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Driving at night - driver side wing mirror

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Post by F1SpaceMonkey » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:28 am

Anyone else find this annoying - the LED interior strip on the driver side blocks or severely impedes the view for the driver on the driver side wing mirror when driving at night. Only negative i have found in the car!!

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Post by Roadster_Surrey » Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:31 am

I didn't notice any issue, and I did thousands of miles at night.

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Post by q96169we » Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:31 am

You can dim or turn off the ambient light. I set it quite low so find it okay.

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Post by ori » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:22 pm

Never ever bothered me or even noticed it. You can dim the the led strip lights if they bother you.

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Post by Scubaregs » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:24 pm

Never found it a problem.
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Post by Nanu » Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:49 pm

Never noticed it as being a problem. As suggested, just change the colour, turn it down or off.
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Post by F1SpaceMonkey » Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:21 am

Looked at the settings - I kept the brightness on full but didn't see the check box to dim for night driving. The other light strips stay bright while the one that reflects in the driver's wing mirror is dimmed and works a treat! Well thought out by BMW. Problem solved.

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Post by ori » Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:14 am

Nice you got it sorted. I really do love these cars. Every time I get in it feels special.

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Post by ori » Mon Oct 17, 2022 9:38 pm

So because of you I now noticed that I see a light reflection on the wing mirror drivers side from the auto light switch!

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Post by F1SpaceMonkey » Tue Oct 18, 2022 7:26 am

ori wrote: โ†‘Mon Oct 17, 2022 9:38 pm So because of you I now noticed that I see a light reflection on the wing mirror drivers side from the auto light switch!
sorry!! :rofl:

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Post by ori » Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:07 am

Ruined the car for me. Selling it now. ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜œ

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Post by r2uzenblot » Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:27 pm

My light started showing in the driver sides mirror the day after I read this post. Damn!
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