nice surprises in your X3

RichardBR · 10-22-2012, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Nahoa

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Originally Posted by car_fan

This was a feature on my F07, that being said F12 and F25 do not have this function enabled

Mine does. Might require Xenons.

It's a part of the Xenon package.

Kiernan · 10-22-2012, 09:02 AM

I've got xenons and I don't have rear DRL's - from what I've read it was disabled within the last year. All new X3's only have front DRL's.

If I'm wrong, would love to know how to switch on the rear lights as anything that improves safety has got to be a good thing in my book.

colson79 · 10-22-2012, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Nahoa

Mine does. Might require Xenons.

Do you have a 2011 X3? I have a 2012 35i and I don't have rear DRL.

morrisryanc · 10-22-2012, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bluedevils

I added a 500GB hard drive to the USB port and I now can play *all* my music with CD quality.

What hard drive did you buy to do this? Let me know. I want to do the same thing.

bluedevils · 10-23-2012, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by morrisryanc

What hard drive did you buy to do this? Let me know. I want to do the same thing.

I'll have to look, but it was either a WD passport or seagate usb drive

car_fan · 10-23-2012, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Nahoa

Mine does. Might require Xenons.

I am Xenon equipped...F25 coding is likely different for NA

nico007 · 10-26-2012, 10:50 AM

I am still not able to receive emails in the car but, when this happens, I want to access them quickly and it's too many clicks away with iDrive.
I was pleasantly surprised that you can memorise the link to messages from the shortcut buttons. Now, messages is one press of a button away!

While I was at it, I also assigned the buttons to Bluetooth audio and USB audio but you can't assign to a particular song which is a shame since my daughter only wants to listen to one song all the time!

02420X3 · 10-26-2012, 11:55 AM

"Messages" is also a voice-command away.

henrich77 · 12-16-2012, 02:28 AM

Try this if you want to find out if all lights are working.
Specially when you buying car from somebody. Make sure, they didn't put a black tape on check engine light from inside.
That happened to one of my buddy...

ricksters · 12-16-2012, 05:57 AM

Automatic high beems

PeteX3MWhite · 12-17-2012, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ricksters

Automatic high beems

What? I liked that feature on the Volvo XC60 I test drove (if you had high beams on and a car was approaching, the lights would go to low beam until the vehicle passed).

Most convenient feature is the auto tailgate.

I don't like the scroll wheel thing on the steering wheel to change radio stations. 2 reasons - one, it requires too much attention and delicateness to use (versus up/ down buttons) and 2 ) when I got the car it scrolled through preset stations, but now I did something and it scrolls through every station.

sfax · 12-17-2012, 12:58 PM

The scroll wheel will go through whatever you have set in the menu under Radio. If you select Saved Stations, this is what it will scroll through

Chitown-Irish · 12-18-2012, 06:45 AM

I haven't seen this one posted. I am a new X3 owner and the vehicle has the technology package. I noticed at night that when I put the vehicle in reverse the fog lights come on which I assume is to aid when viewing the top view mode on the display screen.

Is this unique to my vehicle or has anyone else noticed this?

slyfox · 12-20-2012, 05:27 AM

There are many things I like in my X3
In no particulair order

1. Comfort access.
2. Sport seats + heating
3. Lights around the door handles, rear foot wells.
4. Driving position.
5. How quiet it is.
6. Xeon's !!
7. LED rings on the headlights.
8. Multifunctional dashboard. (combox. I think it's called)
9. .......

But a little thing is the way the display between the dials changes colour when it gets dark, Day time = white, night = orange.

MetaX · 12-20-2012, 10:09 AM

I don't know if its just my imagination, but when in sport mode and under hard acceleration, the transmission almost feels and sounds like a dual-clutch when using the paddle shifters. I hear a cool pop on shifts which wasn't present while driving in normal, and the gear changes are quick...Wasn't expecting that. I pretty much wrote off the sequential shifting feature as the typical slushbox manual mode that still feels like a slushbox when I bought the car.

3Bimmer · 12-20-2012, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Chitown-Irish

I haven't seen this one posted. I am a new X3 owner and the vehicle has the technology package. I noticed at night that when I put the vehicle in reverse the fog lights come on which I assume is to aid when viewing the top view mode on the display screen.

Is this unique to my vehicle or has anyone else noticed this?

Yep, mine does this, too.

DonC · 12-20-2012, 09:29 PM

The automatic shifts much faster than my TL-S which is suposed to have a sport transmission.

gator4life108 · 12-21-2012, 10:47 AM

Fog lights turn on when turning.
Cool little light around speed gauge for cruise.
Base sound system better than expected.

rory breaker · 12-22-2012, 04:09 PM

One thing that caught my attention was how the you can use the idrive wheel to scroll through radio stations without actually selecting them. Kind of like an all-encompassing "seek" - it knows all the stations, says what they are "93.9 WYSP", really easier than presets IMO.

rory breaker · 12-22-2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bluedevils

It's a north american issue. Everywhere else should be fine.

So I need to ask my dealer to specifically enable this?

02420X3 · 12-22-2012, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by rory breaker

So I need to ask my dealer to specifically enable this?

Certain features, such as closing the tailgate with the key fob, are not enabled in North America. I can't say for sure why, but speculation is that it's a legal decision, made by BMWNA, to prevent lawsuits in case an injury occurs. Your dealer isn't going to overrule BMWNA, and cannot and will not enable that feature for you.

Some posts here mention enabling the feature through coding.

Chitown-Irish · 01-15-2013, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by gator4life108

Fog lights turn on when turning.
Base sound system better than expected.

Just noticed the fog light when turning on and I agree while the base speakers are not the best they certainly are not the worst I have ever heard.

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Kiernan Private First Class 17 Rep 103 Posts Drives: X3M Competition/911 GTS Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Yorkshire, England iTrader: (0)	I've got xenons and I don't have rear DRL's - from what I've read it was disabled within the last year. All new X3's only have front DRL's. If I'm wrong, would love to know how to switch on the rear lights as anything that improves safety has got to be a good thing in my book. __________________ 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS and 2019 BMW X3M Competition
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10-26-2012, 10:50 AM	#205
nico007 New Member 0 Rep 7 Posts Drives: BMW X3 35i Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (0)	I am still not able to receive emails in the car but, when this happens, I want to access them quickly and it's too many clicks away with iDrive. I was pleasantly surprised that you can memorise the link to messages from the shortcut buttons. Now, messages is one press of a button away! While I was at it, I also assigned the buttons to Bluetooth audio and USB audio but you can't assign to a particular song which is a shame since my daughter only wants to listen to one song all the time!
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10-26-2012, 11:55 AM	#206
02420X3 Captain 63 Rep 983 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 35i Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	"Messages" is also a voice-command away.
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12-16-2012, 02:28 AM	#207
henrich77 New Member 0 Rep 5 Posts Drives: BMW X3 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (0)	Try this if you want to find out if all lights are working. Specially when you buying car from somebody. Make sure, they didn't put a black tape on check engine light from inside. That happened to one of my buddy...
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12-16-2012, 05:57 AM	#208
ricksters New Member 0 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 2013 X3 28i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa iTrader: (0)	Automatic high beems
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12-17-2012, 12:58 PM	#210
sfax Brigadier General 92 Rep 3,855 Posts Drives: BMW X3 2011 F25 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Berkshire, UK iTrader: (0)	The scroll wheel will go through whatever you have set in the menu under Radio. If you select Saved Stations, this is what it will scroll through __________________ F25 xDrive20d SE __ professional multimedia package \| dynamic package \| climate package \| 309s \| xline \| xenons \| electric seats \| folding mirrors \| business speakers
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12-18-2012, 06:45 AM	#211
Chitown-Irish Second Lieutenant 15 Rep 292 Posts Drives: 11 X3 xDrive35i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orland Park, IL iTrader: (0)	I haven't seen this one posted. I am a new X3 owner and the vehicle has the technology package. I noticed at night that when I put the vehicle in reverse the fog lights come on which I assume is to aid when viewing the top view mode on the display screen. Is this unique to my vehicle or has anyone else noticed this? __________________ 2011 X3 xDrive35i F25 (CPO) Space Grey/Black Leather, Packages: Premium, Cold Weather, BMW Apps, Sirius and Technology. BMW CCA Member (WindyCity Chapter). Former cars: 06 750i E65 (CPO) 07 E90 335i (bought used but had problematic iDrive so sold it to get 7-series)
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12-20-2012, 05:27 AM	#212
slyfox Private First Class 4 Rep 106 Posts Drives: X3-20d (2013) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Limburg (B) iTrader: (0)	There are many things I like in my X3 In no particulair order 1. Comfort access. 2. Sport seats + heating 3. Lights around the door handles, rear foot wells. 4. Driving position. 5. How quiet it is. 6. Xeon's !! 7. LED rings on the headlights. 8. Multifunctional dashboard. (combox. I think it's called) 9. ....... But a little thing is the way the display between the dials changes colour when it gets dark, Day time = white, night = orange.
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MetaX Second Lieutenant 107 Rep 254 Posts Drives: 2022 X3MC Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (0)	I don't know if its just my imagination, but when in sport mode and under hard acceleration, the transmission almost feels and sounds like a dual-clutch when using the paddle shifters. I hear a cool pop on shifts which wasn't present while driving in normal, and the gear changes are quick...Wasn't expecting that. I pretty much wrote off the sequential shifting feature as the typical slushbox manual mode that still feels like a slushbox when I bought the car.
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DonC Lieutenant 30 Rep 427 Posts Drives: 2013 X3 3.5i M sport, etc Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: near Seattle iTrader: (0)	The automatic shifts much faster than my TL-S which is suposed to have a sport transmission. __________________ 2013 X3 3.5i AW,Msprt,rear fogs,PS,CP, Tech, etc... Other cars 2005 S2000 2018 i3S
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12-21-2012, 10:47 AM	#216
gator4life108 Enlisted Member 7 Rep 38 Posts Drives: X3 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (0)	Fog lights turn on when turning. Cool little light around speed gauge for cruise. Base sound system better than expected.
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12-22-2012, 04:09 PM	#217
rory breaker Private First Class 12 Rep 126 Posts Drives: C63 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NC iTrader: (0)	One thing that caught my attention was how the you can use the idrive wheel to scroll through radio stations without actually selecting them. Kind of like an all-encompassing "seek" - it knows all the stations, says what they are "93.9 WYSP", really easier than presets IMO.
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