[chetman7]

Noticed the other day whille driving on back roads with my high beams that they aim and move with my steering wheel

[BMWbill]

I just spent a whole work day reading this thread from start until this point. I haven't even ordered my F31 yet but I am about to in a week or so. Before reading this thread I read the owner's manual PDF posted by someone on another thread. I can happily say that I learned at least 4 things- 3 of which are actually not in the owner's manual. The 4th thing I learned is that about 333 - 500 of the posts here are repeats. Sometimes a feature has been mentioned 40 or 50 times. But that's human nature and I'm not complaining. It is still one of the best threads on this entire forum, and I enjoyed reading it. Also I am paid an hourly rate of $75/hr so I made a lot of money reading this thread- more than enough to pay for the auto highbeam feature I wasn't going to get so maybe now I'll buy it.
By next April hopefully I'll find something out on my car that hasn't been posted yet.
Thanks all!

[Feanor]

Originally Posted by BMWbill

I just spent a whole work day reading this thread from start until this point. I haven't even ordered my F31 yet but I am about to in a week or so. Before reading this thread I read the owner's manual PDF posted by someone on another thread. I can happily say that I learned at least 4 things- 3 of which are actually not in the owner's manual. The 4th thing I learned is that about 333 - 500 of the posts here are repeats. Sometimes a feature has been mentioned 40 or 50 times. But that's human nature and I'm not complaining. It is still one of the best threads on this entire forum, and I enjoyed reading it. Also I am paid an hourly rate of $75/hr so I made a lot of money reading this thread- more than enough to pay for the auto highbeam feature I wasn't going to get so maybe now I'll buy it.
By next April hopefully I'll find something out on my car that hasn't been posted yet.
Thanks all!

Haha. Yes, when reading some of the posts I do think "you're spending how much on a car, and you specifically chose that option, and you don't even realise it does that?"

The auto-full beam is one of the best features though IMO. I'd go so far as to say that it's one of the most important safety features - being able to see dark patches of roads that aren't completely empty - motorways that only have a few cars on, for example - is invaluable.

Still, I wish I got paid that much for doing a job where I could get away with reading a forum all day!

[Glideslope]

Found out that adaptive headlights do not function when not set in AUTO headlights mode. I normally set the selector to Parking Lights or ON- headlights and wondered why the projector beams stopped pointing when I pulled into the garage.

That's it!

[BMWrules7]

Originally Posted by SimonB

I just can't get used to the fact that you don't need to put it in Park before turning the engine off. In the 318D F30 loaner that I have at the moment, as soon as I turn off the engine, it goes into Park automatically.

Try driving a BMW for a whole and then going to another car!

[jtuds]

Anyone figure out how to make the noise from the blower motor stop?

[Flakmunky]

I learnt something new today... All of this post is in the owners manual!


But I must be a freak, because I think I'm one of the few who bothered to RTFM...

[AweSam8]

Originally Posted by Flakmunky

I learnt something new today... All of this post is in the owners manual!


But I must be a freak, because I think I'm one of the few who bothered to RTFM...

This thread helped me a lot while I was waiting for my f30 to be delivered!

I, too, read a "little" bit of the manual.

[EvenKeel]

The climate control hot/cold thumbwheel on the center vents does not just affect the center vents, but rather, affects all 4 vents on the dash.

'14 335i.

[nyc2sd30]

Pop the hood when the engine is hot and you may see this

[richie_s]

Don't know if this was brought up already, but you can set your A/C to come on while the car is off at a specific time in vehicle settings. You can set it up to come on when you get out of school/work to cool your car down before you get in.

Also, don't try and open the fuel filler cap while the car is locked. I tried to open it and didn't realize the car was locked. I then unlocked the car and heard a huge clank that scared me a little. The fuel filler cap wouldn't shut until I tried doing it multiple times. And I could be over analyzing things, but I'm pretty sure the cap is crooked now...

[richie_s]

One thing that bugs me- the msport models DON'T come with fog lights. The car looks better without them but it would be really useful for turning. Most BMWs have the fog lights turn on when you turn the steering wheel to illuminate where you're turning.

This would be really helpful for my car since I have tinted windows and can't really see curbs at night.

[richie_s]

Originally Posted by airweasel

Although I have my car coded, the auto unfolding of the mirrors should happen at X speed even without coding. With coding, you can alter the speed, but it should still default to around 20 mph I think.

What's the point of keeping the mirrors folded while driving?

[richie_s]

The trunk/foot open feature really doesn't work unless you have size 13 feet.

[flyguy27]

Originally Posted by richie_s

The trunk/foot open feature really doesn't work unless you have size 13 feet.

False. Works for me every time. Maybe i just know how to do it. Size 8 feet.

[Vervain]

Originally Posted by richie_s

Don't know if this was brought up already, but you can set your A/C to come on while the car is off at a specific time in vehicle settings. You can set it up to come on when you get out of school/work to cool your car down before you get in.

Also, don't try and open the fuel filler cap while the car is locked. I tried to open it and didn't realize the car was locked. I then unlocked the car and heard a huge clank that scared me a little. The fuel filler cap wouldn't shut until I tried doing it multiple times. And I could be over analyzing things, but I'm pretty sure the cap is crooked now...

How do you set the AC?

[Alamat]

Originally Posted by flyguy27

False. Works for me every time. Maybe i just know how to do it. Size 8 feet.

Size 9.5 here, works everytime!

Oh, a few things I noted.

The seatbelts server on the passenger side will only serve it when you start the car if there is someone sitting in the passenger side.

You can mute the radio and turn it on again with the steering wheel buttons but you end up with 0 volume. So i just hit the button on the console again.

The windows come down just a bit when you open the door, letting in some snow right on you seat when you go try and get your snow duster from inside. It does come up again when you close it though. Must be a coupe thing.

And IPhones will not transmit pics of contacts unlike Samsung Galaxies, HTC ones or Blackberries. I have a 4S and now thinking ogetting a Sammy S4. On another note, can you use the voice button to call on similar "Siri" features on other phones?

[CLittle]

Originally Posted by richie_s

What's the point of keeping the mirrors folded while driving?

If you fold mirrors to park in a narrow one car garage or use the drive up ATM, you want to keep the mirrors folded in until you drive past the reason for folding them in.

[BMWMico]

Originally Posted by Anodite10

How do you set the AC?

Settings > Climate Control

[300hp]

Originally Posted by Alamat

Size 9.5 here, works everytime!

Oh, a few things I noted.

The seatbelts server on the passenger side will only serve it when you start the car if there is someone sitting in the passenger side.

You can mute the radio and turn it on again with the steering wheel buttons but you end up with 0 volume. So i just hit the button on the console again.

The windows come down just a bit when you open the door, letting in some snow right on you seat when you go try and get your snow duster from inside. It does come up again when you close it though. Must be a coupe thing.

And IPhones will not transmit pics of contacts unlike Samsung Galaxies, HTC ones or Blackberries. I have a 4S and now thinking ogetting a Sammy S4. On another note, can you use the voice button to call on similar "Siri" features on other phones?

My wife switched from IPhone 4S to the S3. She is one year in and she is dying to go jack to Iphone. She can't stand the S3. When you do switch to S4 at least when you feel like you should not have made the move, you will remember 300hp

Hopefully you will never regret the move

[march21]

I have a 2014 and I don't know if all F30's have this feature, but if hold your voice button for 5 or 10 sec it will use Siri or the android counterpart.

[jorgex]

Originally Posted by march21

I have a 2014 and I don't know if all F30's have this feature, but if hold your voice button for 5 or 10 sec it will use Siri or the android counterpart.

Great find!