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Sedans BMW 5-Series BMW 530xi - 2006
252 messages, Last post on Sep 17, 2006 at 7:19 PM
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You know, I just took a peak at the BMW Canadian web site out of curiousity. And Comfort Acess is listed as a $1200 option!! Can you believe that? 1200 of our funny money for the convenience of not having to stick a key fob into a hole in the dash!  I hope there is more to the option that just that!
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Replying to: bodble2 (Oct 20, 2005 4:02 pm) |
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Was reading on other posts about changing from daylight savings.....I used my wife`s car today , and as I don`t want to get really familiar with the i controller, I just said `clock` and the voice controller put the clock settings up...( Now I had messed with the idrive for several minutes with no luck) I then set the clock back one hour punched idrive and then idrive again to bypass the minutes and the clock was set...It was cumbersome, but would not be if you were familiar with the idrive etc....I am beginning to be a believer in the voice command..The car really drives wonderfully and is tight....The radio is really a good sounding one, better than the Mark Levenson....All in all a very nice car....Tony
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Replying to: anthonyp (Nov 03, 2005 2:29 pm) The Audi with all the toys has 82 buttons, switches, knobs, levers and stuff to touch, move, etc to control various functions. This is WITH the ease of use of the MMI, etc etc, etc. My Audi has voice command. I cannot imagine MMI without it and be ye a lover or hater of idrive or MMI these systems are here to stay. Additional functionality and complexity and controls will surely follow -- without voice command and control, I cannot even imagine the frustration and even perhaps danger these systems could impart. When I first started using my voice command, I didn't want to use it when other people were in the car -- now I realize just how fantastic and SAFER it is to say "dial 513.555.1212" completely without looking and touching anything. Moreover, with Sirius, a CD changer and AM and FM at my voice command, I am less of a hazard on the highways. Now I long for voice control of almost everything that requires my glance or attention away from the business of driving the car. Hopefully the Germans will reach the level of voice control that I am led to believe the Japanese have attained. These cars are great -- but to fully and safely enjoy them, they must be equipped with voice command. And, for pity's sake if you are lucky enough to have a new 530xi with a manual transmission (why would you ever get one with anything else?), well then you would be crazy to have one without voice command. We Audi A6 owners are so jealous of you BMW 530xi drivers -- we were forced to accept tiptronic transmissions which are nearly as bad as steptronics (but since you can avoid the step-lag-tronics, we simply avert our eyes and proclaim, "we're not worthy.") I got my A6 3.2 before the 530xi was available -- damn.
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Nov 03, 2005 7:58 pm)
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Replying to: anthonyp (Nov 04, 2005 2:33 pm) Now that we have the 3 and 5 BMWs with iDrive, what are the odds that the 7 will (eventually) follow? Of course with almost every Mercedes offered with AWD and every Audi with it and 4 Bimmers, it would seem that Audi needs to make their next priority improving the balance of their cars. I recall reading somewhere that some of the Audis (recently) were 60 40 F/R balance. BMWs IMHO often get the performance/handling nod more for that one quality than any other -- they are very well balanced. I had an A8 and there is, to this day, NOTHING that sounds as sweet as an Audi V8 at full cry. See you over on the Audi board. 
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Nov 04, 2005 6:08 pm) We are actually going to move this discussion to its permanent home on the Sedans board in a day or so. |
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Nov 04, 2005 6:08 pm) I assume you meant xDrive, right? IMO, I doubt the 7-series will get an AWD model anytime soon....
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Replying to: rockypaul (Aug 05, 2005 7:49 am) Should I use BMW rims with what brand of tire??
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Replying to: bdr127 (Nov 05, 2005 9:47 am) With the accolades heaped upon both the A8 and the S class Mercedes (all avail with AWD), one would imagine BMW would want to add this to the option list. News flash -- BMW will soon offer its cars (well, some of them anyway) with superchargers. After all those years of essentially being anti-blown-engines, this is shall we say an "interesting" developement. Maybe Audi will put turbos on its larger than 4 cylinder engines again, soon, too. I would love to drive the Audi (or the BMW) 6's with a little artificial aspiration. They would easily go to 300 HP and probably a like torque number too (at low RPM's.)
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