Another reason to get Comfort Access
09-19-2007, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 1600' post='471656' date='Sep 19 2007, 11:51 PM
For those of w/o CA, would BMW Assist be able to unlock the trunk if necessary?
09-19-2007, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by rsyed' post='471669' date='Sep 19 2007, 05:02 PM
Don't want to devaluate the CA but without the CA, you would not have been in the position to have put your bags with keys in the trunk as without CA you would have needed to take your keys out of the bag in the first place 
regardless, you are definitely right - it is a great feature to have (maybe a bit too pricey)...
regardless, you are definitely right - it is a great feature to have (maybe a bit too pricey)...Speaking of cool CA features, here's one I don't remember anyone mentioning. A couple weeks ago, it was extremely hot and humid outside so running the A/C was something you had to do to keep the car bearable. I was out running errands that caused me to repeatedly get out of the car for just minutes at a time. I learned that you can leave the engine running but still lock the car with the fob if you choose to do so. Without CA, I don't think you could lock the car from the outside with the engine running. This feature should come in handy in the winter as well when warming the car up outside my office, etc.
09-19-2007, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='471682' date='Sep 19 2007, 05:22 PM
Not necessarily. Without CA, it's still possible to close all the doors, open the trunk, press the lock button on the fob, then place the keys in the trunk and close it. You'd be SOL once you did that...
Speaking of cool CA features, here's one I don't remember anyone mentioning. A couple weeks ago, it was extremely hot and humid outside so running the A/C was something you had to do to keep the car bearable. I was out running errands that caused me to repeatedly get out of the car for just minutes at a time. I learned that you can leave the engine running but still lock the car with the fob if you choose to do so. Without CA, I don't think you could lock the car from the outside with the engine running. This feature should come in handy in the winter as well when warming the car up outside my office, etc.
Speaking of cool CA features, here's one I don't remember anyone mentioning. A couple weeks ago, it was extremely hot and humid outside so running the A/C was something you had to do to keep the car bearable. I was out running errands that caused me to repeatedly get out of the car for just minutes at a time. I learned that you can leave the engine running but still lock the car with the fob if you choose to do so. Without CA, I don't think you could lock the car from the outside with the engine running. This feature should come in handy in the winter as well when warming the car up outside my office, etc.
09-19-2007, 01:39 PM
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The warning is simply saying that the key is out of range so the car can't be re-started if it's turned off. As far as I know, it'll run until the gas runs out -- even if the key was miles away...
09-19-2007, 02:16 PM
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I remember reading a post the other day, where the wife dropped off the husband, went to pick up kids or something like that, and could not start the car again because the fob was in the husbands pocket...
Rudy - you keep that car engine running here in austria (whether in winter or summer), you will be stoned by all the environmentalists (virtually everyone), specially with half of europe talking about co2 emissions, the magical 120g number and half of IAA presenting environmental friendly cars...
Rudy - you keep that car engine running here in austria (whether in winter or summer), you will be stoned by all the environmentalists (virtually everyone), specially with half of europe talking about co2 emissions, the magical 120g number and half of IAA presenting environmental friendly cars...
09-19-2007, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rsyed' post='471714' date='Sep 19 2007, 06:16 PM
I remember reading a post the other day, where the wife dropped off the husband, went to pick up kids or something like that, and could not start the car again because the fob was in the husbands pocket...
Rudy - you keep that car engine running here in austria (whether in winter or summer), you will be stoned by all the environmentalists (virtually everyone), specially with half of europe talking about co2 emissions, the magical 120g number and half of IAA presenting environmental friendly cars...
Rudy - you keep that car engine running here in austria (whether in winter or summer), you will be stoned by all the environmentalists (virtually everyone), specially with half of europe talking about co2 emissions, the magical 120g number and half of IAA presenting environmental friendly cars...
Stoned by environmentalists or just stoned environmentalists?
09-19-2007, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='471719' date='Sep 20 2007, 12:23 AM
Wife must've ignored the warning then...
Stoned by environmentalists or just stoned environmentalists?
Stoned by environmentalists or just stoned environmentalists?
09-19-2007, 03:18 PM
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Comfort Access is one of my favorite features right now as well! I just need to get Comfort Access for my home front door next! 
Thx, good to know!
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Speaking of cool CA features, here's one I don't remember anyone mentioning. A couple weeks ago, it was extremely hot and humid outside so running the A/C was something you had to do to keep the car bearable. I was out running errands that caused me to repeatedly get out of the car for just minutes at a time. I learned that you can leave the engine running but still lock the car with the fob if you choose to do so. Without CA, I don't think you could lock the car from the outside with the engine running. This feature should come in handy in the winter as well when warming the car up outside my office, etc.
Speaking of cool CA features, here's one I don't remember anyone mentioning. A couple weeks ago, it was extremely hot and humid outside so running the A/C was something you had to do to keep the car bearable. I was out running errands that caused me to repeatedly get out of the car for just minutes at a time. I learned that you can leave the engine running but still lock the car with the fob if you choose to do so. Without CA, I don't think you could lock the car from the outside with the engine running. This feature should come in handy in the winter as well when warming the car up outside my office, etc.
09-19-2007, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rsyed' post='471714' date='Sep 19 2007, 06:16 PM
I remember reading a post the other day, where the wife dropped off the husband, went to pick up kids or something like that, and could not start the car again because the fob was in the husbands pocket...
Rudy - you keep that car engine running here in austria (whether in winter or summer), you will be stoned by all the environmentalists (virtually everyone), specially with half of europe talking about co2 emissions, the magical 120g number and half of IAA presenting environmental friendly cars...
Rudy - you keep that car engine running here in austria (whether in winter or summer), you will be stoned by all the environmentalists (virtually everyone), specially with half of europe talking about co2 emissions, the magical 120g number and half of IAA presenting environmental friendly cars...