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

[SROC3]

I can check the weather

[bmeaggie]

1- What is this top view thing y'all are talking about? I seriously want to know.

2- I always read about people browsing the internet with their cars. How the heck does one do that?

[BwoodBMW]

Originally Posted by SROC3

I can check the weather

How? I feel like my idrive is missing a few things.

[yocubed]

Originally Posted by bmeaggie

1- What is this top view thing y'all are talking about? I seriously want to know.

2- I always read about people browsing the internet with their cars. How the heck does one do that?

The top view is part of the optional side and top view camera system.
The internet is part of the ConnectedDrive system. Here's a quick pdf of it.

[SakhirM4]

Originally Posted by BwoodBMW

How? I feel like my idrive is missing a few things.

It is in BMW Widgets in the iDrive

[bmeaggie]

Thanks guys.

[BwoodBMW]

Originally Posted by SakhirM4

It is in BMW Widgets in the iDrive

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Yeah that's my problem... I can't find the widgets or Spotify or anything... I've spent about 5 minutes looking so maybe it's there someplace

[TheDiddy]

Originally Posted by yocubed

The top view is part of the optional side and top view camera system.
The internet is part of the ConnectedDrive system. Here's a quick pdf of it.

Is this supposed to be free for the first year or something? I found the widget but it says its 100 bucks. True?

[scargo523]

Originally Posted by TheDiddy

Is this supposed to be free for the first year or something? I found the widget but it says its 100 bucks. True?

The Internet package is $100/yr but there's should be an app package that comes with the car that allows for the widgets and stuff

[scargo523]

Driving home for thanksgiving I used the cruise control and learned that along with the regular flicks of the scroll button you can hold it down and it'll adjust speed up or down to the nearest 5mph...very helpful when you have all this power

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

[Nachbar]

Originally Posted by scargo523

Driving home for thanksgiving I used the cruise control and learned that along with the regular flicks of the scroll button you can hold it down and it'll adjust speed up or down to the nearest 5mph...very helpful when you have all this power

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Yes, or 10 km/h over here in Europe.

[Donger Kim]

Originally Posted by scargo523

Driving home for thanksgiving I used the cruise control and learned that along with the regular flicks of the scroll button you can hold it down and it'll adjust speed up or down to the nearest 5mph...very helpful when you have all this power

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

what if you want to drive 69mph on a 60 on the highway? i don't think cops in my area will ticket you if you're under 10mph on the highway

[dalto]

Originally Posted by Donger Kim

what if you want to drive 69mph on a 60 on the highway? i don't think cops in my area will ticket you if you're under 10mph on the highway

Then you either use the 5 mph skips to get 65 and then go up 4 or skip to 70 and then go down 1.

[G4BR13L]

I already knew that I can set the limit speed by pushing the LIM button on steering wheel, but what I learned today is that I can use the rocker switch beteen the LIM and the cruise control button to increase/decrease this limit. I initially though that this rocker switch was only used for increasing/decreasing the cruise control speed. I should spent more time reading the drivers guide...

[scargo523]

Originally Posted by G4BR13L

I already knew that I can set the limit speed by pushing the LIM button on steering wheel, but what I learned today is that I can use the rocker switch beteen the LIM and the cruise control button to increase/decrease this limit. I initially though that this rocker switch was only used for increasing/decreasing the cruise control speed. I should spent more time reading the drivers guide...

What's the LIM button?

[G4BR13L]

Originally Posted by scargo523

What's the LIM button?

I guess it is LIM which is short for limit. When I press it my current speed becomes the maximum limit so when you gently accelerate you can then not go faster than that limit until you push the accelerator harder.

This is pretty useful in urban areas where the speed limit is 30km/h or 50km/h and by using this feature you cannot go over that speed limit.

I don't know if this can be linked with the option "speed limit info" or traffic recognition like it is known in some countries. I don't have this option so I cannot try the combination but this would be cool if it worked as such!

[jfkae]

That I could open my trunk with my foot...

only took my 10 months to figure it out.
Thanks Bimmerpost for educating me.

[G4BR13L]

Originally Posted by jfkae

That I could open my trunk with my foot...

only took my 10 months to figure it out.
Thanks Bimmerpost for educating me.

And it does not work in combination with a rear diffuser in carbon.

[pertierr]

Today I learned that the car tells you to drink coffee.

[Yessir]

Originally Posted by G4BR13L

And it does not work in combination with a rear diffuser in carbon.

This is false. Some brands do work. The M Performance diffuser does not work. I have a Mode Carbon and it works just fine. Ive also read that some Chinese knockoffs work as well so all hope is not lost.

[Adcampo]

Originally Posted by pertierr

Today I learned that the car tells you to drink coffee.

That's cool. Is it a feature of connected drive?

[pertierr]

Originally Posted by Adcampo

That's cool. Is it a feature of connected drive?

I believe it's just part of the standard iDrive system, because I don't use the connected drive apps. I had been on the road for 6 hours or so when it showed up.