Hi,

In my last skoda, well any VAG range car i've owned you could always just pull the electric window switch once and it would automatically put it down / up it seems safer this way so you can keep your hands on the wheel, any one know if it's possible?

Mine won't! (75 Elegance 3-dr)

That's called one touch up and down, the answer to your question is a no I'm afraid :(

Ah no :( the switches dont light up either :(

Ah no :( the switches dont light up either :(

Stuff like that, and the lack of a switch for the passenger window on the drivers side, and pop out rear windows are clear signs of cost cutting on these cars... However I would rathter they did that than make the whole car feel cheap and shoddy. They're a quality product, but I imagine they'll be a healthy profit margin in them for VAG too!

As said, we don't get the two stage switch to have a one press up or down.

Not in any standard spec or options.

I can remember when all cars even luxury models like Jaguar had keep fit windows wind up type. At least these days most cars have electric window controls. I don't know........you youngens want the world lol!! (Just a Joke)

I can remember when all cars even luxury models like Jaguar had keep fit windows wind up type. At least these days most cars have electric window controls. I don't know........you youngens want the world lol!! (Just a Joke)

haha my first car was a 1994 corsa

haha my first car was a 1994 corsa

My first car was a Hillman Imp in 1968. Then a Ford Escort,and then i moved on to Sports Cars, MGB,TR6.

Petrol was a different price in those days so 15 - 20 MPG was not a problem. Thank goodness today my car does 60 - 80 MPG

My first car was a Hillman Imp in 1968. Then a Ford Escort,and then i moved on to Sports Cars, MGB,TR6.

Petrol was a different price in those days so 15 - 20 MPG was not a problem. Thank goodness today my car does 60 - 80 MPG

Have to agree, my first car was a 1982 Ford Granada 2.8 V6 carb. I was 17 and mpg in the teens was almost acceptable.

Have to agree, my first car was a 1982 Ford Granada 2.8 V6 carb. I was 17 and mpg in the teens was almost acceptable.

Ah yes those were the days. I also had a Granada Ghia automatic which got 19 MPG and a Jaguar XJ6 that got 17 MPG.

When i started driving in 1968 i would say to the petrol station worker (they served you in those days) can i have a Pounds worth please,and would you believe you got 4 Gallons.....yes 25p a gallon!!

Stop it you are making me feel old!!

Ah yes those were the days. I also had a Granada Ghia automatic which got 19 MPG and a Jaguar XJ6 that got 17 MPG.

When i started driving in 1968 i would say to the petrol station worker (they served you in those days) can i have a Pounds worth please,and would you believe you got 4 Gallons.....yes 25p a gallon!!

And Green shield stamps......

We used to have Jag engines in our fire engines (when I first joined in 1974) and you would be lucky to get 4mpg out of them.

Starting from cold at 3 in the morning on a cold winters night was always fun, full choke and loads of coughing and spluttering as you tried to make a quick getaway, best laugh of all was just to the left of our station was a steep hill so it was first gear and foot to the floor if you had to go that way.

I wonder now how on earth those engines ever lasted.

Back in the 60's I used to work as a petrol pump attendant, remember them. It was one of my first part time jobs and I use to dread when the posh boys came in with there Jags and say fill it up, both tanks. In winter my hands ended up glued to the pump nozzle, it was so cold, even with gloves on.

Mick

Edited 24 September, 201213 yr by MickA

And Green shield stamps......

We used to have Jag engines in our fire engines (when I first joined in 1974) and you would be lucky to get 4mpg out of them.

Starting from cold at 3 in the morning on a cold winters night was always fun, full choke and loads of coughing and spluttering as you tried to make a quick getaway, best laugh of all was just to the left of our station was a steep hill so it was first gear and foot to the floor if you had to go that way.

I wonder now how on earth those engines ever lasted.

Ha ha yes i remember Green shield stamps,and petrol ration books in the 70s.

I have driven Volvo bendy buses that also got 4 or 5 MPG like your fire engines. I see todays fire engines are nearly always Volvos,Scanias,or Mans and all automatic. Same with modern buses Volvos and Scanias all automatic and light years ahead of the old Leylands

Back in the 60's I used to work as a petrol pump attendant, remember them. It was one of my first part time jobs and I use to dread when the posh boys came in with there Jags and say fill it up, both tanks. In winter my hands ended up glued to the pump nozzle, it was so cold, even with gloves on.

Mick

I remember the twin tanks on the Jags. It was always great to press the button to change tanks in the car and watch the needle go from empty to full, as if by magic.

I remember the twin tanks on the Jags. It was always great to press the button to change tanks in the car and watch the needle go from empty to full, as if by magic.

Why did they not have just one big tank?

Why did they not have just one big tank?

Not sure. I guess they were designed like that perhaps for ballance of the car with a tank each side. They held 10 gallons in each tank.Todays Jags do have one big tank,and i think they hold 18 gallons.

Most of the time i only ever filled one tank,unless i was going to make a long trip when i filled both tanks. Its amazing to think in my car today i can go as far on 5 gallons as i could on both tanks in those days.

So it looks like us 'oldies' are reminiscing on this thread now! So here is my 5ps worth!

Following on from motor bikes, my first cars (all second hand) were from the 1950's. First was a Messerchmitt KR200 cabrio 3 wheeler. It had four forward gears and to reverse you switched off the engine and restarted it backwards. This gave you four gears in reverse – scary! It was identical to the following (they are now worth about £16,000!):

Then I changed it for a Berkeley four wheel sports – this had a 328cc Anzani two cylinder air-cooled engine. If you got stuck in traffic it would overheat, the engine lost compression and you had to stop to let it cool down before you could continue!

Petrol then was about 24p per gallon at today's prices!

On from that came a selection of other 1950's vehicles – a Mk1 Ford Consul, a 1954 2 ¼ litre Sunbeam Alpine. I used to call this one the brake less special – it was very heavy and in those days you only had drum brakes. If you hit the brakes at 90mph (there was no 70mph limit then) they had faded out by 50mph! You prayed you would finally stop as you sat there with your body jammed between the seat and the brake peddle!! There followed a Riley Pathfinder with right hand floor mounted gearchange (like the old Police Wolsey's) and a Mk1 Ford Zephyr Six which I converted for rallying with Raymond Mays triple downdraught SU carbs on the 2,262cc engine. Later came other rally modded cars – a 1964 Cortina GT and a 1969 ex works fuel test Hillman Hunter (used in my profile). And so on and so on (and including a two-stroke3 cylinder Wartburg estate!)

Anyway, having gone off at a bit of a tangent - the subject was automatic windows. I mentioned above the Riley Pathfinder I once had. This was pre MOT times. The drivers window winder mechanism was broken, so to open or close the window you had to put one or two hands on the glass and slide it up or down!!

There were no steering locks around then either, so the security method was a padlock and chain through the steering wheel and the door handle! It was never stolen either! :-)

Edited 25 September, 201213 yr by CortinaGT

Was the petrol not the the same as 10 pence a gallon at todays prices?

24 pennies a gallon & 240 pennies to the £1

10 gallons for £1

but then you need to think how much a weeks wages were. £5,

maybe an average of £7.

george

George

I wish it had been that cheap! 24d per gallon would have been the cost in 1914/15 according to the link below.

I started to drive in 1961. Using the following document from the AA, petrol was then 58.5d per gallon in 'old money'. (4s and 11d) So you got just over 4 gallons to the £1.

This is the link to the AA Historical Price of Petrol Indicator 1896 - 2005:

http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf

lol,

i should have looked at the link, i posted it last month on this forum in 'off topic'.

I just looked at your 24 pence at todays prices, & remembered it as being 1950,

it was 1945, sorry.

george