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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by eggz' date='Jan 12 2004, 09:09 AM
BTW, that lady from BMW Asia was really nice and patient with me.
was it the Managing Director, Birgit Maier you dealt with?

Yeah read in roadfly e60 forum that if you visited the Munich BMW center for plant tour, they are building all the e46; some e65 there but not the e60s.

what model did you order? what is the diff with Prof radio jez curious why you need it so badly?
do you know if blue tooth can be retrofited locally should IDA approves it later?

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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Guest_Kiasu King' date='Jan 12 2004, 07:54 AM
Today, the active steering warning light came on again after I started the car. I had to "reboot" the car by switching off the engine and restarting it to clear the sign. When the warning sign came on, I felt the steering a bit heavier. Not sure whether it was psychological or indeed the active steering was not functioning properly. Problem could also be due to over-sensitive sensor. This is the fourth or fifth time I had this encounter.
are you able to verify the lock to lock turn? w/o the a/s you would need about 2.5 turn lock to lock. I think you should get back to PML to get them to do a quick diagnostic to see what could be going wrong!

the creaking noise on my door so far have been staying away after five days!
I have 3000 km on the clock now... have yet to red line the car so far!
Fuel mileage sucks big time 5.7 km per liter... as i don't do much highway driving.
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 07:27 AM
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BTW.. The E60 is manufactured in Dingolfing, north-east of Munich, not far from Landshut. As it is the largest BMW factory, employing more than 20,000 workers, a tour of the factory is a must if you happen to pass by.

I was lucky this summer and even sneaked a peek at the new 6.



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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 06:16 PM
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Hi Zag, I have no idean whehter it was 2 1/2 turns. About fuel consumption, my about 16 km/litre on the 520i E60. I think your 530i is a petrol guzzler! Cheers!
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 08:53 PM
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hang on guys...r u saying that bluetooth is not available here? any of u using it now? and which model phone should i get?
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 09:03 PM
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Kiasu,

My computer shows 14L/100KM....so that should be 1L/7KM. Kiasu...how cum yours double mine? You kiasu until petrol consumption oso kiasu???
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by zag' date='Jan 12 2004, 09:28 AM
was it the Managing Director, Birgit Maier you dealt with?

Yeah read in roadfly e60 forum that if you visited the Munich BMW center for plant tour, they are building all the e46; some e65 there but not the e60s.

what model did you order? what is the diff with Prof radio jez curious why you need it so badly?
do you know if blue tooth can be retrofited locally should IDA approves it later?

cheers [/quote]
Nah, it was some chinese chick, didn't sound like a high up executive.

I'm hoping the bluetooth retrofit will be possible. Our cars here come with the telephone preparation, which means the wiring and microphone are already installed, together with controls on the steering wheel. So it's very likely that retrofit of the bluetooth will be possible.

The Pro Radio has a CD-ROM drive instead of just a regular CD player. It will support MP3 playback via CD-Rs after an Idrive software upgrade in March 04.


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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by 530i' date='Jan 12 2004, 11:53 PM
hang on guys...r u saying that bluetooth is not available here? any of u using it now? and which model phone should i get?
No bluetooh option in S'pore cars at the moment. PML was giving me the run around about why it's not available. Finally said IDA haven't approved. Know anyone who works in IDA

Anyway, E60 bluetooth will support most phones with bluetooth feature (almost all Sony Ericssons, Nokia 6310, Siemens S##, can't remember). But in a seperate thread, someone mentioned that it won't work with the Sony Ericsson P800s and P900s


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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 10:23 PM
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think they are just giving an excuse abt no getting approval from IDA...maybe they dun even know the reason why its not available yet!
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 10:25 PM
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wonder how much bluetooth will cost to install?
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