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10-02-2008, 07:42 AM
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10-02-2008, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by benstone' post='683438' date='Oct 2 2008, 03:31 AM
My seatbelt alarm chimes exactly 37 times before going silent. Anyone know why BMW would decide on such an odd number of chimes? Why not make it 30 or 40?
PS: I had it "silenced" by my service agent...
PS: I had it "silenced" by my service agent...
10-02-2008, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by benstone' post='683587' date='Oct 2 2008, 04:57 PM
Don't get me wrong, I DO wear my seatbelt when driving further than 5 miles. But I live in a small town, and I am definitely not gonna wear my seatbelt when driving at 20mph to the shop a block away!
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='683559' date='Oct 2 2008, 02:11 PM
I love that sound, because it really makes me wear the seatbelt.
I haven't done that in my previous non-BMW's.
You know what?
I think I'm counting the chime in my car later today.
I haven't done that in my previous non-BMW's.
You know what?
I think I'm counting the chime in my car later today.
BMW:
"Ding, please put your seatbelt on..."
FORD:
"Bingbingbingbingbingbingbing.... put that fucking seatbelt on you fucking twat..... bingbingbingbingbingbingbing...."
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Originally Posted by benstone' post='683438' date='Oct 2 2008, 12:31 AM
My seatbelt alarm chimes exactly 37 times before going silent. Anyone know why BMW would decide on such an odd number of chimes? Why not make it 30 or 40?
10-02-2008, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bars_sun' post='683590' date='Oct 2 2008, 11:01 AM
you might as well walk or take a bike ride - save on some gas 
hard to carry all the grociery bags back home though
hard to carry all the grociery bags back home though
10-02-2008, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by benstone' post='683587' date='Oct 2 2008, 02:57 PM
Don't get me wrong, I DO wear my seatbelt when driving further than 5 miles. But I live in a small town, and I am definitely not gonna wear my seatbelt when driving at 20mph to the shop a block away!
But what if....
some morone 17year old comes speeding in his piece of crap Trans-Am and smashes into you doing a 50mph, and you're not wearing a seatbelt ???
I look at it this way... "I trust myself as a driver, of course everyone makes mistakes and it could happen to me... BUT... what if someone else was to make these mistakes..."
You can NEVER know what everyone else is thinking or what they are doing....
Hope my answer is clear enough....
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Originally Posted by benstone' post='683587' date='Oct 2 2008, 07:57 AM
Don't get me wrong, I DO wear my seatbelt when driving further than 5 miles. But I live in a small town, and I am definitely not gonna wear my seatbelt when driving at 20mph to the shop a block away!
Do what you like, but I would prefer the safety ALL the time! 