01-23-2018, 10:37 AM | #1 |
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Cabin heats up quickly compared to other cars
Has anybody else noticed just how quickly BMW's make heat for the cabin? Much quicker than other cars I've owned. how do they do that?
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01-23-2018, 10:48 AM | #2 |
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M Performance cabin heater comes stadnard
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01-23-2018, 01:56 PM | #5 |
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I believe that the car probably has a small electric heater that's power by the Li-On battery. Only way i can see the car providing heat when the auto start/stop is activated.
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I'm guessing the temperature gauge shown on the dash has mostly to do with oil temperature. Oil temperature takes a while to get up there compared to coolant temperature. But the hot coolant is used in the heater core. Not that any of this makes a difference to me in SoCal. |
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01-25-2018, 08:45 PM | #8 |
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I dunno, some of those mornings get chilly in SoCal! Waking up in the 40s, heater makes a difference
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I have noticed it mostly when parking outside in South Florida during the summer. Very hot, very quick.
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01-25-2018, 10:29 PM | #11 |
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I've noticed it too..the seat warmers as well. We've had a colder-than-normal winter here...with several days in the single digits and some <0 F also. Car always warms up fairly quickly.
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01-26-2018, 06:03 AM | #13 |
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Definitely a plus from previous generations. My wife constantly praises how quickly it warms up in -10 deg weather compared to the previous e92 m3 etc.
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The engineers at BMW cleverly solved two problems. Annoyed by the incessant blathering from the marketing department, they created a way to channel that hot air into the cabins of our cars. They bask in solitude while we bask in warmth.
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I think it relates to the design of the cooling system and the use of electrical pumps, in addition to the primary engine driven pump, to manage the flow of coolant to the various elements of the system. On the S55, the cabin heat exchanger has its own dedicated electrical pump (11), so on startup the engine coolant likely is only circulated to the cabin heat-exchanger for a faster warm-up.
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