Things you didnt know about your 3 series.

SoYank · 02-26-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by blue2fire

I cannot understand, you would press the arrow on the bottom to advance,
For the benefit of people w/o IDrive, is this a feature that is customizable?

Well, if you are scrolling through a page on a computer using the arrow keys, which key do YOU use to advance to the next page? The songs on the screen are the same way; the next song is below the current one so I press the down arrow.

blue2fire · 02-26-2009, 05:03 PM

The Rear shade does not go down if you select reverse. In fact, it stays there till you lower it.

blue2fire · 02-26-2009, 05:05 PM

Like the voice activation of the BT Phone. You dont need to press the button again to issue new commands, it just automatically engages the microphone till YOU switch it off.

blue2fire · 02-26-2009, 05:07 PM

The Bluetooth System is named after the last 5 digits of each car's vin number.For instance, if the last 5 digits of the vin are 68084, it appears as BMW68084.Very cool.

ragingclue · 02-26-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JP_335xi

Things you didnt know about your 3 series:

That my fuel pump will fail no matter what!

Sorry, that's hardly something that we DON'T know. In fact, that probably the only thing that everyone with a 335 DOES know.

MBrown1003 · 02-27-2009, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ragingclue

Sorry, that's hardly something that we DON'T know. In fact, that probably the only thing that everyone with a 335 DOES know.

Now, hang on. Mine worked perfectly fine...right up until when it got squashed when the car got totaled.

ragingclue · 02-27-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SoYank

That is the opposite of what I'd expect since to advance to the next song you'd press the bottom arrow. A short press of the top arrow takes you back to the beginning of the song.

It makes sense if you look at how the songs/tracks are laid out visually on the iDrive screen. You wouldn't want the arrows on the wheel operating opposite of what your visual interface is telling you. I admit, it's odd when you think about it, but while looking at the screen, it makes perfect sense.

Nomad · 02-27-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by JP_335xi

Things you didnt know about your 3 series:

That my fuel pump will fail no matter what!

Not True...
For '09 (yet)...

ragingclue · 02-27-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Nomad

Not True...
For '09 (yet)...

Not fair!

Yours hasn't failed because you haven't received it yet!

Nomad · 02-27-2009, 10:46 AM

^ lol

Nr!qUe · 03-09-2009, 07:35 PM

If you have MT and you upshift clutch-lessly, you cant activate cruise until you push the clutch in and out. If you try you just get the MPH---

digivue · 03-09-2009, 08:01 PM

Its quality sucks, had tranny replaced just after 2k miles

madman · 03-10-2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Nr!qUe

If you have MT and you upshift clutch-lessly, you cant activate cruise until you push the clutch in and out. If you try you just get the MPH---

Why would you upshift without using the clutch?

///AV_330i · 03-10-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by blue2fire

Cars without iDrive cannot.

You can still adjust the sensitivity without I-drive...i dont have it and i can

Baoer · 03-10-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SoYank

I can turn that feature on or off with iDrive. The amount it changes can also be adjusted.

how do you turn this feature off with idrive?

charliemack · 03-10-2009, 11:17 PM

To re align your sunroof you merely press the sunroof button in and wait a minute and hold it while it goes through it's function check and resets itself.

wp326 · 03-10-2009, 11:37 PM

how the hell do you repeat a CD track (if you use a mp3 cd) i still have not found that out.
thanks

ncoig · 03-11-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by charliemack

To re align your sunroof you merely press the sunroof button in and wait a minute and hold it while it goes through it's function check and resets itself.

Ooh. That's an interesting one. How did you find this out?

-N

charliemack · 03-12-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ncoig

Ooh. That's an interesting one. How did you find this out?

-N

I had a fuse problem going on with my door locks and I couldn't open my gas cover because i couldn't unlock the entire passenger side of my car, Well i used the sunroof fuse to fix that problem temporarily and then filled up my tank once i got new fuses(higher Amps) for the door locks. I replaced the sunroof fuse only to get a problem indicator for the sensor, called the BMW of Columbus Georgia told him my problem and he walked me through it as i was waiting at a stop light. One minute later it was life in the fast lane and hot rays

Mech_Man · 03-12-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by wp326

how the hell do you repeat a CD track (if you use a mp3 cd) i still have not found that out.
thanks

I don't know of a way to do that automatically, but if I want to hear a song again, I just use the up-arrow to jump to the beginning of the previous song (which is the one I was just listening too).
If I've heard more than about 5 seconds of the following song, I have to hit the up-arrow twice, or it will only jump to the beginning of the song that had just started.

kennethpetro · 03-13-2009, 09:56 AM

Is there any way to "pause" a song when listening to your iPod?

pilipnoi · 03-13-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kennethpetro

Is there any way to "pause" a song when listening to your iPod?

Haven't found a "pause" button yet, but when I need to pause I just push the "on/off" knob (the volume knob), pretty much does the same function.

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