What did you learn or discover about your M3/M4 today?

[wdskukm3]

Originally Posted by Kooch

Small silver plastic bump on the right side of the steering wheel between the volume up and down is actually a button that changes between audio source. Never noticed before and hit is accidentally yesterday...

I gotta look into this tonight.

[skippymchaggis]

Letting your wife carry your spare key in her purse means she's never waiting for you to unlock the car with comfort access. This means your wife is happier.

Why did I never think of that before?

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by skippymchaggis

Letting your wife carry your spare key in her purse means she's never waiting for you to unlock the car with comfort access. This means your wife is happier.

Why did I never think of that before?

In my case that would concurrently increase risk of losing spare key by about 100%.

[bb1857]

I discovered that I get to go pick mine up after not having it a couple weeks for a little makeover!

[stooker]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

In my case that would concurrently increase risk of losing spare key by about 100%.

Knowing my wife, definitely true for me as well. Great idea, though.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by skippymchaggis

Letting your wife carry your spare key in her purse means she's never waiting for you to unlock the car with comfort access. This means your wife is happier.

Why did I never think of that before?

When she does, it changes the driver profile and I end up sitting too high and too close to the steering wheel .

[stooker]

Originally Posted by Kooch

Small silver plastic bump on the right side of the steering wheel between the volume up and down is actually a button that changes between audio source. Never noticed before and hit is accidentally yesterday...

Huh. I guess that was changed. Here’s my 2018:

[Aaaaaaaaa]

Originally Posted by stooker

Huh. I guess that was changed. HereÂ’s my 2018:

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I'm pretty sure that button has been there since the F-series chassis came out. My 2015 435 had it

[gatorfast]

Originally Posted by stooker

Huh. I guess that was changed. Here’s my 2018:

It was not changed. What he is saying is that you can actually push in the silver piece that says "mode". It doesnt look like a button but it is!

[stooker]

Originally Posted by gatorfast

It was not changed. What he is saying is that you can actually push in the silver piece that says "mode". It doesnt look like a button but it is!

riiiiiiiight...

[SD ///M4]

Originally Posted by gatorfast

It was not changed. What he is saying is that you can actually push in the silver piece that says "mode". It doesnt look like a button but it is!

Why wouldn't it be a button if it's labeled, and especially if it's lit at night? The first time I looked at the steering wheel and I saw the Mode button I thought "Oh, that's how you change the source from the steering wheel."

In almost every audio system ever made, and not exclusively to cars, if there's a "Mode", it means "press me to change the source".

News Flash!!! The matching button on the left side, conveniently grouped with the cruise control functions and labeled "Res" is also a functional button and it means "Resume the cruise control"!

[G35POPPEDMYCHERRY]

LOLOL i was looking all over for a plastic bump diregarding the mode button becuase i knew it was abutton already

[MRV99]

Originally Posted by Hrmm

Doing full throttle in 7th at 60mph and upshifting can be lots of fun (auto shifted into 3rd or 4th, don't recall). Just had the initial maintenance and starting to get a feel for what the car can do.

Wait do you mean full throttle past resistance and then "downshift" NOT "upshift"? Yes the car is designed to kick down multiple gears but it is not good on the clutch

[gatorfast]

Originally Posted by SD ///M4

Why wouldn't it be a button if it's labeled, and especially if it's lit at night? The first time I looked at the steering wheel and I saw the Mode button I thought "Oh, that's how you change the source from the steering wheel."

In almost every audio system ever made, and not exclusively to cars, if there's a "Mode", it means "press me to change the source".

News Flash!!! The matching button on the left side, conveniently grouped with the cruise control functions and labeled "Res" is also a functional button and it means "Resume the cruise control"!

Calm down smartass I guess not everyone is on your genius level. Sheesh why don't you get more angry over it.

[mrfox]

Originally Posted by ItsGary

In the dash yes.

Where / how? I'm sitting here pushing the button and it's rotating through time, range, exterior temp, etc... no oil. Am I pushing the right bottom? End of left stalk next to auto high beams?

[JTM09]

Originally Posted by skippymchaggis

Letting your wife carry your spare key in her purse means she's never waiting for you to unlock the car with comfort access. This means your wife is happier.

Why did I never think of that before?

She only has 1 purse? Lol what's that like?

[SD ///M4]

Originally Posted by gatorfast

Calm down smartass I guess not everyone is on your genius level. Sheesh why don't you get more angry over it.

That's OK, work on it, you'll get better...

P.S. The smilie is mad, I'm not mad...

[M4Now!]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4;22783178?

In my case that would concurrently increase risk of losing spare key by about 100%.

LOL, ditto

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by M4Now!

LOL, ditto

Women's purses are black holes. The same as throughout the universe. Anything they put into the purse never escapes. This is a scientific fact. Just as the earth is round. Thus, your key will never actually be 'lost'. It will forever be locked into the confines of the purse/blackhole due to the immeasurable gravitational force.

The problem to be solved is not 'where is my key?'. We know exactly where it is. Rather, how can I harness the force necessary to reverse the key back through the event horizon...

Best of luck!

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by MRV99

Wait do you mean full throttle past resistance and then "downshift" NOT "upshift"? Yes the car is designed to kick down multiple gears but it is not good on the clutch

The DCT will blip the throttle to rev match on multiple gear downshifts, hence no impact on the clutch.

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by Xtabi

Women's purses are black holes. The same as throughout the universe. Anything they put into the purse never escapes. This is a scientific fact. Just as the earth is round. Thus, your key will never actually be 'lost'. It will forever be locked into the confines of the purse/blackhole due to the immeasurable gravitational force.

The problem to be solved is not 'where is my key?'. We know exactly where it is. Rather, how can I harness the force necessary to reverse the key back through the event horizon...

Best of luck!

Until they take everything out to change purses and throw some stuff away they don’t want to put in the smaller purse.

[jailonacs99]

Originally Posted by SD ///M4

Why wouldn't it be a button if it's labeled, and especially if it's lit at night? The first time I looked at the steering wheel and I saw the Mode button I thought "Oh, that's how you change the source from the steering wheel."

In almost every audio system ever made, and not exclusively to cars, if there's a "Mode", it means "press me to change the source".

News Flash!!! The matching button on the left side, conveniently grouped with the cruise control functions and labeled "Res" is also a functional button and it means "Resume the cruise control"!

Are you daft? The "Res" button is not short for "Resume cruise control".

It's a contraction from the colloquial Latin "Resumo ad celeritatem asinae", translated literally as "renewed at the speed of a donkey". Not just cars, but as long there's been non-human powered transportation devices, everyone knows that this has been a means to set the beasts on a constant steady speed that doesn't require additional input from the driver.