Things you didnt know about your 3 series.

SMOKE EM IF U GOT EM!! · 01-14-2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mikem

Dont know what was the reason for this. Give it a try.

It`s so that you can give your keys to the officer and then still run him over.

lmfao

BMW320i · 01-14-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by txusa03

It has been discussed before. Try this: get in car and place key fob into the slot, start engine with key fob in slot, turn off engine, take key fob out of slot and press the start engine button without the key fob in slot. You have to do it real quick, it gives you 15-30 seconds to restart the engine after you take the key fob out.

Dont know what was the reason for this. Give it a try.

i will!! interesting!

BMW320i · 01-14-2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mikem

It`s so that you can give your keys to the officer and then still run him over.

335Newbie · 01-14-2007, 02:56 PM

So. Is there any truth to the theory that touching the door handle with CA involves an instantaneous DNA test?

weaverd · 01-14-2007, 03:19 PM

Can you tell me how or where to find out how to have the angel eyes on during the day without having running lights on. Have set the day time running lights to be on but it is not the angel eyes.

Thanks

teknochild · 01-14-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 335Newbie

So. Is there any truth to the theory that touching the door handle with CA involves an instantaneous DNA test?

please tell me thats a joke

JackMac · 01-14-2007, 03:22 PM

OK, this thread was done before, but here you go...

The owners manual says to never lock someone inside the car using the fob (while you are outside of the car) because then they can't get out.

Not true. If you push the unlock button on the dash twice, you can then pull the inside handle and open the door.

335Newbie · 01-14-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by teknochild

please tell me thats a joke

Yep. I'ts a joke.

Robert · 01-14-2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Utekai

That 'Res' button is not the Reset button, it's the Residual Heat button.

This is in the owners manual.

FJUNO78 · 01-14-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by meruyailir

How about this:

Get inside the car, close the doors and push the lock button on your key fob. All doors will be locked. Now bring the fob close to the key slot and the doors will unlock.

doesn't work on my car

perhaps it's a regional thing

MonacoBimm · 01-14-2007, 08:12 PM

You have to have all doors closed while you are doing this! I fyou open the drivers door it will not work.

FJUNO78 · 01-14-2007, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MonacoBimm

You have to have all doors closed while you are doing this! I fyou open the drivers door it will not work.

i did...

i sat in my car. closed the door. pressed the lock on the fob. Then moved the fob toward the ignition slot... nothing happened.

out of curiosity, what purpose does this serve?

SROC3 · 01-14-2007, 10:41 PM

throw your keys into the trunk then close it, it will magically open again. Safety feature that makes it impossible to lock your keys in the trunk.

sesegal99 · 01-14-2007, 10:56 PM

ha I got to try the trunk thing with my keys

SROC3 · 01-14-2007, 10:59 PM

cool huh? Pretty neat feature.

findtom · 01-14-2007, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Lydiamight

Rear wiper on the E91 is designed to work on an intermittent basis---put the vehicle into reverse and the wiper operates continuously---it goes back to intermittent when you select a forward gear.

I don't have an E91, but that's still a pretty smart feature.

MonacoBimm · 01-14-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FJUNO78

i did...

i sat in my car. closed the door. pressed the lock on the fob. Then moved the fob toward the ignition slot... nothing happened.

out of curiosity, what purpose does this serve?

Ok, follow these steps. Go to your car, get inside, close all doors. Start the car, engine.. everything. Then, press the stop button, and take out the key fob normally dont open any doors, then right away, start the car, without the key fob. It should work.

MonacoBimm · 01-14-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SROC3

cool huh? Pretty neat feature.

How can this happen. You must have Comfort Acces.

meruyailir · 01-14-2007, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MonacoBimm

Ok, follow these steps. Go to your car, get inside, close all doors. Start the car, engine.. everything. Then, press the stop button, and take out the key fob normally dont open any doors, then right away, start the car, without the key fob. It should work.

It's not this one that I originally posted. What I meant was, get inside the car, close all doors, press the lock button on your key fob, then move the key fob close to the ignition slot (don't insert it). The car would automatically open the driver's door, just like when you press the Open button on your key fob.

AH · 01-14-2007, 11:59 PM

I will try it then

edgarj · 01-15-2007, 12:00 AM

My favorite surprise was that PDC gave the cool display in iDrive when reversing. I bet it was somewhere in the options lit, but I missed it and it really made me like rear PDC. I thought it was a silly option, despite being pretty inexpensive, but the rear 'radar' display rocks. I'm a good parallell parker and don't need it at all, but I dig the display when reversing out of tech-fetish. I wish all of the careless a$$holes that have backed into my cars over the years had it. Three new hoods in five years on my last car due to back-up dammage where the hood curves down to the kidneys!

Next cool feature was the auto-drying brakes when I left a car wash... awesome little detail.

sbw · 01-15-2007, 12:17 AM

Found this out the other day in my manual 330i: If you resume cruise control at too slow of an engine speed, a nifty diagram appears between the speedo and tach telling you to downshift.

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