To dispel a few misguided opinions that piled here about the LC / LFR / LCR hidden features:
1. With spring-shock-bushing-top mount-camber-caster in perfect condition, the passenger side (right, in Europe) is very-very-slightly (let's say ~2mm) higher compared to driver's side. It appears to be a feature to cope with crowned roads, so the car doesn't wander to the outside the road. (If the suspension is ever so slightly worn, different camber or caster right or left, the effect can't be seen or felt, it appears to be the same height on both sides.)
2. The front
lower control arms are the same part for right and left, just mounted in reverse.
3. If the car is unlocked from the keyfob and no door, or any other door except driver's is opened, it locks itself back in 20 to 30 seconds. If unlocked from the alarm, this does not happen.
4. Lock the car from alarm or key, any open window closes itself. Lock from the keyfob and it doesn't.
5. Both brake and throttle
can be used at the same time (there is no electronic or mechanical interlock).
6. Service indicator appears each 10 000 kms before ignition. It stays on if the service is not performed in the next 3000 kms. Handbook says it should be performed each 15 000 kms (but better be safe than sorry).
7. AC compressor won't come on below 2 degrees C. Although handbook says 5 degrees C.
8. ESP beeps in the dash if the car is suddenly pushed into a drift via the handbrake. It's a sign its capabilities are overloaded and overriden.
9. Red handbrake light blinks and a beep warns you if the brake fluid is below threshhold.
10. If you try to adjust the driver's mirror from the knob, the passenger side mirror self-adjusts itself at a similar angle. Try to adjust the passenger side mirror from the knob, it moves independently.
11. Clutch slave cylinder
can and
should be purged of air just like brake cylinders do. It may cure many small and nagging issues with clutch engagement.
12. A modded LC / LCR if pushed will torque-steer to the right just at the moment you try to move. It can be compensated from steering wheel.
~Nautilus