07-28-2012, 04:36 PM | #1 |
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The best and worst points of your F30
How about a quick reply thread. Now a few of us have had our f30s for a little while. What is the best and worst feature of your new ride.
Mine is, BEST: The car's performance and acceleration in sports mode WORST: The engine sound at idle, particularly when cold
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Pro: all facets of the driving experience.
Con: the total lack of intuitiveness of the iDrive system.
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07-28-2012, 09:35 PM | #7 |
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Trying to figure out how to do anything with the sound system. I've had to consult the manual multiple times.
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07-28-2012, 09:45 PM | #8 |
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Best: Pressing the unlock button in the morning to work and the Halo's light up looking straight at you.. Its been two months but I still smile everytime they light up..
Worst: having to put the car in park and leaving it to go live your life.. i do really love my car..
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ON the test cars with NAV, I found the system quite easy to use. It's not bad at all, actually quite intuitive. The manual is always your best reference. I'm a manual reader. Most people never bother reading their manuals, and it amazes me how many threads we have because of it. More time spent creating a thread and waiting for response than to just RTFM! |
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07-28-2012, 10:54 PM | #11 |
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- Design of interior - Best auto transmission I've had - iDrive - Comfort Access for the trunk - Much improved RFT than my previous E92s Worst: - Engine ticking sound - Auto start stop - Design of the front end of the car and how it slopes down - BMW taking away standard features like BMW assist and adaptive headlights
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07-29-2012, 06:04 AM | #13 |
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Con - the SA8 has too many gears. |
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07-29-2012, 07:03 AM | #14 |
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Sport Automatic Transmission. Steering wheel. Sports Seats. Angel Eyes (when unlocked ). Adaptive Xenon's. Harman Kardon 7.1. Fine line Anthracite Wood. Luxury Line chrome. Strong engine, no lag. The brakes - oh wow they stop! The lesser price of petrol to diesel!! THE NOT SO GOOD: I much prefer the engine sound of my late 330d. ASS isn't refined enough on start-up. Soot on the exhaust finishers from the direct-injection. Idle sound at the front from the direct-injection. Lack of LED's in the lights - loved my E90 LCI's bright and sharp rear indicators. The economy - 36-40mpg as opposed to 43-47mpg in the straight six 'd. The not so good however isn't enough to even make a poor argument for this car in my mind, it's just so good and I always look forward to driving it!
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Best: Sports mode and heads up display along with being only 1 of few in my whole city around with an f30
Xenon lights Worst: Pressing the start stop button to disable every time I turn on the car |
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With iDrive, you have to come out of a function to control it. Once I understood that concept, it wasn't so hard to figure out. Still, it's the opposite of how most other systems work.
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07-29-2012, 08:25 AM | #17 |
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Engine has great power & good mileage Best auto tranny i've driven Very comfortable seats Good looking inside and out Dislikes: Auto start/stop shit paint job no spare tire pricey Steering wheel vibration
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-Exhaust sound -Sportsteering -Adaptive Suspension -HK Soundsystem Some cons: -Sound at idle, ticking, not I6 like. -Noisy tyres(RFT) -ASS, but I drive a 6MT and keep the clutch depressed 9/10 when standing -Needed more LEDS Cheers Robin |
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Best: Pretty much everything. Love the engine. Love the sport seats. Standard HIFI stereo ROCKS. The stretched body panels that make it look OH SO SEXY.
Worst: The car holds water like CRAZY. I wash and fully dry my car and I still have water coming out of mirrors, trunk, doors, back reflectors etc. for a day or two after haha
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In my Audi, the scroll wheels does the opposite of what I expect. In lists of music, clockwise is up and counterclockwise is down; in navigation, clockwise is zoom out and counterclockwise is zoom in. I believe that the mistake was that Audi chose to display the scroll bar on the left of lists instead of on the right.
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