle to stay warm, without blanking out the movie screen with my lights. I don't want them to be out permanently ... I like the safety feature .. just when parked for the movie et cetera
2) are there any quirks / idiosyncrasies / bad habits / mechanical anomolies / et cetera with this line of vehicle I should be made aware of ... its the first one I've ever owned ... so best to be aware and be pro-active.
Thanks for the help
Randy