UK Yeti
05-01-2012, 03:39 AM
The car manual does not tell you this, but thankfully someone showed me this "trick". If you twist the sunroof's rotary dail clockwise all the way the sunroof fully opens automatically - without you having to hold it there - you just twist and let go and the roof will open all the way. Yet this is NOT the absolute maximum fully open position. If you then push and hold the dail in this position it completely opens by moving back a good 120mm more!
This is the normal open position:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3572/imgp7078.jpg
And this is the furthest position (note the bolts for the roofrack to get a relative idea of distance):
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6854/imgp7076n.jpg
And from inside:
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4751/imgp7079e.jpg
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4228/imgp7080d.jpg
---------- Post added at 05:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:37 PM ----------
You can have it set to always open this way via a VCDS laptop. BUT it does make a bit more of a bufetting noise when you gather speed and is open this far. So the normal position is better to stop this from happening. I only ever open it this extra bit if there are people in the back wanting to see out and I'm not going too fast.
This is the normal open position:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3572/imgp7078.jpg
And this is the furthest position (note the bolts for the roofrack to get a relative idea of distance):
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6854/imgp7076n.jpg
And from inside:
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4751/imgp7079e.jpg
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4228/imgp7080d.jpg
---------- Post added at 05:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:37 PM ----------
You can have it set to always open this way via a VCDS laptop. BUT it does make a bit more of a bufetting noise when you gather speed and is open this far. So the normal position is better to stop this from happening. I only ever open it this extra bit if there are people in the back wanting to see out and I'm not going too fast.