[mwalshjrma]

i have a 2010 328i xDrive with option: S430A Interior/outside mirror with auto dip.
question: what is "auto-Dip"?

thank you

[72GMC]

dip = dim

The same way dipped headlights = low beams

Auto dip has nothing to do with the mirror tilting downward when you put the car in reverse.

[Dx11]

About the heated side mirrors, asked the dealer about this once, he said they always heat up below a certain temperature (I think 5c) and you cannot manually turn them on/off. So no, when it rains while it's not cold, they won't heat up.

And the auto dimming mirrors are pretty hard to see, even when it's super dark out it doesn't really get as blue as older cars. But you CAN test it during daylight by covering the rear sensor of the inside mirror. If you don't have a clearly visible circle in the inside mirror, you don't have any auto dimming, if you cover the rear sensor, shine a light on the mirror, and only the inside darkens, you have only inside dimming, and if the sides also dim (they don't have their own sensors) you have all-dimming.

I also seem to remember the side-dimming comes in the same package with side-electric-folding.

[TyroneShoelaces]

This is interesting about the heated mirrors need low outside temps to turn on. In FL we deal with heavy dew on the mirrors 8 months of the year since I park outside. I notice that the defroster used to clear the windshield doesn't turn on the mirrors like other cars I have. Makes life a lot easier to have use of mirrors for the first 5 minutes of the drive.

[Dx11]

Originally Posted by TyroneShoelaces

This is interesting about the heated mirrors need low outside temps to turn on. In FL we deal with heavy dew on the mirrors 8 months of the year since I park outside. I notice that the defroster used to clear the windshield doesn't turn on the mirrors like other cars I have. Makes life a lot easier to have use of mirrors for the first 5 minutes of the drive.

I also would prefer it if the mirrors would heat up at the same time as the back window, which does make sense. But I guess BMW thought: side mirrors you need every cold morning, rear window people don't always care about/defrost.

(I've driven a van for years, you kinda get used to not having it).

[TyroneShoelaces]

Originally Posted by Dx11

I also would prefer it if the mirrors would heat up at the same time as the back window, which does make sense. But I guess BMW thought: side mirrors you need every cold morning, rear window people don't always care about/defrost.

(I've driven a van for years, you kinda get used to not having it).

I wonder if there is a coding option for this to change mirror defrost behavior? I'll look around in Protools to see. My back wiper doesn't work on my wagon since I swapped a sedan clockspring in but at least the defroster does to remove dew.