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The marketing speak in that video is a bit insufferable, but gently caress those lights are cool.
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WvK5WC4ns0 Goddamn that is awesome. rscott posted:650 yards seems kind of excessive but all that other poo poo is cool as hell god drat 19 seconds of forward visibility at 75mph, that's pretty insane. I'm used to two to three (lol my vehicles have lovely lights).
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Jan 11, 2015 06:01
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BlackMK4 posted:Goddamn that is awesome. Yeah, except if you live in the US, you'll never see this technology on the roads due to our archaic regulations about headlights. Those adaptive systems have been around forever, and every maker wants to bring them here. Toyota even filed a petition with the NHTSA. Yet our laws still mandate a low and high beam, and don't leave room for technology like adaptive headlights.
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Jan 11, 2015 08:21
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That pedestrian illumination is hilarious. I can't wait until my car can blast poors in the face while they wait for their bus.
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Jan 11, 2015 14:12
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revmoo posted:That pedestrian illumination is hilarious. I can't wait until my car can blast poors in the face while they wait for their bus. That's the thing, you'd need a hack for that. By default/by design the new lighting system SPARES the poors from beholding your mastery of the elements. 
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Jan 11, 2015 14:15
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Jan 11, 2015 14:18
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revmoo posted:I thought the video said it has cutout for other cars and illumination for pedestrians/deer? Oh, I was thinking of the poors driving the other, obviously inferior, cars on the road. Screw those walking, they are no more than deer themselves.
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Jan 11, 2015 14:33
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I hope on the higher end models it actually brands the deer/poor with the roundel.
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Jan 11, 2015 14:35
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What sort of work would a E46 325iX touring need at or after 175k miles? How long would it's practical lifespan be?
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I think the video said it illuminates pedestrians and "wildlife" with infrared illumination out to 110 yards presumably so the night vision system can better see them.
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Jan 11, 2015 19:39
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blk posted:What sort of work would a E46 325iX touring need at or after 175k miles? How long would it's practical lifespan be? Depends on how well the car has been kept up and what work has been done on it recently. I know the AWD E46s have their own share of problems and I'm not all that familiar with them specifically, but if the car has been properly maintained you'd probably just be looking at the usual E46 stuff: cooling system components, valve cover/oil filter housing gaskets, etc. I'd probably want to do a PPI unless the car is super cheap, but if there aren't any major problems then I don't see why it couldn't last you quite a while. There are plenty of people running around with M54s with 250k+ miles on them, and I've been running into a ton of cars with that mileage for sale over these last few days. You should definitely expect to put some money into the car unless the previous owner was incredibly meticulous with his maintenance, though.
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Jan 11, 2015 21:00
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Viper_3000 posted:Yeah, except if you live in the US, you'll never see this technology on the roads due to our archaic regulations about headlights. Those adaptive systems have been around forever, and every maker wants to bring them here. Toyota even filed a petition with the NHTSA. Yet our laws still mandate a low and high beam, and don't leave room for technology like adaptive headlights. Eh? Modern BMWs already have adaptive headlights.
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BlackMK4 posted:Eh? Modern BMWs already have adaptive headlights. We have headlights that can move around but the technology they are talking about is illegal. BMW already has this for the xenons. It can detect where oncoming cars are and turn on various lights to not dazzle them. This is currently illegal in the US.
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For those of you with N63s BMW has a customer care bulletin out for checking/replacing a bunch of things to make sure everything is alright
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BlackMK4 posted:Eh? Modern BMWs already have adaptive headlights. Adaptive in the sense that they can self-level and turn to illuminate curves. The systems you're seeing BMW/Audi/Mercs/Toyota(Lexus) use that selectively illuminate the road using automatic switching between low and high beams and splitting light around cars and pedestrians aren't currently legal in the US due to our laws.
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You won't get it out of the box, but people seem to be able to code it on cars that come to the US with LED lights.
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Should I buy an e30 318i with a slush box as a winter beater? What would you pay for such a thing?
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Had a bit of help changing out the alternator on my 02 e39...thing was in a terrible state having power steering fluid leaking all over it for ages.  I've no mechanical experience. After removing the air box and power steering reservoir and reading all sorts of step-by-steps, it seemed as though one would need to remove either fan or fan shroud...but a few mates with way more experience than I just loosened the tensioners, popped the old one out and a shiny new(er) one in with hardly any fuss at all. Then they left and I performed some maintenance on both hoses connecting the PS reservoir, popped everything back together and voltage readout on the instrument cluster looks good again. We'll see how it behaves... I guess the DIY for alternator replacement involves steps with the fan because they're treating it as a one-man job...I'm really glad I had some help...and also that there isn't any sort of "clean it up before you send it back to us" requisites for the core refund. :V
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PaintVagrant posted:Should I buy an e30 318i with a slush box as a winter beater? What would you pay for such a thing? Like $1k.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:01
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Anywhere from fifteen dollars to sixty thousand dollars.
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BlackMK4 posted:Like $1k. Only if the body/interior is in nice shape, I paid a grand for a 325es auto
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Its going to be significantly cheaper than that if I actually buy it. AC blower sounds like doom metal, and the brakes are loving terrible, but otherwise it seems in pretty decent shape. Almost no rust, its an 85 318 which is the m10 engine, which apparently has a timing chain? My visit got cut off because the dude had to go to his daugters recital or some poo poo, but im taking a look at it again tomorrow. I feel like for the minimal investment its either a decent beater that looks super easy to work on ( so much room in the engine bay!) and I could prob part it out and make my money back if it doesnt work out.
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The M10 is going to be a dog from hell... But its dead rear end simple enough. I don't know how much of a bitch it is to replace the blower but if its rust free and decently clean your bound to either break even or money ahead.
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Basically if it has heat and doesnt explode on the test drive Ill prob buy it. m10 is a total dog but looks about as easy to work on as most lawnmowers.
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Definitely easier than an M62. I keep kicking around the idea of a beater E30 and then I realize I hate myself and want a beater Jjjjjaaaagggg instead.
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Just work on my cars instead 
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POKEMAN SAM posted:Here's another shot I did of my not-a-real-BMW. Another rainy day, but I picked up a new camera lens since last time and learned how to gently caress with raw photo formats a bit. Jesus, that's quite a color.
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Blower motors are like $200+ for the off brand poo poo, genuine bmw is $500+, I've been driving without heat all loving winter because of that poo poo
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rscott posted:Blower motors are like $200+ for the off brand poo poo, genuine bmw is $500+, I've been driving without heat all loving winter because of that poo poo Good to know, I didnt end up buying it, I just decided to put that money towards my E39 rather than add to my fleet of badly running BMWs 
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rscott posted:Blower motors are like $200+ for the off brand poo poo, genuine bmw is $500+, I've been driving without heat all loving winter because of that poo poo I bought a genuine BMW blower motor for my E46 for $113.68 from Tischer (getbmwparts.com).  Odd thing is that if you go by the E46 part number it is $500+ but the same blower motor using the X3 part number is 1/5 the price. Literally the only difference between the two is the mounting bracket to hold it in place that it comes with, and you can just use the old one already in your car. Tischer confirmed it before I ordered it. Been running problem-free in my car for 1.5 years. Maybe there's something similarly stupid for E30s.
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My GDCS refresh/upgrade from ECS came in today. Complete with Mishimoto rad and stewart water pump. Surely this will remedy any cooling problems for the next couple of years.
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So I discovered today that my E46 is the most incredible loving hodge-podge of parts you could possibly imagine. Allow me to explain; in cars made after September of 2001, BMW made a number of revisions to all kinds of parts and systems in the E46. It turns out that my car, with its production date of August 30th, 2001, has a mix of pre-revision and post-revision parts in it. For example, My front right turn signal lens was broken by a piece of gravel recently. I ordered the proper turn signal lens assembly, based on date of production and lo and behold, it's the wrong part; my car has the revised assemblies. They weren't replaced either, as both the parts on the car have production dates within two weeks of the car's production date. On the other hand, the head unit in my car (which was also revised for 9/01 and later cars) is most definitely an early unit, having looked into that when I was looking to buy a DICE unit. MrChips fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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rscott posted:Blower motors are like $200+ for the off brand poo poo, genuine bmw is $500+, I've been driving without heat all loving winter because of that poo poo My heater valve has corroded shut; I think the heater valves are NLA now. I'm glad winter isn't too bad here in Arizona.
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Blower motor chat: I, too, put the X3 motor in my E46. Works great! Also, you have to remove the loving intake manifold to get the goddamn thing out on the S54. Secondly, coding loving rules. I was sick last weekend so I just decided to try coding some poo poo on Sunday afternoon because I didn't want to really do anything. Accomplishments include: Activating M-track mode (but configuring for standard brakes and steering rack!) Enabling bluetooth Enabling the alarm (no siren, but flashy lights and flashy clown nose!) One-touch window open AND close and front and rear windows Disabling hot/cold monitoring of bulbs that I had replaced with LEDs Various door lock/buzzer/lighting behavior Intermittent wipers as the rain sensor is apparently broken So ya poo poo's amazing. I've already flashed to the CSL SMG code, so my next step is to start tweaking the Euro DME with the CSL engine rev-match data and stuff.
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sofullofhate posted:This is only partially correct. Since I had the new fuel pump, I replaced it this last weekend. Today has been the first clear day and it drove so much better. Before when I drove around with the rear seat out I could hear what sounded like bearings going bad in the pump. The new pump is much quieter. Once I put a new filter in it I think Ill get the injectors balanced for the hell of it but god drat I forgot what a nice fun car this is when its running well.
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Who's had a wiper on their e46 randomly jump off the screen half way through the down-stroke? The driver side, which then rests on the passenger side wiper at the bottom. It is infuriating. About 1 in 3. Any ideas?
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Mine has a spot that it misses if I try to use one of the blades that's just curved and doesn't have the leaf spring type thing holding pressure across the blade. Is that what you're talking about?
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wigbot v2.0 posted:Who's had a wiper on their e46 randomly jump off the screen half way through the down-stroke? The driver side, which then rests on the passenger side wiper at the bottom. It is infuriating. About 1 in 3. Only when I used those poo poo-tier Bosch wiper blades.
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MrChips posted:Only when I used those poo poo-tier Bosch wiper blades.
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It happened boys. I think the expansion tank decided to poo poo the bed. I'm sitting here at 1am awaiting a two mile tow. GDCS.
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