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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 11:58 PM
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Default Don't push "dome override" twice while doing 90+

Some of you guys might know about this "trick" but I found out what happens while doing a little over 90. I was cruising back from the track while jamming to some good music on the XM stations. I turned the interior light on for a second and then accidently pushed the "dome override" button twice. At that point Stevie Wonder could probably see more than I could. There were no other cars on the highway, no lights on the highway and all of the lights on the truck went out. If you thought you heard someone yell "oh sh*t" around 11PM that was me!

I yanked on the high beam stawk to get those going. I let go for a second to confirm that the headlights weren't going to come on by themselves. I then used the manual switch to turn everything back on. Tried this again at home. Everything goes off when you hit the button twice.

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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 12:02 AM
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Yeah, hehe, you overrided the auto headlight feature, same thing you do to turn off your DRLs. That was pretty silly to do in the dark now wasnt it :rotfl:
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 12:09 AM
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lmao, yea.. dome overide 4 times real fast turns the auto-feature off
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:37 AM
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At least nothing bad happened from that!
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 03:03 AM
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that is hilarious
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 03:07 AM
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that kinda reminds me of how i always play with the cruse control switch and it pisses me off cause i even do it while crusing. this of coarse turning it off. but not dangerous like in your case
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 03:12 AM
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LMAO ... I was up for a good laugh!

The new 03's have a momentary position on the headlight switch to turn off the DRL's and the lights and night.

The 03's also turn the reverse and DRL's on when you hit the unlock button on the remote at night.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 03:17 AM
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 05:10 AM
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Karma, Tom, bad karma.

BTW, why didn't you email me after my last email Tom? Couldn't answer it or what? Or did you get tired of my questions that soon?
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by tbyrne
At that point Stevie Wonder could probably see more than I could. Tom
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