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nice catch, I'd actually prefer to have had the open storage space to the ashtray
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You can eat red meat or drink a beer without it affecting another person one iota and nobody is telling you not to, but that's not the case with smoking. If you watched a porno in a place where you were forcing everyone else to watch it as well, you'd be in just a bit of hot water as well. I'm not self-righteous, nor will I tell you that you should stop smoking, but I will ask that you respect that others do not enjoy your smoke and should therefor not be subjected to it against their will. If drinking a beer also made those around you a little bit tipsy as well, the same rules would apply, but that doesn't happen.
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09-07-2009, 06:26 PM | #25 |
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That sucks.....it makes the car look cheap.
However, every auto manufacture does this crap. The 1996 A4 came with under the hood light, in 98 it was eliminated...along with a few other stuff. However, the big kick was MY 1999-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The 99-02 models came loaded......the 03,04 they eliminated boat loads of goodies. They even went light on the sound detening material stuff....removed the red lights at the bottom of the doors, removed the engine hood light, removed fabric/leather from the door inserts....etc. You get the idea..... Heck between 08, and 09 135!......they did eliminate the F-ing hood blanket, the trunk "real" push button,....im pretty sure theirs more. Im pissed that Auto mags dont call this out, to us readers..........
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09-07-2009, 06:32 PM | #26 |
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what push button is that?
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Add1ct: its above the plate towards the right. Its the regular matal push putton to open the trunk.......I have the the "cubby hole" lined with rubber and its a sensor that kick the trunk open........type of thingeeee.
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so wait then, if you have 09 you cannot open ur trunk when the cars unlocked unless you press the button on the key or in the car? wow that sucks
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I can understand and I'm sure some will at least welcome the choice of no sunroof and they work in a bit more value into the premium pkg. While I'd welcome shaving the weight off the top of the car I don't think I would've passed on it given the choice and I didn't even consider premium so it would've cost me 650 more for a '10. The lid on the freaking console tray? That just seems like the most budge move maybe ever- how bout scraping the driver's side holy shit handle first? Wasn't charging more for the sunroof a la carte or enticing more to go for the lucrative (I've got to believe) prem pkg. enough? Really BMW? Really?
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Just inside the glove box, on the left side, is a slider switch. This switch enables/disables the trunk release (i.e. you can't open the trunk if you disable this switch). The idea is that you disable this switch, lock the glovebox, and then lock the car. This way, even if someone breaks into the cabin of the car, they can't pop the trunk open. Also good if you need to valet the car or drop it off for service and have stuff in the trunk you want to keep locked up.
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If they covered the tray with the same sort of door that is over the ashtray, I would be OK with it (as long as there is a second auxiliary port up-front as there apparently is). An open tray seems cheap to me. I do not smoke but I use the accessory port for my 12V air compressor and I put little BMW odds and ends into the ash tray (valve stem caps, plug from arm rest auxiliary socket (that one has my flashlight in it), etc..
I think smokers have a right to feel persecuted right now but I suspect it will get worse. What if we applied the statistics for health care to the health insurance premiums? Seems much more likely than charging other more favored groups. I think smoking is a bad idea but I don't think it effects me much if others choose to smoke. And I think more people need to loose weight and exercise more. Many people gain weight when they stop smoking. I wonder which is worse for your health. Last time I checked, the only person I am responsible to make these decisions for is me. So while I have opinions about what others should be doing, my overall view is that either we need to remind all the people doing unhealthy things that what they are doing is bad regularly or we need to leave all of them alone. Singling out smokers and leaving the rest alone does not make much sense. Don't hold your breath waiting for somebody to remind homosexuals that their lifestyle is not so healthy. Jim
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I don't know how these discussions seems to degenerate the way they do, the only thing I care about is the aesthetic and convenience issues with deleting this package. I think the open bin looks cheap as hell, and not having access to the 2nd power port while driving would be a PITA for me (I use the armrest one for my XM tuner and sometimes need the 2nd one for my cellphone charger).
If BMW wants to save the 10 bucks per car and to control costs by decontenting I have no problem with that at all. Carrying prices over from '09 to '10 is something I've never seen with any manufacturer, so cutting a few little things is fine by me. What I don't understand is why they don't give you the option to add the smoker's pack back into the car. If I was ordering a '10 model I'd pay $50, hell even $100 to add it back in. They do it in the rest of the world, why not make this optional for the U.S. market? I have no dog in the fight since I have an '08, but I really question the wisdom of how BMW chose to do this. |
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JimD - Good post
bluejaypanther - I like the lid over the cubby hole... (and I smoke, sorry)
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