BMW and M Power Owners

[Dis86]

Btw are notorious for it. I used to get no signal in my 640 on the way to work along the coast. Could do the same drive in a colleague's Astra and his would never drop once.
Girlfriends mini...nothing. Astra...fine.

 

[IAmATeaf]

When I used to work in Leicester driving up from London the radio would stop about 3-4 times, go silent and the come back 5 or 6 seconds later. I assumed it was retuning.

 

[leoncuprar]

Yes each silence is 5-6 seconds, pretty annoying really and not something I would expect to be worse than in my Mondeo.. glad to hear its not just me that experiences this..

 

[[TW]Fox]

Same thing with mine. Annoying.

 

[Havana_UK]

I don't suffer the problem in my M3, nor in the previous M135i, but my wife's Evoque seems to do it regularly.

 

[Simon]

My M3 and evoque cut out at the same places on DAB.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Basically DAB sucks.

 

[crinkleshoes]

Basically DAB sucks.

No, it’s great... just some manufacturers appear to have issues with it.

I’ve been in plenty of cars where it works flawlessly... but I also have problems with it in my M4!

Many cars on same route with no issues at all.

 

[Havana_UK]

I actually think that FM sounds better much of the time.

 

[ShivP]

Basically DAB sucks.

So because your car doesn't have it implemented properly it sucks as a technology

 

[Dis86]

So because your car doesn't have it implemented properly it sucks as a technology

Actually it does suck in the UK as it's implementation has been incredibly poor. It often isn't even broadcast at mp3 quality.

 

[Dangerous Dave]

FM & DAB reception is poor, sections I regularly drive where other cars have no issues on the same stations.

 

[[TW]Fox]

So because your car doesn't have it implemented properly it sucks as a technology

No, it sucks generally in this country - the sound quality is inferior to FM and the nature of digital is such that in patchy signal areas where you'd pick up enough FM to get by for a bit you get nothing on DAB.

The only benefit I've found with DAB is a wider choice of stations.

 

[Rilot]

I think DAB is a bit of a dead end technology. I can see everyone moving over to streaming radio over 4G in the near future.

 

[theone8181]

Isn't there a dab+ or something that Europe use and it's not backwards compatible.

 

[bowey]

Question about idrive. I've had my e92 M3 for approx 6 weeks and the brake fluid is showing as due this month. I only get to that screen as i'm in vehicle status, should it popup thats its due or is the onus on me to check every so often? Also whats the going rate about £95?

Cheers

About to buy 2011 e92 M3 can't wait to be at that petrol station every other day!

 

[Simon]

Gets boring filling up

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Haha, try a 750i
I'm on first name terms with just about every petrol pump kiosk attendant in the south

 

[[TW]Fox]

Haha, try a 750i
I'm on first name terms with just about every petrol pump kiosk attendant in the south

Which is largely why I've never really understood the 750i in this country. It's a car for covering huge distance.. yet it requires continual refuelling and its probably cheaper just to get a chauffeur to take you places...

You don't mind that level of thirst on some sort of high performance coupe/cabrio but on a big luxobarge?

 

[VincentHanna]

Drove to Goodwood the other day in my F11, and occasionally I noticed the wheel 'vibrating' on medium-heavy braking at 40+mph

It's due for a service in 1500 miles but it was less than a year ago it had new brake pads.

Should I be concerned? It's usually so smooth.