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'New to me' M340i collected today
Just a quick post to say hello and to get to grips with the forum.
Took delivery today of a 69 plate M340i in Tanzanite blue with 6,000 miles on the clock to replace a F25 X3 35d. It was touch and go on whether I was going to get a X3 40i, but decided on the G20 in the end. So far so good. 145 mile drive home from the stealer allowed me to learn a lot about the car. I've already found the 'folded wing mirror doesn't always unfold' bug and will have to wait until tomorrow to try and speak to someone to get ConnectedDrive up and running. I guess ownership transfer takes a little bit of time to go through. Other than that... The exhaust is not as exciting as I was hoping for, but better than the diesels I've been running in my past 3 Beemers; the 3 different variations of SatNav (main display, instrument console and heads up) really don't want you to miss your motorway turning - I particularly like the fact that it shows you what lane you are currently in as well as what lane you should be in; this is my first car with Lane Assist and the jury is out... I can see the benefits for accidental lane wandering, but choosing a straighter line down a twisty B road is interesting. I had a touch of schizophrenia arguing with a lump of metal about whether I wanted to get back in the left lane before the oncoming car got too close at one point. I've disabled Gesture Control and 'Hey BMW' BEFORE the kids get in the back and decide to become DJs and at some point I'm going to check out that little flappy thing in the exhaust that I've heard so much about. That's it really. Thanks to everyone here who have unknowingly kept me busy / intrigued over the past few weeks reading your posts.
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I like the appropriate( in some cases) typo
So far so good. 145 mile drive home from the STEALER allowed me to learn a lot about the car. |
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The Lane Assist thing is definitely growing on me! If nothing else, it's making me use the indicators more
I also discovered today that the engine Stop/Start starts the engine when the car in front pulls away. Kinda cool I thought. Exhaust flap sorted Next up is to figure out why the iPod nano keeps 'disconnecting' after the car is turned off. Every time I get in, I have to unplug and plug it back in to be recognised. All good fun. Quick question... Does anyone know if it is possible to stop the main display showing a change in driving mode? In my F25, I could change to Sports mode without the wife knowing. In the G20, it insists on letting everyone in the car know that you are planning to destroy the car next to you at the traffic lights. I was hoping for something a bit more subtle ;-)
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I get that when you hit the Sport button for example, you can cycle between Sport / Sport Plus / Sport Individual / Configure Sport Individual, but I can't seem to hide it from popping up when I want to be sneaky. I'll take another look...
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I can’t remember where it is, but it is there. As I said I have done it and when you press the ‘mode’ buttons nothing shows on the iDrive screen.
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Yep, you're right - found it!
It was hiding under Car / Settings / General Settings / Pop Ups / Driving Experience Control. Who'd have thunk about putting the pop up message under the Pop Ups menu? Thanks for the inspiration!
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Dammit! Mine's being picked up at 7am tomorrow to try and get the alzheimer wing mirror sorted.
Not sure I can bothered right now to faff about on all 4s...
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