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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
Hi all,
My 35is is overnighted in my garage which doubles for my workshop. I don't like starting the engine from cold just to reverse the car back five feet. With my manual cars or older Z4 2007 auto I could put the car in neutral and push the car back a few feet if I was doing any hammering or sawing in the workshop that'd risk the bonnet paintwork and I did not need to start the engine to do so. I could then push the car back when I'd finished.
Is there any way I can do this with the auto please does anyone know? If you leave car in neutral then switch engine off it goes into park so that isn't the solution...
My 35is is overnighted in my garage which doubles for my workshop. I don't like starting the engine from cold just to reverse the car back five feet. With my manual cars or older Z4 2007 auto I could put the car in neutral and push the car back a few feet if I was doing any hammering or sawing in the workshop that'd risk the bonnet paintwork and I did not need to start the engine to do so. I could then push the car back when I'd finished.
Is there any way I can do this with the auto please does anyone know? If you leave car in neutral then switch engine off it goes into park so that isn't the solution...
Gone : 2013 35is, Melbourne Red, DCT, Nav, Comfort pack
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If the car isn't used much , would wheel dolly's be an option
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
35iS ... not an 'automatic', then, but what BMW call "7-speed sport-automatic transmission with double-clutch".
Important? Yes, because the instructions for towing (which is effectively what you want to do) are different. In my handbook, they're on pages 209 & 53.
Important? Yes, because the instructions for towing (which is effectively what you want to do) are different. In my handbook, they're on pages 209 & 53.
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
No you can't move the 35is with the DCT transmission without starting the engine like you can with the auto gearbox I know I've tried it's a real pita sometimes.
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
Does it not need to be started to let the e-brake off too?
Unless you park it without using it.
Unless you park it without using it.
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
You can disengage park and select neutral, lift the gear lever gaitor up and insert an Allen key in the allen socket to the front left of the lever, Turn to the left about a quarter turn.
Same procedure for towing as per Bustaboo's post
Same procedure for towing as per Bustaboo's post
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Thanks for the replies. Long and short is the answer for everyday use is no. Thanks Gaffa but I don't want to be doing stuff like that on a regular basis.
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
it is quite easy actually and a handy process to know
but as you say not an every day solution
but as you say not an every day solution
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
Can’t you just turn the ignition on, select N then push it back?
My car is parked in the garage and I never apply the e brake.
My car is parked in the garage and I never apply the e brake.
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Well, just think that it's a pleasure to start that engine!
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It is but it leaves a lot of nasty stuff in the system if it’s not well heated thro.
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If I just start mine to move it a couple of times the next time I start it, it misfires and runs really rough, so I do prefer to only start it when I'm actually going to drive it somewhere
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
That's what I thought ronk, you can with the auto box but not with the DCT it won't let you, I've forgotten why but I tried several times when I first had mine.
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Auto Gearbox, push car back in neutral without starting engine?????
I’ve just had a bash at that just out of morbid curiosity - I though ii would try latching the seatbelt before switching off - that failed as well - it still went to ‘P’
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You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.