03-18-2016, 10:22 PM | #1409 |
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03-20-2016, 09:41 AM | #1411 |
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Do you sit in your seat backwards? I'm not sure how you sit in your seat, but that's where your legs/thighs would be, not your ass...
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03-25-2016, 05:33 PM | #1414 |
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So I figured out how to get the wipers to the 12 o'clock position so I can pull them out from the windshield when I wash the car.
What I don't like is that you have to let the wipers slide over the windshield to do this rather than just pull them outward. The OCD in me hates that (wipers going over a dry windshield). |
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03-26-2016, 10:29 PM | #1416 |
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Finally figured out that the headlights have to be on AUTO in order to activate the auto high beams.
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03-27-2016, 11:12 AM | #1418 |
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03-27-2016, 08:35 PM | #1419 | |
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03-28-2016, 07:03 AM | #1420 |
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From the manual:
Fold-out position of the wipers Fold wipers back when you want to change the blades or with pending low temperatures. 1. Switch the ignition on and off again. 2. With icy conditions make sure that blades are not frozen to the windshield. 3. Press the wiper lever up beyond the point of resistance and hold it for approx. 3 seconds, until the wiper remains in a nearly vertical position. After the wipers are folded back down, the wiper system must be reactivated. My issue being that you have to activate the wipers to get them to that position (you can't pull them out when they are in the 'off' position). If you're doing this when the windshield is dry, you will have the wipers go over a dry windshield. Just something to remember... |
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03-28-2016, 08:00 AM | #1421 |
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My issue being that you have to activate the wipers to get them to that position (you can't pull them out when they are in the 'off' position). If you're doing this when the windshield is dry, you will have the wipers go over a dry windshield. Just something to remember...[/QUOTE]
I will have to remember to wet the windshield before I try this procedure. Would be easy to just give it a spray with the hose first. Then with water near by I can test the blades once positioned. Cheers, Ken |
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03-28-2016, 08:22 AM | #1422 | |
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Cheers, Ken[/QUOTE] I completely agree. I was a bit confused when I first read the procedure in the manual until I tried it first hand. In the future, I'll just make sure the windshield is wet. |
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03-30-2016, 02:07 PM | #1423 |
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I have 46k miles on my F30 and didn't realize the lights only swivel when in the Auto position.
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04-11-2016, 06:11 PM | #1424 |
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I guess not really a standard feature, but I coded my windows and sunroof to close via keyfob. I knew they worked while the car was off, but what I didn't know was that I can fold mirrors and close mirrors/sunroof via keyfob while car is still on. Went inside a store to drop off something (car was on and locked) and while waiting saw it started raining lightly and I was able to close the windows and sunroof. Very cool
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04-25-2016, 09:48 PM | #1426 |
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Trunk Opens Waving Foot Side-To-Side
Thanks everyone for this thread. Even after reading most of the manual there's still a lot to be gleaned from reading this thread.
For my first post I thought I'd drudge up the foot trunk opening feature again for a couple of reasons. First, initially I tried using it with my foot just a little off the ground. Then, I found it worked much better if I raised my foot much higher, almost to the bottom of the underside of the bumper, likely just underneath the sensor. Second, I'd like to second the person who said that it could also be used by waving your foot from side to side because I think someone soon after quoted the manual to him/her saying you have to move your foot straight in and out... It struck me as odd that it could only be used moving your foot straight in and out right under the middle of the trunk. I figured: a) it would take extra engineering effort and cost to make it so; and b) it would be more difficult to use at a time when your hands are full and you want it to be easy and foolproof. I may have been missing something but I tried waving my foot from side to side (while holding it well off the ground) and it worked, 3 or 4 times in a row. Perhaps the straight in/out only thing applies on other model years but on my 2013 335 in Canada side to side also works. Give side-to-side a try. |
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04-25-2016, 09:56 PM | #1427 |
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I can do the trunk 100% of the time now. You need to stand back from the car, don't be right up on it. Just kick straight forward and back, don't leave your foot under there at all.
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07-12-2016, 06:48 PM | #1428 |
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Are you talking about the one through eight buttons on the radio I could change that too sport display or something else besides satellite radio stations and radio station? If so please tell me how it's done
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07-12-2016, 07:00 PM | #1429 |
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{Note: first half of my post is shameless repost of a post done by Boltjames--credit to him if still around!) The presets are mine:
Helpful hint: Navigate to the option you want with the iDrive controller, such as trip information, but don't click on it, just highlight it. Now press and hold one of the 1-8 buttons on the dash for a couple of seconds, until you hear a beep. That button will now do whatever it is you were highlighting- from anywhere in the iDrive screens. With your home address, for example, navigate to Recent Destinations, highlight your home address, and press/hold a 1-8 button. For radio stations, navigate to Radio Presets and highlight the station on that list as it'll set your HUD in the Preset list. Another Hint: If you don't remeber what you assigned to number, just gently rest the finger on the number button, but don't press, it has touch sensor and it will show you assigned function in the top line of iDrive. My presets: 1. Radio presets (i.e., I created a list of all my fav stations: AM/FM & SAT and added them to a list and then assigned that list radio preset #1. So I hit #1 and then use my thumb wheel on steering wheel to navigate through stations and select one I want--and I can do it all with HU display!) 2. Climate: I use parked car ventilation all the time, and this is quickest way there. 3. Snap in Adapter 4. Nav 5. Sport display 6. Split Screen (I'm too lazy to scroll through iDrive) 7. Home address: No matter where I am, I press it and it shows me the way home. 8. My Wife's BMW profile (also assigned to her key fob): Let's say I had to much to drink over dinner with the wife. She hops in driver's seat, presses the preset and all of her settings are entered: seat position, side mirror positions, climate presets, radio presets, EVERYTHING! Next time I hop in, I just press preset 8 (her preset 8 is my profile, and vice versa) and all of my setting are restored exactly! I don't have to adjust my seat, I don't have to adjust my mirrors, I don't have to change the station or turn down the heat. Brilliant!
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Can you please tell me how you "create a list"?
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