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When I put my VIN, it shows my car is a 2018 but I am really a 2019? LOL
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11-02-2019, 01:07 PM | #1019 |
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I've been on the new code for about two days, although I've done very limited driving since I got the new code. [apologies, i'll have to grab the version off the car when I get a few minutes. I'm going from 504 to whatever they gave me on Thursday.]
My impressions: Torque delivery is definitely smoothed out in all modes. I can see how some would not like this feature. Sport+ went from hard-to-handle to butter smooth. I'd be curious to see if acceleration times are affected following the changes. No change to rev matching. Has it in Comfort and Sport, no rev match in Sport+. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Exhaust seems to be quieter especially on cold start, but need to check myself as this could be my imagination. Steering has definitely improved...my alignment challenges disappeared. BMW seems to have adjusted speed sensitivity. At highway speeds, comfort now requires more effort than before; sport+ requires less effort than before. Comfort is still very easy at parking lot speeds. Traction control is definitely a bit more liberal now. Car will now yaw a bit before kicking in. My 10 year old son likes the new visuals in iDrive...I could care less. Pretty muted changes in all. Suspension seems to be a bit smoother in all modes. As a daily driver, I appreciate the changes. They may be seen as negative for tracking and autocrossing if you're an advanced driver -- which I clearly am not. I would love to have a document which details the driver profile features that get saved by a profile backup and which do not. If you're gonna do the upgrade, definitely take a profile backup first. I would think the dealer would have done that...but YMMV. The profile restore did bring back memory seat settings and some of the iDrive codings I had done, but nowhere near all of them. Spent about 30 minutes in the car this AM setting things back via BimmerCode. Those are my impressions as best I recall them in my barely two days in driving. If there are any specific questions feel free to send them along. Last edited by JeffB-M3; 11-02-2019 at 03:03 PM.. |
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2015 f80 here. im on F020-18-03-532
is that the latest 2015 f80 can have (looks like a March 2018 version)? trying to find out what was improved in more recent istep versions but cant see to find them |
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12-16-2019, 12:49 PM | #1023 | |
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I have a 2015 M3 and just did the F020-19-11-538 update and the dealer. |
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I just checked mine and I'm on F020-15-03-503. I'm well out of warranty now, If I find the price reasonable is it worth it to have the dealer upgrade me to the latest version they can? I honestly had no idea that BMW didn't update this stuff when they have the vehicle in for service.
Or would it be better to just have someone code in the better diff and suspension settings? Are both worth doing? It seems like there are a good number of positive updates with the newer stuff. |
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I finally poked around in Bimmercode and checked my version. I'm now on F020-19-11-520.
Version can be checked in an app like Bimmercode but you can also perform a backup of your profile via iDrive. I don't recall the exact steps but I believe I had seen those instructions in this thread somewhere. Once you grab the export (backup) onto a USB key just open the file on your computer using a text editor and it will be in the file. |
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I've got teh f020-19-11-538 --- Better torque, better DSC, smoother Idrive, Backup camera is working properly, Lots of little improvements everywhere that makes teh car worth driving now.
Now to do a GTS flash to see if that is worth keeping over the improved DCT from the iStep update. |
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