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#12462 of 12737 Re: BMW...wel... [tayl0rd] by lovemyclk

Apr 03, 2008 (5:07 pm)

Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 6:50 am)
This is why I place my $$'s into BMW options that enhance the driving experience so I can enjoy the baked-in driving characteristics unique to the brand. I will NEVER spend $1800-2000+ for any confounding option when a perfectly simple solution of a cell phone and $2 map will get it done. I appreciate the latest technologies and make my living with advanced software applications, but unless it makes my driving experience better, I won't consider it... but that's just me. Give me the magic suspension setup, worldclass powertrain and general engineering excellence technology can offer and hold the Active Steering! This way, I have little to complain about!
 
I've gone 55 years without a nav system and have never missed one. Somehow, I have arrived at every single destination I set out to find after entering my car without relying on a small screen I could not recognize without my "cheaters" When the value proposition becomes so compelling that I can't live without it, maybe it will be time to consider nav... just isn't there yet, imo.

#12463 of 12737 Re: BMW...wel... [tayl0rd] by carnaught

Apr 03, 2008 (5:41 pm)

Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 6:50 am)
And don't get me started on the ventilation system! Hot weather is fast approaching, and I'm feverishly trying to figure out how I'm going to get it to keep me cool this summer with the automatic settings.
 
 
You must be extremely overweight or have a glandular problem (LOL). I live in the sunbelt and the a/c freezes me out in summer.
 
Geez, why do some people buy/lease BMW's if their Nav. and drink holders are so bad?

#12464 of 12737 Re: BMW...wel... [lovemyclk] by carnaught

Apr 03, 2008 (5:50 pm)

Replying to: lovemyclk (Apr 03, 2008 5:07 pm)
I've gone 55 years without a nav system and have never missed one. Somehow, I have arrived at every single destination I set out to find after entering my car without relying on a small screen I could not recognize without my "cheaters" When the value proposition becomes so compelling that I can't live without it, maybe it will be
 
I used to feel the same way. Now I am reluctant to be without one. Driving quite a lot if I am in parts of town I'm not familiar with or if there's an accident or detour, the nav. screen allows me a real time look at other route options. I like and appreciate that part of nav. more than utilizing it by putting in an address and driving to it.

#12465 of 12737 Re: BMW...wel... [tayl0rd] by andys120

Apr 03, 2008 (6:52 pm)

Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 6:50 am)
And don't get me started on the ventilation system! Hot weather is fast approaching, and I'm feverishly trying to figure out how I'm going to get it to keep me cool this summer with the automatic setting
 
Check your owner's manual. The ACC in your car may not be completely Automatic. In my ACC equipped E39 you must turn a manual wheel control to direct the cold air from the AC to the outlets in the cabin. It's dumb but once you do that it works as well as any AC I've ever experienced.

#12466 of 12737 Re: BMW...wel... [lovemyclk] by bdkinnh

Apr 04, 2008 (6:38 am)

Replying to: lovemyclk (Apr 03, 2008 5:07 pm)
>"I've gone 55 years without a nav system and have never missed one."
 
That's what a lot of people said about garage door openers and microwaves.
 
I agree that the navigation system stinks, though. I really like the HUD, however, and plan to get it whenever available.

#12467 of 12737 Re: BMW...wel... [carnaught] by tayl0rd

Apr 07, 2008 (8:52 am)

Replying to: carnaught (Apr 03, 2008 5:41 pm)
You must be extremely overweight or have a glandular problem (LOL). ...
 
I don't have either of those problems. I'm guessing you probably have the vents blowing directly in your face? I don't. I like for the air to circulate through the car and to be cooled by the ambient temperature from it. Yes, if I aim the vents to blow directly at me, thereby hogging cool air from everybody else, then it'd probably freeze me out, too.
 
I have an ex that does that. She has all the vents blowing at her in the warm months (April through November, sometimes December and January) and the rest of the car is a heatbox. I used to not like riding in her car at all in the summer. If I'm in the car for an hour or more, I'm sure it'd be fine. But my daily commute is around 15 minutes. By the time I pull in the garage at home, the vents are still blowing high, and the interior is still not all that cool. Bear in mind that I got the car this past NOVEMBER (read, the cooler part of the year) and I already have complaints. I fear it'll be hellish come June/July/AUGUST! The Parked Car Ventilation is going to get some serious workouts this Spring/Summer.

#12468 of 12737 Re: BMW...wel... [tayl0rd] by carnaught

Apr 07, 2008 (10:12 am)

Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 07, 2008 8:52 am)
I'm guessing you probably have the vents blowing directly in your face? I don't. I
 
Nope, I just have no problems whatesoever with cooling of the car to the point that it freezes me out.

#12469 of 12737 Re: BMW frustrations [asteinberg] by priggly

Apr 15, 2008 (10:03 am)

Replying to: asteinberg (Mar 29, 2008 8:03 am)
Problem is I want a rear wheel drive car and don't see much in the way of alternatives.
 
Have you considered the new Pontiac G8? GM is building some excellent cars these days and this is one of them.

#12470 of 12737 1995 BMW 525I E34 by stephenabelson

Apr 15, 2008 (5:42 am)

Does anyone on here have a 95 525i? How many miles do you have on your car?
 
Mine has 128,000. I just got it, and I hope to keep it for a couple hundred thousand more!

#12471 of 12737 Re: 1995 BMW 525I E34 [stephenabelson] by roadburner

Apr 15, 2008 (8:54 am)

Replying to: stephenabelson (Apr 15, 2008 5:42 am)
Mine has 128,000. I just got it, and I hope to keep it for a couple hundred thousand more!
 
I don't own one, but I have a friend who ran his 1989 535i past 300,000 miles. Just follow the maintenance schedule to the letter and you should have no problem reaching your mileage goal...

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