E60 hazards under braking
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Yep, and I don't think I've ever seen them activated on the road except at the Hampshire meet where Phate had that Astra. I'm sure they came on about 10 times!
Yeah, see quite a few badger warning systems on display when Top Gear hammer stuff around the track.
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Yep, quite a few cars automatically put on the hazard lights when you crash.
It's a very good idea. Despite popular opinion, we do display some good driving standards in this country, and one of them is hazards on hard braking. I spend a lot of time driving on motorways, and come to complete stops usually several times a day. Coming around a bend to a wall of hazard lights increases the room you have to brake in, reducing the abruptness of your braking, and helps prevent an increasingly sharpening braking effort flowing back through traffic, until it comes to the point where someone can't manage to stop in time.
My VXR used to flash brake lights under heavy braking.
No idea if the ST does this though.
I just remember seeing an E36 M3 loose it on a wet corner once and as it flew off in to the field its Hazards came on. I thought "hmm, he's good"
Actually, that aside, on the TV this morning was a MK6 Golf doing wet distance stops with two types of tyre (contis and imports). The hazards lit up under heavy braking.
Actually, that aside, on the TV this morning was a MK6 Golf doing wet distance stops with two types of tyre (contis and imports). The hazards lit up under heavy braking.
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I have no idea, but I found out (by accident) yesterday that you can wind down all of the windows by pressing and holding the unlock button on the key, and then close them all again by pressing and holding the lock button.
I have no idea, but I found out (by accident) yesterday that you can wind down all of the windows by pressing and holding the unlock button on the key, and then close them all again by pressing and holding the lock button.
I like this feature, it means I can close the window when my girlfriend mentions she's left it open when we're already 20 metres from the car
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All AFAIK
On the E60 it does additional brake lights under heavy braking (which are actually the rear fogs) instead on hazards.
In a crash it'll automatically put the hazards on, and send the car/accident details (inc GPS) to the emergency services and BMW UK, and unlock the doors, and detonate that explosive thing to disconnect the battery lead.
On the E60 it does additional brake lights under heavy braking (which are actually the rear fogs) instead on hazards.
In a crash it'll automatically put the hazards on, and send the car/accident details (inc GPS) to the emergency services and BMW UK, and unlock the doors, and detonate that explosive thing to disconnect the battery lead.
I have no idea, but I found out (by accident) yesterday that you can wind down all of the windows by pressing and holding the unlock button on the key, and then close them all again by pressing and holding the lock button.
Even my mondeo manages that one!
Really? That's pretty impressive
Only if you have navigation and an active BMW ConnectedDrive subscription does it automatically call the emergency services.
Sounds good, but surely you wouldn't want the emergency services notified in every situation, would you?
Why not? If you've crashed it's hardly a bad thing, unless you have something to hide (drunk?). It makes a call at the same time over the handsfree kit anyway so you could tell the operator to go away and they won't do anything.