Another Easter egg that even the dealer did not know about. If you push the knob on the right in the tachometer area while car is off it bring up the mileage number without having the car on.

 

My 2015 Premium has a mute button on the steering wheel.

Another Easter egg that even the dealer did not know about. If you push the knob on the right in the tachometer area while car is off it bring up the mirage number without having the car on.

What is a mirage number?

 

I knew about the Mute feature (though I wish it was a button; the delay is annoying), but I had no idea about the mileage trick! I always end up wanting to know my mileage when I don't have my keys on hand.

 

Odometer value: current mileage.

 

Wasn't sure if "mirage" was something like an ISBN number or other serial type number. Thanks

I guess I'm a female then. Lol

I also have read the owners manual.

I have a mode button on my steering wheel? Going to have to look.

Im female and haven't looked at the manual. Car go, car stop, car go = Im happy

Sounds exactly like my wife. As long as the car goes when she wants it to, and stops when she needs it to, everything is good.

You push that button and all of a sudden your Crosstrek has a turbo scoop and looks like and STI and you feel like you have 305 hp, but then you start your car and realize it's just a mirage. Then you can call the number for Subaru assistance program so they can help you talk about the stress and disappointment that created. And that is the Subaru mirage number!

Now that makes sense.

 

I guess I'm a female then. Lol

 

Caitlyn? Is that you?

 

I have a mode button on my steering wheel? Going to have to look.

Im female and haven't looked at the manual. Car go, car stop, car go = Im happy

 

Now that's funny!!

 

knew about the mode button and mirror defrost, but had no clue about the mileage display!

 

A FINAL(?) Easter Egg



I understand that there's another potential "Easter Egg".......if you get into an extremely threatening situation while driving and you haven't read the manual's info re safety procedures/limits/features you may instantly become a nominee for a Darwin Award!

 

Any idea how to get the damned thing out of mute mode when you accidently activate it? TIA.

 

I think this is a miss-conception of an "easter egg". as per wiki (to cite a source) An Easter egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in an interactive work such as a computer program, video game or DVD menu screen. The name has been said to evoke the idea of a traditional Easter egg hunt.

So this won't be an easter egg, but a feature, that is simply not in plain sight. But this ain't funny, yo! :tongue:

And as much as I appreciate your time spent on sharing something you found, the good intentions and the positive attitude and all that, if people just used search first before they start a thread, we'd had so much easier time with the search results later in the future, when on a keyword you get 20 relevant results, instead of 200 duplicated ones....
Or is it just me?
It's like with the oil consumption thread that turned up again yesterday, that one of the moderators had to shut down as that topic was coming up over and over and over again...
Also, is it just me, do people purposely make vague thread headings just to "lure" visitors in? Or do they not know to make the name clearly stat what is the core topic of the thread? Something like - Mode/Mute button easter egg (for example in this case). No? just me? ok, I'll go away now...

Sorry for the rant but I had to leave my brain or it would eat my soul...

 

I think this is a miss-conception of an "easter egg". as per wiki (to cite a source) An Easter egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in an interactive work such as a computer program, video game or DVD menu screen. The name has been said to evoke the idea of a traditional Easter egg hunt.

So this won't be an easter egg, but a feature, that is simply not in plain sight. But this ain't funny, yo! 👅

And as much as I appreciate your time spent on sharing something you found, the good intentions and the positive attitude and all that, if people just used search first before they start a thread, we'd had so much easier time with the search results later in the future, when on a keyword you get 20 relevant results, instead of 200 duplicated ones....
Or is it just me?
It's like with the oil consumption thread that turned up again yesterday, that one of the moderators had to shut down as that topic was coming up over and over and over again...
Also, is it just me, do people purposely make vague thread headings just to "lure" visitors in? Or do they not know to make the name clearly stat what is the core topic of the thread? Something like - Mode/Mute button easter egg (for example in this case). No? just me? ok, I'll go away now...

Sorry for the rant but I had to leave my brain or it would eat my soul...

Is that you Martin?

 

Most excided I have ever noticed a Canadian getting. Usually so calm,cool and collective. Hopefully you can enjoy a Mooosehead and get a good night’s sleep tonight.

 

WOW! So I've kind of been slammed for not reading my manual front to back (Darwin Award Comment) and the subject line of this post for being a "lure".
I'm always polite, positive and helpful with timely responses on other members questions, but some of the above isn't sitting well with me. I joined thinking this was an on-line forum/community for Crosstrek owners to share information and news about a product they have invested in.

Community: a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

 

Sarcasm, or serious?

I don't think any ill intentions were meant; they definitely do seem like "Easter Egg" features. And most of the posts here seem more to be poking gentle fun

 

I wouldn't worry about it Rygoon, as long as you've been a member, you oughta know Martin's not usually like that. I'm thinking he's still upset cuz the 2016's won't come in Orange ;D

 

Wow, this is whole new level of honor for me. To be actually recognized on the forum by other members and knowing what I'm a-boot +1 Sigmund

Not gonna lie, the discontinued orange might have something to do with it, or the massive layoffs that are happening in our company (540+ people in 4 days), or that I'm am a person of rules and processes by heart and by job and I just couldn't take it anymore.

Once again, OP, I apologize

 

Oh I thought this was a fun light hearted thread???
What happened?

 

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Let's keep this thread fun yo .. it's a good thread in any case for those that didn't know these 'features' .. Easter Egg or not. Hug hug.

 

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Yeah, I'm certainly not upset by any means, but I was a little bit cynically amused to discover (after reading the post title) that it was basically OP saying, "Owners' Manuals are for girls! Check out these features that are totally hidden intentionally and not at all just hidden to me because I couldn't be bothered to read!"

Casual sexism aside, it's quite the leap to assume that, because you didn't know something, that it wouldn't be spelled out in the very place where such things are spelled out.

I was just trying to poke fun at myself. Personally I am not the type to completely read a manual - for anything I have bought. I keep them handy for the times I do need them.
I have found over my many years on this wonderful planet that women are far more responsible in that area than men, and my comment was meant as a salute to them, not a dis.

Onward and upward! Cheers my friends!!

Thanks to JamesXV

 

I have read an owners manual twice in my life.

1. To learn how to set the clock.

2. I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison and I went to pick her up in the rain.
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck she got run ned over by a damned old train.
They arrested me for DUI and I read it in my jail cell till I could bond out and go to her funeral.

 

The very first time I had to read the manual was to find out how to shift into reverse!

Long and also old story. My family did not have a car, but on the second day that I got my license my best friend's mom lend me her Austin Oxford with column shift so that I could have a joy ride with her son and some friends (all did not know how to drive). Without thinking much I started the car and drove away. Then I parked the car into a spot head in and we all went for a drink. When the time came for us to go, I could not shift or did not know how to get the car into reverse. It should either be next to first gear or next to fourth gear. With each try, the car inched forward and pretty soon it almost hit the café. On top of that the parking spot was on a slope going down hill, so we could not even push the car out. Then out of the blue my friend mentioned "the manual" or something. A manual for the car? That actually was the first time I heard of such a thing! Well, after searching the glove box, there really was one. We finally found out how to shift into reverse, you have to pull the gear shift out a bit and then shift like you are shifting into first gear!

What an experience. :icon_lol:

 

David Allen Coe for $400

 

This thread is a mess. I am going to buy a jeep renegade so I can discuss the countless Easter Eggs that Crysler puts into their jeeps. That's not a recall silly, it's an Easter Egg.

 

WTF? I came here expecting to read about chocolate and all I get is weird discussions about hidden features.

Also, I don't have defrosting mirrors.

 

WTF? I came here expecting to read about chocolate.

Also, I don't have defrosting mirrors.

No worries mate. The heat would just melt your Cadbury Cherry Ripe Bar.

 

Why did reading this thread make my day?

 

Believe it or not but I've actually read my manual from cover to cover for my 2015 Crosstrek.



Of course, it's been in the shop for the past two weeks after getting T-boned by a Jeep Patriot, so I've had the time, lol.

 

I've read bits and pieces of my owners manual, but honestly not very much. Car owners manuals have pretty much been taken over by the personal-injury lawyers these days, and the book is so full of ridiculously obvious safety warnings that it overshadows the actual information. Sign of the times ...

 

Is still read it. I'm one of those guys how actually reads what he's signing and policies of insurance coverage and bylaws od the condo and such... I have never owned a car so that will be a new one but what my mom owned I've read most of the manuals of th a two cars, but they were in manuals in Czech, so not so much personal-injury crap but how to do stuff to your car

 

Lol Honestly, who really does read 'all' of the manual? I didn't, that's for sure!
I've learned far more things about my XV from this forum than I did from the manual ?

 

We'll this forum is a whole different story. You learn stuff here that's is not in the manual, like that the orange adds HP, about plastidip and how to take your car apart basically