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02-10-2006, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gwf545' post='237480' date='Feb 9 2006, 04:03 PM

I am not so sure it is "silly gadget overkill". The whole point of iDrive was to remove the knob-button-dial clutter from the cockpit. It would look more like a 777 than car if they didn't do it. The vent temp. setting is just one less knob on the dash to contend with.

So, you favor taking a simple rotating wheel, attached to fresh air gate, and motorize and computerize it into the bowels of a complex menu system, with graphic interface, and call that simplification? Try changing the setting while you are moving sometime and let me know. :thumbsdown:

Just checking,
Ray Hull

Sorry, I take issue with this. The stratification control for the centre is designed as an offset from whatever temperature you set with the rotary control and as such it should really be a one-time, set-and forget thing.

If you like to change the offset a lot, then I take your point, but you can use voice commands as a shortcut to get there.

My experience with the e39 thumwheel was that it never "held" the desired input and as such you always had to fart about with it to maintain the required air temp. In the e60 the offset is maintained perfectly.
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Agreed, except that it's not quite one time set and forget. I change it maybe two or three times a month simply out of personal preference. I think mostly it has to do whether the sun is on me or not. That said, it's still pretty simple to do using the short-cuts.