I was backing up in a parking lot and a pedestrian stepped suddenly into the proximity range. The Automatic Emergency Rear Braking System stopped my car quite abruptly. Unlike the Adaptive Cruise Control which subtly at first reduces speed, then subtly applies brakes, this was immediate and unmistakable. No wonder the insurance on this is so amazingly low.
The 410 page owner's manual arrived. This should be standard, not the silly quick start guide (which I know is all most buyers will read). My wife opened the envelope and said, "War and Peace for your Cadillac."
Yes, there are gobs of unobvious features. Passive locking. Leave the car with your remote and at one meter it automatically locks the car.
Double click unlock button on fob, hold it three seconds and all the windows roll down. Reverse lock button twice plus three seconds rolls everything up. (The manual makes no mention of the sunroof. I guess I will try that later.) UPDATE: no. Disappointed. The Jaguar did the sunroof as well.
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Go to the trunk with fob within a meter and it illuminates the ground with the Cadillac logo. Move your foot under the light and the trunk opens itself.
Under Power Windows: "The windows may be temporarily disabled if they are used repeatedly within a short time." This is I believe the "Bratty kids left in the car" feature.
Was the owners manual not available for free download? They are for my Fords .... Going back to the early 2000s
ReplyDeleteFunny about that. When I bought my previous daily driver, a Dodge 1500 Ram, I emailed Dodge and asked for a copy of the build sheet (basically the window sticker). They responded in a few hours, no issues.
The Ram turned out to be a poor choice so I replaced it with a Ford Expedition Max (long wheel base), 3.5 L Ecoboost, 4WD... Still have it, ten years later, still my daily driver. Anyway, I emailed Ford, asked for the build sheet. They apparently get such requests a LOT, for Mustang collectors and whatnot, and have a process to print one and mail it to you for framing - at some cost (mine was $25-ish).
I don't care about framing the build sheet, I just wanted a copy for future reference more than the VIN can provide. I told them Dodge just emailed it to me for free; I was surprised Ford wouldn't.
They did.
Yes, but getting a copy already printed compared to formatting and printing it myself was worth $50.
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