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      08-01-2017, 09:38 AM   #1541
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wow, mind blown. i had no idea the key came apart like that. good to know.
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      08-02-2017, 08:29 AM   #1542
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wow, mind blown. i had no idea the key came apart like that. good to know.
Taking the key apart like that is also the first step in the procedure to change the key's battery.
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i had no idea the key came apart like that..
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I watched all of them at least once before taking delivery, so I wouldn't be years into the car before figuring out all of its features.
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on my volkswagen jetta, the valet key only turns on the car. there are also locks on the glove box, trunk release button, and on the seat latch that can only be opened with the standard key. if they are locked, it restricts the motion of the latches/switches so nothing opens.





Does the f30 have a valet mode/key? It would be nice but I also don't know how it'd work.
One of my favorite things of the MKV Jetta. my 2006 even has indicators (Red Tab) for the read seats if they aren't locked or latched properly.
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      08-02-2017, 07:15 PM   #1545
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wow, mind blown. i had no idea the key came apart like that. good to know.
How does your CA not show you that during the delivery process??
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      08-02-2017, 07:45 PM   #1546
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I always leave the navigation voice guidance off.

If I press the "Map" button (iDrive has both map and nav buttons in my 2018 car), it will play the voice message it would have played if the voice was on.
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      08-03-2017, 06:40 AM   #1547
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How does your CA not show you that during the delivery process??
i haven't received mine yet. due for PCD in september so if he doesn't, i'll report back .

my dad has an older e90 with the push-in key and it probably comes apart the same way, but i never knew if it did. i just assumed some functionality was lost when going to the new style keys.
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Not sure if old news..fast.double tap voice command button mutes music. Then double tap to unmute
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Not sure if old news..fast.double tap voice command button mutes music. Then double tap to unmute
very interesting, I had never heard of this before. Oddly, I've tried it since reading this and does not work that way at all in any of my 3 BMWs.
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How does your CA not show you that during the delivery process??
In the CA's defense it's hardly new tech. Besides, if the CA showed you everything there is to show the delivery process would take hours, if not days. That's why BMW created all of those videos. Of course, as a matter of absolute last resort there's always
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      08-16-2017, 09:40 AM   #1551
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very interesting, I had never heard of this before. Oddly, I've tried it since reading this and does not work that way at all in any of my 3 BMWs.
Mine doesn't do this either. I wanted it to, because I miss the steering-wheel mute button I coded into my VW. (The voice command sucked in that car, and if you disable the voice command button feature, the button functions as mute.)
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I just discovered if you have the a/c on Max, the car will not auto start/stop, like it does in normal a/c. So if you haven't coded this feature and it's hot out, just push max a/c and then turn the fan speed down and you're good to go.

Mind you, I could also push the button to disable auto start/stop too, but sometimes I like going the long way around.
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      08-16-2017, 12:02 PM   #1553
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Not sure if anyone mentioned it and I didn't read through all the post but after washing if you fold the mirrors up it dumps all the water out.
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very interesting, I had never heard of this before. Oddly, I've tried it since reading this and does not work that way at all in any of my 3 BMWs.
Interesting
I have a 2014 435

Only thing I've done is I had some company over seas....csnt remember the name but they coded and activated my sat radio. Maybe it has something to do with that. I will try to post

Double tap mutes
1 tap activates voice command.
I thought I was just activating voice command but as you can see from the video , it does not

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In the CA's defense it's hardly new tech. Besides, if the CA showed you everything there is to show the delivery process would take hours, if not days. That's why BMW created all of those videos. Of course, as a matter of absolute last resort there's always
Maybe--but opening and starting the car when the fob dies is pretty important. And there are LOTS of people that have no idea how that works.
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Maybe--but opening and starting the car when the fob dies is pretty important. And there are LOTS of people that have no idea how that works.
Hopefully they would pay attention to the warnings to replace the battery before that happens.
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Hopefully they would pay attention to the warnings to replace the battery before that happens.
But what if their SA didn't show them how to do that?
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Interesting
I have a 2014 435

Only thing I've done is I had some company over seas....csnt remember the name but they coded and activated my sat radio. Maybe it has something to do with that. I will try to post

Double tap mutes
1 tap activates voice command.
I thought I was just activating voice command but as you can see from the video , it does not

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That's great! I wish any of mine did that, although my M6 has a "programmable" button like my '07 E92 did and I've got that programmed as mute.
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That's great! I wish any of mine did that, although my M6 has a "programmable" button like my '07 E92 did and I've got that programmed as mute.
My '14 335i does not mute on double tap either. Would be interesting to find what was coded to enable that...
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      08-17-2017, 09:18 AM   #1560
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Well, Since I had a day to spare and a few days left to take delivery on my new F36 430i Gran Coupe in Estoril Blue, I thought I'd take it upon myself to summarize this entire thread.

I must've missed things here and there (such as a few iPhone things, being an Android user) but it's mostly here.

I'd be happy to take comments and critique and corrections, just send me a message here.

It's got 71 points now, all heavily dependent on if you're in EU, US, CA, Oz, etc and what trim you got.

See the attachment to this post and tell me what you think, guys!

#18, for Canada you can close all windows by press and holding the lock sensor on the door handle. I'd imagine US would be the same.
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#18, for Canada you can close all windows by press and holding the lock sensor on the door handle. I'd imagine US would be the same.
It is not the same for US cars; has to be coded out but can be done
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It is not the same for US cars; has to be coded out but can be done
Not true. You can close the windows by touching the button on the door handle if you have comfort access--no coding necessary. You can't do it with the fob, though.
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