Forum: BMW
August 7th 14, 11:01 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
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> Note that the locking system and the alarm aren't the same thing, and you
> seem to be talking as if you think they are. They _do_ interoperate with
> one another though.
True, but by manually...
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Forum: BMW
August 1st 14, 03:08 AM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
Stop the press! Everything I said in my previous post turns out to be
totally wrong.
The service guy had told me that they would disconnect my alarm in a way
that would allow me to still use the...
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Forum: BMW
July 31st 14, 03:08 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
Just in case anyone is still following my adventures, here's what
happened to my three month old car.
1. The car alarm problem was caused by a defective part in the sunroof.
This part will take...
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Forum: BMW
July 29th 14, 03:50 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
>> But I'd better not share that information here, because you don't want
>> me to.
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> Now you're just being childish.
>
Now I'm confused about what I should and shouldn't say.
I figured some...
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Forum: BMW
July 29th 14, 04:04 AM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
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> Jeez! Two people told you *exactly* what to do about it, yet you
> continued to pontificate on the subject here.
No, I continue to question people about what to do, and I question you
about...
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Forum: BMW
July 28th 14, 07:14 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
On 7/28/2014 8:02 AM, Dean Dark wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 06:22:09 -0700, really real >
> wrote:
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>> But we're still sort of embarrassed to own a BMW, especially
>> when our...
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Forum: BMW
July 28th 14, 02:22 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
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>> It's true. I'm showing off that we have a new BMW while most of the
>> people here are enthusiasts of older, cheaper BMWs.
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> A 328 is merely an entry level four-pot BMW, you know?
Of...
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Forum: BMW
July 28th 14, 02:30 AM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
> He says the car's three months old. Assuming it's the factory alarm
> that's causing problems, then why on *earth* wouldn't he or anybody
> else just dump it back on the dealer with instructions...
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Forum: BMW
July 27th 14, 10:00 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,158
car alarm problems
My wife's three month old BMW 3281 sports touring had it's car alarm
going off this morning. It would stop and start again. We tried
locking/unlocking, and then driving it and stopping. Eventually...
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Forum: BMW
July 27th 14, 05:18 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,950
BMW M235i review
from the New York Times
Not Quite an M Car, but Stirring in Spirit
2014 BMW M235i Review
By LAWRENCE ULRICH JULY 25, 2014
Here’s a tire-kicking experiment: Pay a visit to your BMW dealer....
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Forum: BMW
July 23rd 14, 02:30 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
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>> Econo Mode is not just about the transmission. The fan and the air
>> conditioning are also affected.
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>
> I do not believe that to be true, and it doesn't matter in the context
> of this...
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Forum: BMW
July 22nd 14, 05:24 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
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> I think they really call it steptronic, but whatever.
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> You can put the gear selector in D and you have the economy mode, and
> you can move the lever to the side and you get the sport mode. In...
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Forum: BMW
July 22nd 14, 01:15 AM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
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> Cars with the selectronic, or whatever they call it, may not have the
> sport mode button because there is a manual shift mode that the driver
> invokes by moving the gear selector to the side....
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Forum: BMW
July 21st 14, 02:58 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
>> I would say that a person who drives distances and doesn't listen to
>> music is someone who doesn't love music.
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> In a 6-pot, the music is the engine.
I was never a big fan of industrial...
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Forum: BMW
July 21st 14, 01:21 AM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
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> And don't even get me started about people wanting cup holders ...
>
My cousin's 2010 wagon has this interesting cup holder that pops out of
the glove compartment. It's a bit awkward,...
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Forum: BMW
July 21st 14, 01:19 AM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
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> The "sports" package may even remove the switch, and it may instead include
> firmware that is "sporty" all the time.
Nope, my wife bought a 2014 Sports and it comes with the sports mode...
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Forum: BMW
July 20th 14, 02:58 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
> You guys are talking about two different things.
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> First of all, the "sports" packages offer a bunch of things that may
> improve handling and performance.
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> Secondly, the "efficient dynamics"...
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Forum: BMW
July 20th 14, 12:51 AM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
> 381?
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> Sports Mode, like a button or something? They never put a button in the
> 3 Series cars, but there was (is) a Sports Package that gives stiffer
> springs, an upgraded wheel package and...
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Forum: BMW
July 18th 14, 09:06 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,272
When did BMW's get sports mode?
I sat in my cousin's 2010 381 Sports Wagon today and was amazed to see
that it doesn't have sports mode. When did sports mode start?
I suppose her 381 drives more sportingly than my wife's new 381...
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Forum: BMW
July 11th 14, 10:40 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,322
2014 kidney grill change
>> In the opinion of a lightweight who probably thinks that anything new
>> and different is "more attractive".
> The prettiest BMW in recent decades was the E39 and it was only a 5 series.
I...
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Forum: BMW
July 7th 14, 02:47 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,322
2014 kidney grill change
On 7/6/2014 7:32 PM, dizzy wrote:
> really real > wrote:
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>> more attractive change.
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> In the opinion of a lightweight who probably thinks that anything new
> and different is...
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Forum: BMW
July 6th 14, 03:32 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,499
Hofmeister Kink vs Bangle Butt
Being a new BMW owner, I now get interesting BMW literature mailed to
me. Recently I got a booklet called The Art of Driving, which showed the
Hofmeister Kink, that rear window angle line designed...
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Forum: BMW
June 30th 14, 06:03 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,322
2014 kidney grill change
Since buying a 2014 381i BMW Sports Touring, I've been looking a lot at
the styles of the BMW's I see on the street. It seems that the kidney
grill changed in 2014, slightly, but importantly.
The...
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Forum: BMW
June 29th 14, 07:17 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,146
BMWs and iPod Classics
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> the hard drive is also (very) limited in song capacity : some 12Gb for
> 2500 compressed songs maximum.
> I have no problem with an iphone, and theoretically an ipod classic has
> the same 30...
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Forum: BMW
June 29th 14, 02:52 PM Posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,146
BMWs and iPod Classics
When we test drove a BMW 381i Touring (wagon) I took along my iPod which
stopped working after one song. The salesman said they were incomparable
with BMWs and suggested I get a newer iPod like a...
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