"Neat tricks" thread!
02-20-2009, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Turboe' post='797659' date='Feb 20 2009, 11:59 AM
I think you can set it to turn the fan on and swap the air out at a certain time correct? Anyway much more reading to come.
I use it all the time in the summer.
02-20-2009, 09:54 PM
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Wow! I did not know about that extra outlet. That is great because I will use that one quite a bit actually. I just ran up to my garage and checked it out and moved the outlet for my garmin to there. Now granted I have only had the car 3 weeks, but I am guessing it would have been 6mo or more before I found that myself. Thanks.
Found the trunk handle right away, and the window/sunroof deal was the same on my E39 remote. Use it often down here in the sunny south. Great to roll the windows down while you are walking across the parking lot on a hot day.
I need to read the book more to learn how to do the automatic settings in the climate area. I think you can set it to turn the fan on and swap the air out at a certain time correct? Anyway much more reading to come.
Found the trunk handle right away, and the window/sunroof deal was the same on my E39 remote. Use it often down here in the sunny south. Great to roll the windows down while you are walking across the parking lot on a hot day.
I need to read the book more to learn how to do the automatic settings in the climate area. I think you can set it to turn the fan on and swap the air out at a certain time correct? Anyway much more reading to come.
02-21-2009, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ADD' post='798254' date='Feb 21 2009, 08:06 AM
There was only one trunk handle on the e39.
Now I have two trunk "handles" and they're carpeted!
I use them almost exclusively.
Now I have two trunk "handles" and they're carpeted!
I use them almost exclusively.
02-21-2009, 06:17 AM
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Not only do I use the trunk handle exclusively (been doing so since my 1998 E39) but if someone else is about to close my trunk, I'll jump out of the driver's seat and make sure I close it using the handle before they touch the paint!
I know, I'm sick...
I know, I'm sick...
02-21-2009, 07:35 AM
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Cheap and cheerful neat trick:
- Save yourself the cost of a heated steering wheel, buy a pair of leather gloves for $10.
- Save yourself the cost of "leather scent" sprays, leave the gloves in the car.
As I don't have a heated steering wheel
I just got myself some gloves made of wild leather. They do the same job as the HSW and leave a nice aroma in the car when I leave 'em inside.
- Save yourself the cost of a heated steering wheel, buy a pair of leather gloves for $10.
- Save yourself the cost of "leather scent" sprays, leave the gloves in the car.
As I don't have a heated steering wheel
I just got myself some gloves made of wild leather. They do the same job as the HSW and leave a nice aroma in the car when I leave 'em inside.
02-21-2009, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='798306' date='Feb 21 2009, 07:17 AM
Not only do I use the trunk handle exclusively (been doing so since my 1998 E39) but if someone else is about to close my trunk, I'll jump out of the driver's seat and make sure I close it using the handle before they touch the paint!
I know, I'm sick...
I know, I'm sick...
I guess I am sick as well Rudy 
To prevent me jumping out, I almost never let anyone else aside from me load anything in my trunk, just to make sure they don't drag it across my bumper...
02-21-2009, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='798364' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:11 PM
I guess I am sick as well Rudy To prevent me jumping out, I almost never let anyone else aside from me load anything in my trunk, just to make sure they don't drag it across my bumper...
02-21-2009, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='798350' date='Feb 21 2009, 11:35 AM
Cheap and cheerful neat trick:
- Save yourself the cost of a heated steering wheel, buy a pair of leather gloves for $10.
- Save yourself the cost of "leather scent" sprays, leave the gloves in the car.
As I don't have a heated steering wheel I just got myself some gloves made of wild leather. They do the same job as the HSW and leave a nice aroma in the car when I leave 'em inside.
- Save yourself the cost of a heated steering wheel, buy a pair of leather gloves for $10.
- Save yourself the cost of "leather scent" sprays, leave the gloves in the car.
As I don't have a heated steering wheel
I just got myself some gloves made of wild leather. They do the same job as the HSW and leave a nice aroma in the car when I leave 'em inside.