Know your G29
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Ian J said:I really ought to RTFM as I was driving today when my wife sent me a text message which popped up on the screen. I was also able to dictate an answer. All clever stuff that I didn't know about.
It should be interesting for those that have a girlfriend as well as a wife
I doubt many of us are allowed to answer our wives/fiancées/girlfriends back tbh.
Otherwise known as the rich, until the wife finds out that is. Then they are known as the homelessIan J said:I really ought to RTFM as I was driving today when my wife sent me a text message which popped up on the screen. I was also able to dictate an answer. All clever stuff that I didn't know about.
It should be interesting for those that have a girlfriend as well as a wife
Ian J said:I really ought to RTFM as I was driving today when my wife sent me a text message which popped up on the screen. I was also able to dictate an answer. All clever stuff that I didn't know about.
It should be interesting for those that have a girlfriend as well as a wife
I have been known to turn off notifications on occasions.
I parked my car by the garage and the outside security light came on and shone straight and the rear. When I opened the boot the two LED lights in the boot didn't come on. Are they light sensitive and only come on when little light?
42 years ago I had a Saab 99 Turbo as a company car and as they were manufactured in a cold country the heater was excellent and started blasting out hot air very quickly.
It's a shame that BMW car heater technology has not even reached the same level as Saab did 42 years ago as mine blasts out cold air for quite a while before it starts to warm up and as an old boy I find it quite uncomfortable.
I assume that I'm not missing anything
It's a shame that BMW car heater technology has not even reached the same level as Saab did 42 years ago as mine blasts out cold air for quite a while before it starts to warm up and as an old boy I find it quite uncomfortable.
I assume that I'm not missing anything
Ian J said:
If I am correct, I think you missed the auxiliary heater that either is standard or can be specified when order the car in northern europe country. Basically, it can heat up the car without the engine running to generate the heat. Without this option, our heater takes heat from the engine cooling system. Thus, if the engine is cold, no heating to the cabin.
I remember that when I ordered my F10 520d many years ago, BMW still offered this as an option in uk (cost about £1.5k). However, I can't remember since when BMW stops letting UK market to specify this. Also, for almost all used car I've seen from that period of time, not even one had this aux heater option fitted. Maybe this is the reason BMW discountinue this option in UK.
Well, in Germany it’s illegal for a car to idle without a driver in the car and hence they don’t offer it in Europe.
In the USA version. You can remote start your car from the app.
My friends Volvo does that here in U.K. so it’s a bit annoying we can’t do it with our BMW as the car is obviously capable of it and it’s just disabled.
The aux heater you speak of is only really useful in super cold climates that require it.
In the USA version. You can remote start your car from the app.
My friends Volvo does that here in U.K. so it’s a bit annoying we can’t do it with our BMW as the car is obviously capable of it and it’s just disabled.
The aux heater you speak of is only really useful in super cold climates that require it.
Ian J said:sars said:
And again in English
I’m not sure I can, I’ll take it that you’ve heard of Stainless Steel, there are three main categories, Austenitic, Ferritic & Martensitic, named because of the their differing crystalline structures as a result of varying the amounts of alloying elements. Austenitic Stainless Steels being the most common, used everywhere from cutlery to surgical equipment, offers good to excellent corrosion resistance over a wide temperature range, they cannot be hardened by heat treatment, only through cold working. Ferritic Stainless Steels contain more chromium and little or no Nickel, making them cheaper, these are used to manufacture various lower cost items like your exhaust. they also cannot be hardened by heat treatment Martensitic Stainless Steels have a higher proportion of carbon, they can be heat treated to give differing mechanical properties and are widely used in mechanical components that require high strength, hardness and toughness, however they become brittle at low temperatures.
sars said:Ian J said:sars said:
And again in English
I’m not sure I can, I’ll take it that you’ve heard of Stainless Steel, there are three main categories, Austenitic, Ferritic & Martensitic, named because of the their differing crystalline structures as a result of varying the amounts of alloying elements. Austenitic Stainless Steels being the most common, used everywhere from cutlery to surgical equipment, offers good to excellent corrosion resistance over a wide temperature range, they cannot be hardened by heat treatment, only through cold working. Ferritic Stainless Steels contain more chromium and little or no Nickel, making them cheaper, these are used to manufacture various lower cost items like your exhaust. they also cannot be hardened by heat treatment Martensitic Stainless Steels have a higher proportion of carbon, they can be heat treated to give differing mechanical properties and are widely used in mechanical components that require high strength, hardness and toughness, however they become brittle at low temperatures.
I would have had to go back to my books to give an explanation like that !
It has however kindled a few memories
Ian J said:
ori said:
ronk said:
Well I was missing something as I had turned the climate control auto facility off in the summer when the roof was down and had forgotten to switch it back on again. In my last ten years of BMW driving the auto button has been switched on for the full ten years but in answer to ori's comment I simply forgot to switch it back on again
On Friday I got a message to check my tyres and to add air to 2.2 bar which I duly did on Saturday. This morning as I was driving, with the top down I might add, to Bristol for work I checked pressures and the recommended fill pressure had changed to 2.4 bar. Why the increase from the weekend, the tyre temperatures had gone from 5C to 21C and thus the fill pressure increased to compensate, how cool is that
sars said:On Friday I got a message to check my tyres and to add air to 2.2 bar which I duly did on Saturday. This morning as I was driving, with the top down I might add, to Bristol for work I checked pressures and the recommended fill pressure had changed to 2.4 bar. Why the increase from the weekend, the tyre temperatures had gone from 5C to 21C and thus the fill pressure increased to compensate, how cool is that
Its nice to know its doing the calcs for you!