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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 5:50 am) 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.
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 5:50 am) 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?
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Replying to: lovemyclk (Apr 03, 2008 4:07 pm) 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.
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 5:50 am) 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. |
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Replying to: lovemyclk (Apr 03, 2008 4:07 pm) 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. |
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Replying to: carnaught (Apr 03, 2008 4:41 pm) 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.
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 07, 2008 7:52 am) Nope, I just have no problems whatesoever with cooling of the car to the point that it freezes me out. |
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Replying to: asteinberg (Mar 29, 2008 7:03 am) Have you considered the new Pontiac G8? GM is building some excellent cars these days and this is one of them. |
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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!
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Replying to: stephenabelson (Apr 15, 2008 4:42 am) 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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