[AndDown]

[QUOTE=ric124;12396927]

Originally Posted by wolke9

No there is no mute button on the steering as I miss it too coming from the gti. There is no need to pause when a call comes in tho it will do that for you.

Originally Posted by Frogman

There is also a light on each B-Pillar at the top of the plastic airbag plate above the seat belt mount.

You can also change the color of the ambient lighting between while and amber through the Settings -> Lighting option.

I'm going to check all these lights mentioned in this thread when it gets dark enough. I have the "Lineless" model so the only color change I have is the amber (or reddish-orange as some prefer!). Settings>lighting option only gives me the brightness control. I prefer the amber anyway, always has been a bimmer trademark since my E30 which was one of the things I liked about that car.

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by bcl0328

not all cars have this, mine doesn't.

If you have the ambient lighting option, you should have the B-Pillar light too. It's sometimes hard to see as the intensity is controlled both by the iDrive setting and by the wheel to the right of the headlight switch.

[ric124]

Originally Posted by Frogman

If you have the ambient lighting option, you should have the B-Pillar light too. It's sometimes hard to see as the intensity is controlled both by the iDrive setting and by the wheel to the right of the headlight switch.

Sport Line dont have the B pillar light and I can change my ambient light colours from amber to white.

[justinnum1]

i dont have lights on the pillar

[AndDown]

No lights on the B pillar also (Line-less model). Finally sat in the car in a totally dark garage, turned on the light switch and picked out more ambient lights I wasn't aware of - in the driver's and passengers footwells and on the mid-headliner light switch (the latter also standard in my E53). All of these probably mentioned in this LONG thread, haven't had the time to read all the way through, but an entertaining read, nonetheless.

Something that my E46 has that the E30 doesn't are the reading lights on the C pillar that can be turned on/off. Not sure if the E90's have these reading lights?

[Arktctr]

I noticed two things tonight after getting my car back from the Auto Stop/Start reprogram at the dealer:

1) Turn signals flash twice in a series of 3 when using the "kick" feature to open the trunk with comfort access

2) The door handle LED lights all come on while reversing at night

The first one was new after the programming, the latter may have been there all along but just notices it. Pretty cool...

[metrickid]

Originally Posted by Spacebug

I used to have this with my E46 convertible - it was very useful.

I think it was bundled with the memory seats.

Don't have it on my F30...

That could be it, I had it on my M3 with electric seats but not my 120d. Didn't think of the seats as an option to get the auto folding mirror.

And I have electric seats now...

[bcl0328]

Originally Posted by AndDown

No lights on the B pillar also (Line-less model). Finally sat in the car in a totally dark garage, turned on the light switch and picked out more ambient lights I wasn't aware of - in the driver's and passengers footwells and on the mid-headliner light switch (the latter also standard in my E53). All of these probably mentioned in this LONG thread, haven't had the time to read all the way through, but an entertaining read, nonetheless.

Something that my E46 has that the E30 doesn't are the reading lights on the C pillar that can be turned on/off. Not sure if the E90's have these reading lights?

my favorite are the lights in the door panels.

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by justinnum1

i dont have lights on the pillar

Ok. I thought if you had the ambient lighting option, you would also get the B-Pillar lights too. Strange that BMW varies the configurations so much.

Here's mine:

[justinnum1]

that looks cool^

[webdither]

Maybe they don't do it because of the Anthracite Headliner? Too dark to see the light?

[AndDown]

+1...maybe they forgot to install the LED bulbs?

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by justinnum1

that looks cool^

It is! Passengers always comment on it along with the other ambient lights on the door handle and on the bottom of the door. It's incredibly well executed.

[boltjames]

Originally Posted by Frogman

It is! Passengers always comment on it along with the other ambient lights on the door handle and on the bottom of the door. It's incredibly well executed.

In the Luxury model, the lights can be orange or white.

BJ

[metrickid]

Originally Posted by boltjames

In the Luxury model, the lights can be orange or white.

BJ

It's the same on all lines and M sport.
They just call it classic and sport in the sport line and modern and classic in the modern line.

[aarslan]

Originally Posted by Spacebug

I used to have this with my E46 convertible - it was very useful.

I think it was bundled with the memory seats.

Don't have it on my F30...

Neither do I have it. :-(

[JUSKIDN]

just change the names of the lighting to appeal for the buyer who thinks their line got some extras

[JUSKIDN]

I know this thread is long but did anyone mention the two hidden compartments in the truck yet? I saw them yesterday when I was digging around and they are perfect to hide all my cleaning supplies.

[elistan]

Please forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but my car is new to me and 594 posts is a lot to go through... But I recently noticed a behavior that I hadn't heard about or read about in the owners manual. When the power is completely switched off, the illumination of the lamp controls will stay lit for some amount of time. (Maybe under all conditions, but at least at night when it's dark enough to notice.) I assume that this is so you can easily find the lamp controls in the dark in order to turn them on if you need to. The next morning I noticed the illumination was extinguished, I assume in order to preserve battery charge.

Not anything cool that one can DO with the car, but a nice little, helpful feature.

[elistan]

Originally Posted by JUSKIDN

I know this thread is long but did anyone mention the two hidden compartments in the trunk yet? I saw them yesterday when I was digging around and they are perfect to hide all my cleaning supplies.

The ones under the lift-up floor bit? Yeah, handy storage. I have the owners manual there. Did you notice that you can lift up that flippy bit far enough such that it'll latch against the top of the trunk so you don't have to hold it up?

[JUSKIDN]

thats cool, I didn't even see that

[Sephanite]

Originally Posted by elistan

Please forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but my car is new to me and 594 posts is a lot to go through... But I recently noticed a behavior that I hadn't heard about or read about in the owners manual. When the power is completely switched off, the illumination of the lamp controls will stay lit for some amount of time. (Maybe under all conditions, but at least at night when it's dark enough to notice.) I assume that this is so you can easily find the lamp controls in the dark in order to turn them on if you need to. The next morning I noticed the illumination was extinguished, I assume in order to preserve battery charge.

Not anything cool that one can DO with the car, but a nice little, helpful feature.

are u talking about once everything is off and u are about to leave the car, u flip the high beam to turn on the follow me home lights that stay on a certain amount of time that u have set to allow u to get to your destination? or is it the lights found under the door handles to show the curb, the light under the door, or the light shining in the gap of the interior door when the doors are closed?

Must be talking about the individual illumination of the seats on the side of the opened door