VW Passat: a cool feature I'd like to see on E60
07-23-2005, 11:21 AM
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Just noticed in a magazine a new cool feature of the brand new Passat sedan: VW offers, as an otion, a rear mounted (in the central arm-rest console) 220V/ 50 Hz socket! That would allow you to use in your car ANY electric/electronic device without the necessity of taking care about special 12V DC/220V AC inverter or special DC/DC PSU needed for some electronic equipment. Of course for American clients they offer 115V/60Hz socket.
Pretty cool; when BMW will offer the same option to his E60 customers?
Pretty cool; when BMW will offer the same option to his E60 customers?
07-23-2005, 01:25 PM
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Lots of cars offer that already... much lower end cars... especially american cars here and a lot of japanese cars... Wonder why BMW doesnt... yet... still... oh wells doesnt really bother me all that much, most portable things come with a car adapter and those that dont... I'll have to think twice about drawing that much power from the car... like plugging a microwave on it. 
07-23-2005, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jackbutler' date='Jul 23 2005, 02:29 PM
Why doesn't BMW offer a 6 disc CD changer in the dash? It should be standard these days.
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just not standard... and it IS in "dash" Eh why cant BMW offer all the electronics the Japanese offers on thier cars + more? a 545 is 10K more than a M45!!!!
07-23-2005, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Evenflow545' date='Jul 23 2005, 03:10 PM
Um, because who cares?
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I do... I would LIKE them to be like that but since they arnt... gotta compromise... <_<
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Originally Posted by jackbutler' date='Jul 24 2005, 07:13 PM
Here, the 6 cd changer is in the glove box.
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But the glovebox is part of the Dash, no?
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Volvo have been doing the 4/6 cd 'suck in' for ages too.
Infact on my mums Volvo S60 she has Dolby Pro Logic II sound system. It beats the absolute pants of the one in my 5....
its infuriating.
Infact on my mums Volvo S60 she has Dolby Pro Logic II sound system. It beats the absolute pants of the one in my 5....
its infuriating.