Finally Here
! i'm sure you've already forgotten about the three months waiting 
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
Waiting for trunkopener button from Hobi :)
Congrats man!
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Originally Posted by wslam' date='Sep 24 2004, 08:42 PM
It's been 3 painful months, but my 545i is finally here! =) Very happy! Will share photos later!
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wslam
we're waiting - SHOW US THE GOODS
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Sorry no photos yet! =P was a little busy this past weekend... =)
Anyway, the car is great! I am SO impressed by the combination of Active Steering with Dynamic Drive! The car hardly 'tilts' at all when I corner! very very nice.
My ONLY 'complaints' so far:
1) PDC is very annoying! I have had PDC in my cars before, but this one gets on my nerves. first of all, in tight spaces like we do have in HK, the PDC gives me a 'constant beep' (ie dangerously close) when there's still like 12 inches from hitting the wall (or whatever). and once the 'long beep' sounds, it will NOT go away unless I manually disable it by pressing the PDC button.
2) Logic 7 is a little disappointing. I am just a bit too much of an audiophile for ANY car audio. I guess for 'factory equipped' stereo, it's ok, but still FAR from 'audiophile' standard by any means.
3) The lack of ability to change CD Disc without going into iDrive. I don't mind iDrive at all. In fact it is great. I find it VERY intuitive. But the fact I have to go into iDrive to switch CD is a pain...
4) iDrive: Display Off mode. It's NOT off. it's still on, displaying BLACK, which in the dark, is still very 'bright.' i wish it would just get turn OFF.
Love the comfort seats! love the handling! and man, do i love the POWER! =)
oh, one more thing. the AC is definitely louder then my previous 540. And I need to set to a lower temperature to achieve the same 'coolness'. I have to set to 20 to get the same temp as setting 22 in my ex-540.
ws
Anyway, the car is great! I am SO impressed by the combination of Active Steering with Dynamic Drive! The car hardly 'tilts' at all when I corner! very very nice.
My ONLY 'complaints' so far:
1) PDC is very annoying! I have had PDC in my cars before, but this one gets on my nerves. first of all, in tight spaces like we do have in HK, the PDC gives me a 'constant beep' (ie dangerously close) when there's still like 12 inches from hitting the wall (or whatever). and once the 'long beep' sounds, it will NOT go away unless I manually disable it by pressing the PDC button.
2) Logic 7 is a little disappointing. I am just a bit too much of an audiophile for ANY car audio. I guess for 'factory equipped' stereo, it's ok, but still FAR from 'audiophile' standard by any means.
3) The lack of ability to change CD Disc without going into iDrive. I don't mind iDrive at all. In fact it is great. I find it VERY intuitive. But the fact I have to go into iDrive to switch CD is a pain...
4) iDrive: Display Off mode. It's NOT off. it's still on, displaying BLACK, which in the dark, is still very 'bright.' i wish it would just get turn OFF.
Love the comfort seats! love the handling! and man, do i love the POWER! =)
oh, one more thing. the AC is definitely louder then my previous 540. And I need to set to a lower temperature to achieve the same 'coolness'. I have to set to 20 to get the same temp as setting 22 in my ex-540.
ws