[muzzalad]

Might be obvious to others, but I've only recently discovered that you don't need to have specced 493 - Extended Storage from the factory; in order to fit an OEM luggage net.

You still get the hooks in the back without extended storage, and then luggage net part 51479410838 fits nicely.

[Diaolos]

I discovered that there is a button on the end of the turn signal stick that changes the display

[b.guggenmos]

Originally Posted by Diaolos

I discovered that there is a button on the end of the turn signal stick that changes the display

Besides changing the display if you push and hold down I believe it also resets the trip odometer although to me it is easier to just push the nearly invisible black button on the lower left of the instrument cluster.

[Diaolos]

Originally Posted by b.guggenmos

Besides changing the display if you push and hold down I believe it also resets the trip odometer although to me it is easier to just push the nearly invisible black button on the lower left of the instrument cluster.

That took me 2 fill ups to figure there was a button there that resets the odometer.

[lo_cheng]

Originally Posted by b.guggenmos

Besides changing the display if you push and hold down I believe it also resets the trip odometer although to me it is easier to just push the nearly invisible black button on the lower left of the instrument cluster.

I have the car for almost 3 weeks now and don't even know about those 2 button.

[swisstony]

.... that the dashboard display shows a distance countdown to the next speed limit change or, in economy mode, the next roundabout etc.
I've just been using the HUD which doesn't show the countdowns ....

[Spoonhead]

Two things I discovered.

1. The hifi switches off after you open the door, but if you have a passenger, then the person who opens the door second switches the hifi off.

2. Auto wipers stays on from start. My old F30 you had to press a button at the start of each journey. Always told it was because if the wipers were stuck because of ice couldn’t be done. Then they come up with this. No wipe on ignition on.

Cool.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Diaolos

I discovered that there is a button on the end of the turn signal stick that changes the display

That button has been there on every BMW since at least the E36 generation!

[JustChris]

Originally Posted by swisstony

.... that the dashboard display shows a distance countdown to the next speed limit change or, in economy mode, the next roundabout etc.
I've just been using the HUD which doesn't show the countdowns ....

This one I did not know.

[chicagofan00]

Originally Posted by teaston

That button has been there on every BMW since at least the E36 generation!

Hey now, this could be their first BMW.

But yes, that one has been around for quite sometime.

[titomi]

Originally Posted by chicagofan00

Hey now, this could be their first BMW.

But yes, that one has been around for quite sometime.

First or not - covered in manual Either way, it's good to know more about your vehicle.

[A1723]

Originally Posted by JustChris

This one I did not know.

I do not see it on mine. Care to share a photo ?

[weez]

Originally Posted by muzzalad

Might be obvious to others, but I've only recently discovered that you don't need to have specced 493 - Extended Storage from the factory; in order to fit an OEM luggage net.

You still get the hooks in the back without extended storage, and then luggage net part 51479410838 fits nicely.

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Not sure how much the BMW cargo net costs, but I bought this one from Amazon for $10.25 and works great.

[muzzalad]

Originally Posted by weez

Not sure how much the BMW cargo net costs, but I bought this one from Amazon for $10.25 and works great.

Definitely more than that, even when discounted.
Not really a part where the BMW logo / interior colour matching is needed either.
Och well, next time.

[nogren]

If stopped, and ASS is active (engine off), and something happens that requires engine, or that soon will require engine, it will turn on again. Well known.
But what I didn't know was, that it takes Pressing the PDC button as "soon we need the engine" activity.
What I already knew was, that it looks at the car in front, and start engine then it is starting to move; that it never shut down the engine if the steering wheel is turned a bit (and indicator is on?!), like if in the middle of some manoveur, and .. well, some more activities, right?
I have a vague memory there was quite an advanced chapter in the Training guide about this, and that it might actually get updated with newer i-steps of the car.

[titomi]

Originally Posted by nogren

If stopped, and ASS is active (engine off), and something happens that requires engine, or that soon will require engine, it will turn on again. Well known.
But what I didn't know was, that it takes Pressing the PDC button as "soon we need the engine" activity.
What I already knew was, that it looks at the car in front, and start engine then it is starting to move; that it never shut down the engine if the steering wheel is turned a bit (and indicator is on?!), like if in the middle of some manoveur, and .. well, some more activities, right?
I have a vague memory there was quite an advanced chapter in the Training guide about this, and that it might actually get updated with newer i-steps of the car.

So you're saying, that pressing PDC button when stopped with active ASS, it will start the engine? Got a little bit lost in your post

[Eulenspiegel]

Until I read it here recently, I didn't know that the lane departure warning function remembers it last setting, so I don't have to turn it on as part of my start driving drill. Now, if they would only do the same with ACC car lengths setting and headlight high beam auto dimming.

I'm less happy to have read here that the rain-sensitive wipers will be engaged on start up if they were switched on when the car was last stopped. Is this correct? If so, it seems like a bad idea. Just because it was raining yesterday doesn't mean that it is this morning.

[chicagofan00]

Originally Posted by Eulenspiegel

Until I read it here recently, I didn't know that the lane departure warning function remembers it last setting, so I don't have to turn it on as part of my start driving drill. Now, if they would only do the same with ACC car lengths setting and headlight high beam auto dimming.

I'm less happy to have read here that the rain-sensitive wipers will be engaged on start up if they were switched on when the car was last stopped. Is this correct? If so, it seems like a bad idea. Just because it was raining yesterday doesn't mean that it is this morning.

If you leave the auto rain sensing setting on, it won't wipe on the following startup unless it detects water on the windshield. If you left the wipers on in a normal setting, then yes, they will perform a wipe operation.

[Eulenspiegel]

Of many things I would like to be able to set in iDrive, or have last use the default, or have saved in driver profile, this would be a very low priority for me, and it could even have unfortunate consequences (such as a visit to a car wash).

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Eulenspiegel

Until I read it here recently, I didn't know that the lane departure warning function remembers it last setting, so I don't have to turn it on as part of my start driving drill. Now, if they would only do the same with ACC car lengths setting and headlight high beam auto dimming.

I'm less happy to have read here that the rain-sensitive wipers will be engaged on start up if they were switched on when the car was last stopped. Is this correct? If so, it seems like a bad idea. Just because it was raining yesterday doesn't mean that it is this morning.

Mine remembers the last ACC car lengths setting!

[titomi]

Mine too.

[Eulenspiegel]

Originally Posted by teaston

Mine remembers the last ACC car lengths setting!

Mine doesn't and I'm not aware of a setting in iDrive or BimmerCode that sets it or makes it remember the last ACC car length setting. How did you do it? Or is it country specific?