My BA goes beep beep, then i turn of the lights.
Cool hey.

my ba has auto lights off, i bought it with it in... love it. my lights are always on auto....

The AU was never available with Auto lights on/off

No the fairmont/fairlanes were, I remember switching it off so my mums could have it still beep funnily enough.

we have auto lights on/off on the Terry.
What I was simply saying is that Aussie cars makers need to do better. And It's us buyers who need to insist on it! Every morning this week has been close to zero round my place so yes heated side mirrors is a cheap simple safety feature that I would very much appreciate. When they say it cost $3Bn to develop a car, surely they can hunt arround their worldwide parts bin and find a few things?
The answer of course is marketing....
GLI is basic
Futura gets a couple of things GLI should have std but is still way short of the mark.
Fairmont is starting to be more like it.
Fairmont Ghia nice but lots more $$ for a few luxuries.

I bought one of the first models and it never came with it till later

mk1 fairmont and ghias had it, also xr's with luxury pack.
It then became standard on all mk2 vehicles

Almost identical twins! I had a VX Berlina wagon with an LS1, and while it was a nice car and only a bit over a year old when we got it, it was a heap of crap, and was regularly in for warranty items, including the typical LS1 engine rebuild.

As soon as the new car warranty was up, that pile of crap was traded on an ugly, slow and boring yet far more reliable AU.



I had hoped it would be as easy as replacing the switch, but it's not. The delay switch actually has it's own wiring loom, which I think plugs into the BEM.

I will be swapping the Fairlane switch in, but only for looks (woodgrain), I can't be stuffed wiring in or figuring out the delay switch.



LOL at people comparing features of Hyundai's with Falcons and Commodores.

Go buy a new BMW etc, and see how happy you are with the features for the money(note, we are only talking about FEATURES not QUALITY).

So why is the driver seat electric in the Terry Ghia whilst the passenger's is not? Why not have electric steering wheel adjustment?
I should stop whingeing.....

Amazing, mine wasn't new, so had the 'extended warranty' since I bought it from a dealer, but I also flogged it (at a big loss) after the extended warranty expired. In the 12mths I had it, replaced were water, power steering and fuel pumps, radiator, and of course 2 rear main seals were done. And thats only what I can remember.