Question about a BMW 3-series
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Question about a BMW 3-series
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
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Re: Question about a BMW 3-series
Originally posted by RogerPodacter
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
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Re: Question about a BMW 3-series
Originally posted by RogerPodacter
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
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Re: Re: Question about a BMW 3-series
Originally posted by jcg878
hmmm, maybe that's why Acura did that too in the TSX - to be like BMW
hmmm, maybe that's why Acura did that too in the TSX - to be like BMW
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Cant the LED display on the top dash be changed to display the track time?
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Re: Question about a BMW 3-series
Originally posted by RogerPodacter
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
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Re: Re: Re: Question about a BMW 3-series
Originally posted by RogerPodacter
Not sure about your TSX, but mine displays the track time on the navi (audio screen)...non-navi owners dont get this option?
Not sure about your TSX, but mine displays the track time on the navi (audio screen)...non-navi owners dont get this option?
Cant the LED display on the top dash be changed to display the track time?
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Another question about a 3-series. My coworker has a 323i, and I had to give him a jump-start the other day because he left his lights on all day (it was raining pretty bad that morning). Do BMW's have any auto-off feature for the lights? That kind of surprised me, since even my 1994 Camry had that.
Also, we found that the battery was in the trunk, but the terminals (the positive one, at least) are under the hood.
Also, we found that the battery was in the trunk, but the terminals (the positive one, at least) are under the hood.
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Originally posted by Count Blah
Another question about a 3-series. My coworker has a 323i, and I had to give him a jump-start the other day because he left his lights on all day (it was raining pretty bad that morning). Do BMW's have any auto-off feature for the lights? That kind of surprised me, since even my 1994 Camry had that.
Also, we found that the battery was in the trunk, but the terminals (the positive one, at least) are under the hood.
Another question about a 3-series. My coworker has a 323i, and I had to give him a jump-start the other day because he left his lights on all day (it was raining pretty bad that morning). Do BMW's have any auto-off feature for the lights? That kind of surprised me, since even my 1994 Camry had that.
Also, we found that the battery was in the trunk, but the terminals (the positive one, at least) are under the hood.
I was told that BMW moved the battery and gas tank to the right rear portion of the vehicle after crash data showed that this area was hit the least in accidents. Less chance for an explosion and/or fire. They leave contacts up front for convenience.
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Originally posted by Buff-Daddy
I was told that BMW moved the battery and gas tank to the right rear portion of the vehicle after crash data showed that this area was hit the least in accidents. Less chance for an explosion and/or fire. They leave contacts up front for convenience.
I was told that BMW moved the battery and gas tank to the right rear portion of the vehicle after crash data showed that this area was hit the least in accidents. Less chance for an explosion and/or fire. They leave contacts up front for convenience.
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Re: Question about a BMW 3-series
Originally posted by RogerPodacter
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
Calling all BMW fans (Buff-Daddy i know youre out there) I am asking this for a friend who owns a 325i. She cant figure out how to have the stock CD player display the track time while playing CDs. Is this even possible? if not, why would BMW leave this option off...
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Originally posted by Buff-Daddy
BMW's now have 3 settings for the lights, I keep mine on the automatic setting which turns them on and off as needed depending on the outside lighting conditions. This setting automatically turns off the lights when you cut the ignition. I have slightly newer models years with Xenons though, so it might be different on his.
BMW's now have 3 settings for the lights, I keep mine on the automatic setting which turns them on and off as needed depending on the outside lighting conditions. This setting automatically turns off the lights when you cut the ignition. I have slightly newer models years with Xenons though, so it might be different on his.
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Originally posted by Count Blah
Also, we found that the battery was in the trunk, but the terminals (the positive one, at least) are under the hood.
Also, we found that the battery was in the trunk, but the terminals (the positive one, at least) are under the hood.
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Originally posted by tirebiter
I test drove a 325i in my car search, and that was one of the first things the salesman showed me. I thought that was a very strange feature to highlight. I figured it would be more important during checkout at purchase time, then during a demo/test drive.
I test drove a 325i in my car search, and that was one of the first things the salesman showed me. I thought that was a very strange feature to highlight. I figured it would be more important during checkout at purchase time, then during a demo/test drive.
The "early" Porsche 944s had the battery in the rear compartment, but in the "late" 944s the battery had migrated forward to the engine compartment. Porsche was very concerned with weight distribution in the 944, which had a front engine but a rear transmission like the current Corvette. Apparently even they finally figured the battery weight was insignificant. Old 911s had batteries in the front trunk, I always thought that was to prevent them from being "cooked" by the hotter air-cooled motor. The weight distribution was just an added feature.
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