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Driving in Europe

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by djstan » Sat May 11, 2019 2:42 pm

I've driven in Europe with my Z4 a couple of times now, and never done anything to the headlights. No problems!
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Post by djstan » Sat May 11, 2019 2:48 pm

ronk wrote: Sat May 11, 2019 2:27 pm 688C530E-57B4-4E81-91CF-00C39B23506A.jpegThe advice from main dealer varied so much it was laughable!

That’s why I contacted. BMW customer services and got the definitive answer on an email

Have a look at this set of posts - I would say it covers it all - the final post by kingfisher sums it up nicely when he says his UK car has just had it French MOT and it didn’t need any adjustments from its UK settings.

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=111280
Isn't that symbol (headlights with the A) for Automatic rather than Adaptive, so they automatically come on at night?????
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Post by ronk » Sat May 11, 2019 3:06 pm

I think the symbol they refer to is the A symbol on the Dash that illuminates when the Auto main/dip is in operation (on my 335 but not on the Z4)
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Post by bryand » Sat May 11, 2019 3:44 pm

All very helpful people and thanks, I will just leave them as they are and enjoy the road trip :D

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Post by ronk » Sat May 11, 2019 4:28 pm

bryand wrote: Sat May 11, 2019 3:44 pm All very helpful people and thanks, I will just leave them as they are and enjoy the road trip :D
Don’t forget to take a few photos !
My Z4 Europe trip starts at the end of July, Netherlands, Germany and Italy.
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Post by step_change » Sat May 11, 2019 6:21 pm

When I took mine to The Alps last year (and what a fantastic car to drive around the Alps the Z4 is!), I never bothered doing anything and I never had an issue nor oncoming vehicles flashing me etc
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Post by baz-j » Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:49 am

ronk - thanks for that!
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Post by Silverstar » Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:28 pm

The E89 Z4 with HIDs have a flat beam pattern and if you take your car to Europe for a holiday you will have no problems and will not blind cars coming the other way but if like me you are going to export / register your car in Europe, Spain in my case it won't pass the MOT (or european equivalent). I had to take the wheel off, remove the wheel arch lining and remove the xenon bulb to get to a lever which you pull up to change to beam pattern for driving on the right.

Beam deflector stickers won't do anything since the beam pattern is flat and there is no marking on the headlight lenses as to where to apply them.
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Post by Oldskool » Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:22 pm

I am out in France on a 2000 mile round trip now and whilst most of my driving has been during the day, some mileage has been at night ( E89 version) . No issues at all ,even when going through many long tunnels. I asked my dealer before I left and he said no need to do anything.
Seems he was correct.

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