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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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To those that have the parking sensors on their 3GS, do you leave the sensors on all the time or do you turn them on and off? Just curious.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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I keep mine on all the time except when i'm in the city and people walking in front of the car keep making the sensors beep and during the winter whenever they get covered with ice and they start beeping non-stop.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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always on.. no reason to turn them off
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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they are always on by default, so that's where i keep them.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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I always leave mine on as well and use them on a regular basis.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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Great, thanks! Just curious, really. There's been a couple of times where I've left them on and get a little too close to folks in front of me at stop lights and they go zonkers. I guess I should back-off? =)
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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leave them on and used everyday for parking (especially when i back into my parking stall at work)
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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+1 I leave mine on.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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I always leave them on.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TWong1200
Great, thanks! Just curious, really. There's been a couple of times where I've left them on and get a little too close to folks in front of me at stop lights and they go zonkers. I guess I should back-off? =)
stop tailgating people j/k
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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Yeah, no kidding. It's not really tailgating. It's when we're at a stop light and I keep creeping up to the guy in front of me. Oops! =)
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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I leave mine off. It's annoying when it goes off when I'm sitting at a stoplight. Unless I mine is more sensitive than the other peoples (which I doubt), I don't know how it doesn't bother them.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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i leave mine on. sometimes i cut it off in the drivethrough at mcdonalds because it is close to the wall and goes off. althoughy tonight after cutting my car on after work (it rained today) the sensor keeps telling me sometihng is close on the passenger side non stop. ill check it in the morning when it is bright outside.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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leave them on, more safe to me
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Originally Posted by TWong1200
Great, thanks! Just curious, really. There's been a couple of times where I've left them on and get a little too close to folks in front of me at stop lights and they go zonkers. I guess I should back-off? =)
lol Good thing the rear sensors are not active while the car is in (D)rive. Otherwise, the people in front of you w/ parking sensors would go nuts....
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