A lame one and probably posted here already, but I didn't see it
in the manual...

If you hold the unlock button down on the remote for I'd say a good five seconds and keep it pressed, both windows roll down. Whenever you reach the desired position of the windows being
rolled down, simply release the button. The doors still remain
locked. You can roll the windows up by inserting the key in the door, and turning it to the right and hold it there.

For the life of me, I can't quite understand why this feature would
be useful, but nonetheless it exists. Perhaps someone could shed
light on the purpose behind it.

 

They do that so on hot sunny days u can open the windows b4 u get to the car. they had it on my 96 max. Didn't know it was on the z 2.

Thanks 4 the info.

 

I should add "in Canada" to the "I can't quite understand why this feature would be useful"

10 degrees Celsius today and rainy - cars garaged

 

AND, I found that if you put the key in the door, and lock them you can ROLL BOTH WINDOWS UP!!!!!

 

See this feature would be useful if I could sit at home and press the remote to lower the windows on a hot day. The problem here is that the crappy remote has such bad range that I have to stand by the car to unlock/lock it. My 2000 Celica I could be in my room (2nd floor opposite the driveway) and still lock/unlock the car.

zaway

 

Ok, you'll laugh but try this . . . . for better reception on the remote, place it under your chin and then press a button. Crazy, but it works. It uses your body as an antenna.
Think I'm crazy? Go try it . . . .

 

Youre right about the remote under the chin thing......been doing it for years .

 

Everytime I hear about these features (I already knew about this) something obvious comes to mind. I still think I'm the only one who has ever thought of this and should probably patent it. If they can make the windows go down by remote, why can't they make them go up?

How many times do you have to go out and roll your windows up because it is raining? Seems rather obvious that having the ability to raise the windows in the rain is MORE useful than having the ability to lower them. Not like lowering the windows as I walk to the car on a hot sunny day is really going to cool off the vehicle.

My two cents.

Tim

 

lol..i just tried that chin thing today and it freakin worked..lmao...learn something new everyday

 

Hehe, never heard of the chin thing either. You guys rule! Knowledge is fun!

OK, now that this is starting to sound like a PSA, I'll stop...

 

i think it is on the higher end cars though, like Porsche, Mercedes, BMW. like i said there are alarm systems that do this, and if you want, rain sensors that trigger the windows up, so you don't actually have to press anything to raise the windows.

vic

 

I would be willing to bet that the windows don't go up due to liability reasons (yet another reason to love attorneys...). I know my '00 BMW's windows don't go up with the remote either. On my Z, I had the Compustar alarm put in and it does roll the windows up and down with the remote as well as a "smartly designed" remote start on cars with manual transmissions that won't accidentally launch the car. Heck it even opens the trunk and the gas lid cover!

 

Liable for what? I can't imagine it being for someone geting a body part stuck in the window because a remote is just as dangerous as the driver's ability to control all windows. Plus, how can anyone else be responsible for something you do?

Seems like one of those "features" we'll have to wait for so they have something "new" to sell us. Well, then again they don't really advertise the window's down.

Tim

 

I have to try the chin thing because it's been frustrating that you have to be so close to the car in order for the remote to work. Thanks guys.

 

wow thanks, this will come usefull at tracy. it get really hot over here! Sometime i have to warm up my car on a hot day so the AC cool down the leather seat. O and the chin thing work.

 

Actually, I did read about that while I was going through the manual last night.

 

The issue arrises in the fact that, in theory, you could be closing the windows using the remote while not able to see the car to see if someone is hanging out of the window. Open is fine b/c opening a window can't ususally hurt someone, but the companies, by making sure you have the key in the door and hence are obviously within sight of the vehicle, are ensuring you know nobody is going to be injured. Interresting to note: alot of cars in Europe have up and down windows, even convertible tops via remote, but when these cars come to the states they have these abilities removed. I know Porsche can raise and lower the top on the cabs from the key in the door only, and not the remote here in the states.