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The sound was not annoying for me, but quieter I find it more comfortable on a drive longer than 30 min. Also, I have a 5 years old kid seating in the back and my spouse sometimes complain that it gives her a headache. If BMW can make the settings available in iDrive menu, it would be better. I think some models do have this feature.
My spouse working at the hospital in the ICU. Situation is not that bad here. It's more that the government here doesn't handle the health worker correctly, so they don't attract enough staff. Many of them are doing overtime to cover the gap, but they are tired and more will be burned out soon. Where I live, Christmas is cancelled. No get together at all. It sucks. It would definitely help for the mental break for many. I hope the vaccination will be good and efficient. My only fear is the virus mutates and they will have to start over again... like the flu vaccin every year. |
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I have Bimmerlink installed on my phone to check the battery level sometimes. I haven't purchased the full version yet. So just connected Bimmerlink and took some screenshots. I didn't go until the end of it so didn't click on the last Activate. Perhaps, you can check further when you will be doing the rear brakes. The battery check doesn't require the full version. If we are lucky, the brake service mode could be the same. |
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12-07-2020, 05:03 PM | #25 |
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so speaking of battery life and checking the health of the battery, because my car is being driven so sparingly, i purchased a battery tender/maintainer and when i first hooked it up about a week ago the battery was reading at 17% which was astounding because i drive the car once a week for about forty minutes, but apparently that's not enough, so the car is now hooked up to the battery maintainer all the time in the garage.
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12-07-2020, 05:18 PM | #27 |
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yep, i've joined the northern latitude crowd who store their cars over the winter.
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Lol. I am jealous of your California winter.
I have to charge the car battery every month to top it up during the winter because I don't drive enough too. It's not good to have a low battery when it's too cold. Before I started to charge the battery, I had to replace the battery max 4 years. We have an AGM battery which should help, but I am used to charge it anyway. Xcelir had an interesting project to put a permanent plug for a charge. I'll probably check about it next summer. I have to open the hood every time and I don't have a garage too. |
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I charge daily monthly and yearly.
The amount I drive, when I go to replug from 100 previous charged I am about 50. Within a half hour on Optima Charger gets it back to 100 constant. |
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12-08-2020, 10:28 AM | #32 |
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Davy Jordi - Have you looked if you can flash the gearbox?
I read that people do it on other models. I don't know about the X2 then I just find this when searching about a pedal tuner: "DTUK® TCU+ GEARBOX FLASH" https://www.diesel-performance.co.uk...25kw-1998-ccm/ Or perhaps, there are some BMW "expert" or shop in your area like mine who offers the TCU flashing. |
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[QUOTE=trnguyen;26989202]I don't recall if I read it somewhere, surely. But I saw it in the Bimmerlink app.
I have Bimmerlink installed on my phone to check the battery level sometimes. I haven't purchased the full version yet. So just connected Bimmerlink and took some screenshots. I didn't go until the end of it so didn't click on the last Activate. Perhaps, you can check further when you will be doing the rear brakes. The battery check doesn't require the full version. If we are lucky, the brake service mode could be the same. Very cool..I didn't see that on the site. I'll download it and maybe in a couple months I'll get to it and let you guys know! |
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It probably depends on who you go with. Many BMW dealers also sell Dinan products/tunes, so they may be more forgiving than having BM3 or Mission Performance. (Of course, that's if this engine/tranny ever gets a flash tune, but I digress...) I know BMW San Diego is mod-friendly, especially if you're up front about it. If Chris Levy is still there, that dude's a champion SA.
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i know that tuning is limited for our specific engine (and transmission) variants, so dinan isn't the dinan of yesteryear. i have a jb4 box attached to my car and i service my car at european autowerks here in temecula (which is also a great shop) because i don't want to deal with the hassle of unplugging and plugging the box back in every time i have to take the car to bmw of murrieta which is not mod-friendly at at all. sucks, but i'd rather leave the tuning box on and not risk damaging the connectors than continually remove and install (i've already broken one of the clips).
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So far I have not seen any TCU tunes out for the b48 and it's AISIN transmission. Although that would be exciting and could potentially change these little issues.. I feel already now that I'm using the pedal tuner in combination with the sport mode and don't really have much issues. Since Davy already has all the equipment, then it probably would be a moot point to get any TCU flashing done at this point.
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I'm waiting for my next service and then gonna get a Jb4...tired of waiting on a flash tune that doesn't seem forthcoming.
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yeah, get the jb4 - it's not perfect, but you definitely won't be disappointed!
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I was another that had asd off and when bmw wiped my settings I never turned it back off. I really need to get off my ass and have the custom exhaust built that I want. Then I won’t need it.
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that's a big risk. i wouldn't make that move and potentially risk having my car flagged and the warranty voided.
that's why i took the car to an indie bmw shop here and will continue to service the car there, only taking the car to the dealership for warranty work if necessary. preservation of the warranty key for me with a bmw.
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