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   Hey, that 6 times on/off for the lights trick does make cleaning them easier. Lets through that 480kW of halogen so much better!

Ian

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aussie840 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Skip Joined: 07-June-2003 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 251	Topic: Lights Posted: 14-August-2003 at 13:46
	Hey, that 6 times on/off for the lights trick does make cleaning them easier. Lets through that 480kW of halogen so much better! Ian


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Sniff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13-February-2003 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: 14-August-2003 at 14:53
	I know! Fantastic tip from Roadfly. What amazes me is why the BMW engineers/designers would go to so much trouble as to build in stuff like this, and then not bother to document it in the owner's manual! I wonder how much more stuff there is that we're just not aware of?

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 14-August-2003 at 18:57
	Guys whats the gen on this... There's a problem with the search facility on roadfly at the moment Phil

aussie840 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Skip Joined: 07-June-2003 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 251	Posted: 14-August-2003 at 20:55
	Hi Phil, there was a tip on the roadkill site - switch lights on/off 6 times for them to pop up in maintenance mode. When you turn ignition off/on they reset to normal. Just as handy as the the diagnostic modes for the OBC. Ian


PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 14-August-2003 at 22:19
	Thanks Ian ain't that bloody great. Wonder what else BM have hidden away waiting to be discovered.... Phil

Beammer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01-July-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 23	Posted: 18-August-2003 at 21:34
	Yep, mine works too. Pity they didn't install an ejector seat for when the wifey is nipping your ears!

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 19-August-2003 at 09:57
	Ejector seat... LOL, I've been frantically working all the switches but mine won't do this. Is it a quick fix??

aussie840 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Skip Joined: 07-June-2003 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 251	Posted: 19-August-2003 at 10:38
	Go into the OBC diagnstic mode and switch NDM (Nag detection mode) to automatic. This should help. Ian

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 19-August-2003 at 12:29
	Excellent... Automatic mode instigates with nagging related references to cleanliness, shaving, DIY, flat pack furniture, watching soccer, playing Battlefeild 1942 internet multiplayer game for extended periods of time, porn on the computer or 'that bloody computer', clothing colour co-ordination and 'I know what I am doing with money'.....

Sniff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13-February-2003 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: 19-August-2003 at 13:55
	Rewire the heated seats to ensure that any passenger you choose gets a little more than they bargained for! Edited by Sniff

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 19-August-2003 at 15:05
	I must have the 'club' version. No heated seats or cruise.

Sniff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13-February-2003 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: 20-August-2003 at 07:26
	I thought all 8's had heated seats? I knew cruise was an option. So the stripped down CSL version for track days eh? Cool! Edited by Sniff

aussie840 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Skip Joined: 07-June-2003 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 251	Posted: 20-August-2003 at 10:43
	Mine doesn't have seated seats. God knows why you'd need them here. Even SAABs ship here without them. Have cruise and photochromatic rear view mirror though. Skippy

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 20-August-2003 at 11:04
	My other cars (lesser manufacturers) all have(had) cruise and heated seats. I enquired about retrofitting cruise but my local independent but OEM kits are just not available anymore. I think cruise became standard in 1996. Not sure about heated seats. Guess mine would be the 'clubsport' version except for the 1/2 MT subwoofer and the amp that would drive all NORAD computers.

Sniff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13-February-2003 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: 20-August-2003 at 14:21
	Where have you mounted the sub?

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 20-August-2003 at 14:23
	In the boot behind the RH rear seatback

Sniff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13-February-2003 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: 21-August-2003 at 11:59
	I thought of mounting something in the boot and having it firing through the opening for the ski bag. That way you could put the armrest back and no-one would be any the wiser.

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 21-August-2003 at 12:13
	Mine covers the opening for the ski bag to the very right hand interior trim. Whoever did it did a professional job as the trim is done properly. Also, they put in a trim door to the left where the amp is mounted. Noticed that they used the same latch mechanism as the toolbox kit for the trim door hiding the amp (just replaced my toolbox door nut and bolt as the thread strips off really easily - cheap platic s**t - should have been a metal thread).

Sniff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13-February-2003 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: 21-August-2003 at 13:35
	Yeah it's a bit crappy. Did you get the full toolkit when you bought it? I hear that lot's are missing the warning triangle, but mine was there fortunately. Best of all was the first aid kit...the original one from 1993 was still there, sealed in cellophane. Mind you, all the contents had long since passed their sell-by date.

PhilC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 15-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 161	Posted: 21-August-2003 at 15:08
	I've got the complete toolkit/triangle etc.. I knackered the latch on mine trying to sneak in some extra little useful gadgets. The plastic thread on the locking nut strips off really easily (probably just me being heavy handed; can't shake off my offshore roots) Think the first aid kit is original. Got those annoying scuff marks on the leather on the drivers seat from sliding in and out. Silver grey leather.. You don't notice unless you are looking for it. Looks really crap on black leather interiors I've seen.