Windshield Wiper Control
11-29-2005, 06:29 AM
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I know, I know ------ pull out your owner's manual ! ! !
Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
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Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
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clueless
11-29-2005, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by SDS' post='204731' date='Nov 29 2005, 03:29 PM
I know, I know ------ pull out your owner's manual ! ! !
Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
signed,
clueless
Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
signed,
clueless
Tap up to enable timed intermittent. Tap up again to enable permanent on. Tap up again to speed up! (Tap down to back-out these)
I recommend reading the manual - there's lots of little gems in there! (Parking lights, home light assist etc. etc.)
11-29-2005, 06:44 AM
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Tap up to enable timed intermittent. Tap up again to enable permanent on. Tap up again to speed up!
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Thanks. I thought I had tried that but I'll give it another go. Also, I've had my '06 530xi since mid-July and the wiper blades make an awful sound. Anyone else have this problem?
11-29-2005, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by drjochen' post='204737' date='Nov 29 2005, 10:51 AM
Does the thumbwheel actually do something? In my car, it seems that its position doen't matter at all...
11-29-2005, 08:34 AM
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It does but the difference is not really large IMHO!
I have mine on maximum sensitivity and could do with it being even higher!!!
11-29-2005, 08:43 AM
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Tap up to enable timed intermittent. Tap up again to enable permanent on. Tap up again to speed up! (Tap down to back-out these)
I recommend reading the manual - there's lots of little gems in there! (Parking lights, home light assist etc. etc.)
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Reading the manual is good. There was an interesting read today in the Arizona Republic and maybe other papers about the complexity of today's gadgets, their manual, etc. Personally, I have read the most important parts of my manual. And, in general, when I get a new manual, I read it all and figure it all out. Unfortunately, through lack of use, I forget most of what I knew. My wife and I got into a little rain in her X5--so we had to get her manual out to figure out what was going on. I think reading manuals in cars when needed must be about as problematic as using cell phones in them.
I am suprised that I don't have wrecks sometimes when fiddling with all the 545i gadgets. The voice guy is dumb. He can't even understand common words from those with good diction. I like to try to frustrate him by just hitting the button and not saying anything. He once threatened to shut my car down for 24 hours if I didn't quit it. Even if I had read the wiper part of the manual before, I would have forgotten by the time it rained. I know my memory for facts is as good as always--not bad. Did you remember the instructions above or did you get your own manual out? Does it rain much where you live? We visit London pretty much annually, but I don't recall exactly where Essex is. I presume you do get pretty much rain.
11-29-2005, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by SDS' post='204735' date='Nov 29 2005, 10:44 AM
Also, I've had my '06 530xi since mid-July and the wiper blades make an awful sound. Anyone else have this problem?
11-29-2005, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by SDS' post='204731' date='Nov 29 2005, 03:29 PM
I know, I know ------ pull out your owner's manual ! ! !
Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
signed,
clueless
Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
signed,
clueless
Tap up to enable timed intermittent. Tap up again to enable permanent on. Tap up again to speed up! (Tap down to back-out these)
I recommend reading the manual - there's lots of little gems in there! (Parking lights, home light assist etc. etc.)
We visit London pretty much annually, but I don't recall exactly where Essex is. I presume you do get pretty much rain.[/quote]
All from memory!
It rains a fair bit but we're going through a cold-spell at the moment. (Well cold for me!) Where I am in Essex is about 80 miles North East of London...
11-29-2005, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by colejl' post='204733' date='Nov 29 2005, 10:40 AM
[quote name='SDS' post='204731' date='Nov 29 2005, 03:29 PM']
I know, I know ------ pull out your owner's manual ! ! !
Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
signed,
clueless
I know, I know ------ pull out your owner's manual ! ! !
Anyway, I presume the thumb wheel is to adjust the intermittent wipers, but how do I engage the intermittent mode????
signed,
clueless
Tap up to enable timed intermittent. Tap up again to enable permanent on. Tap up again to speed up! (Tap down to back-out these)
I recommend reading the manual - there's lots of little gems in there! (Parking lights, home light assist etc. etc.)
We visit London pretty much annually, but I don't recall exactly where Essex is. I presume you do get pretty much rain.[/quote]
All from memory!
It rains a fair bit but we're going through a cold-spell at the moment. (Well cold for me!) Where I am in Essex is about 80 miles North East of London...
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OK, but at least you have used yours. On both BMW's, we've only used ours once total; hope it doesn't rain again.
We're usually there end of Dec/start of Jan. That'll be the case this year. I keep hoping for snow, but no record snow storms please.