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I saw a brief message today which said something like "Weak battery.....". My car and battery is from sometime in 2020. I bought the car in July that year. I figured the battery might be going out sometime soon. My car has only about 19k miles on it, although I do drive it every 10 days or so at...

I got an email from BMW that my "BMW Connected Drive" is going to expire in a few days. What the heck is that? The email sounds like pretty much my car will become a simple lump of metal..... :? In the email it mentions things like "Concierge", "Intelligent Personal Assistant", and <the one...

I drive 90% of the time with the top down, so I don't use my BMW's "voice recognition" very much. While I do have Android Auto in my car and phone, I only rarely use it. Occasionally I do ask my car to dial the phone, enter a navigation destination, etc; using the BMW's system, not AA. That...

I drive 90% of the time with the top down, so I don't use my BMW's "voice recognition" very much. While I do have Android Auto in my car and phone, I only rarely use it. Occasionally I do ask my car to dial the phone, enter a navigation destination, etc; using the BMW's system, not AA. That...

My 2020 Z4 has about 16500 miles on it. Last "included" oil change was at 12000 miles. My car has started notifying me its due an oil change in 6k or this month. This will be the first service for which I'll have to pay. Especially for USA residents, has everyone taken their car to the dealer...

I thought I knew how to do this, but maybe not.... I am at the Home screen on the display. I want to store a Sirius XM radio channel. I switch to Media, then Sirius, then find the channel I want (i.e., channel 16). When switch to Media, the display changes of course; no more Home screen. To...

Forgive me, an old man with a dumb question. I have a reasonably current Samsung smartphone and a 2020 USA spec car. I have a Sirius subscription I like for the rare times I use the radio, other than that the car is pretty much without other additions. I do use my phone for things like...

My car is about 3 years old....getting ready to go off USA warranty. The last two months or so I've noticed my footwell, down where my feet are, is hot. I thought it was my imagination or the sun was shining down there. Nope. After several more times driving it's warmer there than the passenger...

Glad to see you have the proper colour! Doug

I have a Samsung Galaxy A11. All works okay but I do not have the function of sending a text. I don't want to use Android Auto to do that, but I think it would. My older Android phone did that, but the thing died; replacement Galaxy A11 does not. My phone company has a "sale" on iphones...

When asked what car I drive, I generally say "a BMW Z4". But what about the M40i? Does anyone add that to the Z4? I've never had an "M" BMW, but we've had several BMW sedans in the past, and I've just called them "BMW 325i", "BMW 440i", "BMW 330e, etc. Curious....it's a slow news day. :wink...

I have a Samsung A11 Android phone. It is capable of sending texts, but I cannot get that function to work when I am in the car. My previous (LG?) Android phone allowed it, so I can only assume the car is capable of doing that with the proper phone. I am considering upgrading my phone to a...

My car rests quietly in my garage most of the time. On average I drive it once a week for two 45 minutes drives in the same day. It's apparent my car takes some sort of a nap after maybe 3-4 days, as it stops unlocking/relocking when I walk near it with the key in my pocket. That's not a problem...

My daughter got one me one of those fun magnetic stick-on signs for my car. I tried to put it on the rear deck, but it would not "stick". I tried other places in vain. Then I put it on my wife's 440i; stuck just fine. Are the Z4s' bodies aluminum? I did not think so, but whatever the material...

I started getting that message on the car's screen occasionally about 3 weeks ago.So far I can still start my car by taking the key fob from my pants pocket and holding it near the steering column. I changed the key fob battery, and while that seemed to help for a week or so, the messages...