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Old 04-17-2007, 12:25 PM
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Hi Darraghn,

Congratulations on your beautiful car. I have 2 questions for you:

1) Do you have Xenon headlights? I don't see it on your list of options, but I do see projector lenses on the pics. Does this mean that the LCI has projection headlights even with standard halogen bulbs now? I hope so as I have ordered an LCI without Xenon... I'll be missing it because I have it on my current car, but it's another ~2500 Euros here in Holland and I have to draw a line somewhere. But some of the "pain" would be gone if it had projector headlights.

2) I have read that the 6.5" display for the LCI has a much higher resolution and when I look at your pictures, it really looks like an improvement over the old 6.5" TFTs. Is it just my imagination? Did you compare the screen in your car with an old one?

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Hi Tim,

Like you I drew the line at Xenons, so yours will look like mine. Not bad for standard lights.

I didn't compare the old and new versions so I can't tell you if the screen is higher resolution, but it looks crisp and clear to me.

Good luck with your new car - the wait is painful isn't it
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Originally Posted by darraghn' post='414907' date='Apr 17 2007, 11:06 PM
Hi Tim,

Like you I drew the line at Xenons, so yours will look like mine. Not bad for standard lights.

I didn't compare the old and new versions so I can't tell you if the screen is higher resolution, but it looks crisp and clear to me.

Good luck with your new car - the wait is painful isn't it
Good news then! Probably retrofitting Xenons will be easier now, although I will only do it if I miss xenons too much. All depends on the quality of the halogen projectors.

I will compare screens when I get my new car. We have a 2005 E60 at work (company car) so I can easily do a detailed analysis of the subtle differences.

Yes, the wait is painful. End of May or early June for me..... can't wait.
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The new Auto transmission is very good looking!
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Very nice car darraghn, congrats

I especially like the interiour, very classy.

Nice extras also.

What wheels are those?
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