Pbondar said:enuff_zed said:Pbondar said:
To clarify, I assume you just mean the closing of the roof on the key?
Mine is a similar spec, manual, no I-drive, no sat nav. Exactly as I wanted it, no fan of extra gizmos.
Admittedly, folding mirrors would have been useful, but mine opens the roof fine from the key.
It does not close it, neither does it do that sneaky thing where it starts the close operation just enough to access the boot.
I think i'm a bit stuck in the past though, as I always feel more comfortable with the engine running before I operate the roof. Must be a throw back to all my old Escorts and Capris with dodgy alternators and batteries
Correct...
I think anyone who has a Tornado as an avatar is a person from pre fly be wire etc
However I do agree with your mechanical / electrical sympathies as far as roof movements without the engine running.
Maybe my original battery is coming to the end of its life but I’ve found a couple of times the roof refusing to move without the engine running..
So normally I do move it after engine start unless I’ve already had a run and given the battery a good charge..
It does seem like the e89 is very very sensitive to its battery voltage / charge state...
Reminds me of the early DA42 Twinstar crash where the engine ECUs shut the engines mid flight due to voltage rails dropping as the gear retracted..
I’m a little concerned about the battery health as well, after reading several cases of terminal ebrake issues i now leave my zed connected to a smart charger when not in use.
I’m not sure if later cars had updated software to stop the problem occurring as it only seems to have affected pre lci cars? I suppose they naturally have older batteries anyway so that maybe the reason :?
Rob
