08-19-2017, 11:32 AM | #1 | |
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Definitive answer about touch screen for 2018 M3 (USA)?
Im trying to figure out if my M3 will come with a touch screen or not.
It is a US 2018 F80 M3. The VIR at the time was showing that it started production on June 28. Some posts suggest that the car must be a July production in order to get this option. And I read the BMW bulletin that says this: Quote:
BMW News So, will I get a touch screen or not, and if not?
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08-19-2017, 01:39 PM | #2 | |
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That is the definitive answer. Production month is when car is completed, not when production started.
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08-19-2017, 04:44 PM | #3 |
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No touch for you. In all honestly you are not missing anything.
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08-19-2017, 04:48 PM | #4 |
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Yes u will my production started June 24th. My car had touch screen though I never use it
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08-19-2017, 11:24 PM | #6 |
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So does the fact that standard lights are supposed to be the normal LEDs in non Exec packages cars (5A2) however 18 M3s are coming with the adaptive LEDs standard (552). So... maybe the bulletin is wrong every once and a while.
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08-19-2017, 11:46 PM | #7 |
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My wife has a touch screen in her MY17 X5, never once did I think of using it, maybe I forgot that it's even a touch screen because of how used to using the iDrive controller on my M4 . But yes it's too far for me to use it comfortably. The only good use I see to the touch screen is when you're parked and want to enter an address into the NAV it's easier typing on the touch screen but that's about the only usage case I see viable
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08-20-2017, 01:42 PM | #10 |
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The nav screen is too far away to make a touch screen comfortable. I wouldn't want all those fingerprints on my screen either way.
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If the parts run out, they use what's available. Dates for part changes seem to never be error free. For example, depending on where one looks, you can find a 3 month variance in the change in F3x brake lines to match the F8x brake lines, which were slightly rerouted to avoid the F8x CFBR. |
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Mine came with all the above mentioned. To include the black wheels.
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08-28-2017, 05:05 PM | #14 | |
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the moment you move your finger closer to the screen, it changes to a horizontal virtual keyboard just like you would have on a tablet or phone...very easy to type addresses that way
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I would go nuts if I had a bunch of fingerprints on my screen.
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08-30-2017, 09:57 PM | #16 | |
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I took delivery of my car today, and yes, it does have a touchscreen display.
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While the touchscreen was nice I don't see myself using it. Voice control seems so much easier. I could see my wife having an easier time getting around with the touchscreen as a passenger than the iDrive control knob. |
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