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07-18-2005, 09:41 AM | #1 |
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Abrupt braking
By the time the lease term's up, my neck should be as muscular as Arnold Schwarzenegger's.
I've tried so hard, and there is no way to come to a complete stop easily and smoothly like any other cars out there. The braking system is just too sensitive to the touch. My mourning coffee spilled once at a normal traffic light stop...now, I must drink half a cup before putting it in the car. Please tell me the brake will ease up after xxx miles. Don't force me to put on Autozone brake pads.... |
07-18-2005, 09:54 AM | #3 |
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Weird... I live in upstate NY and when I drove the 330i I didn't have a problem with braking after the first few tries at it. Granted, i'm also used to driving an evo which has VERY sensative Brembo brakes... but... none the less, I dont know... I guess i'm used to stopping in my Eclipse, which... if you can stop soft in that... your a hero. Boo to Mitsubishi!
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07-18-2005, 10:09 AM | #6 |
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Drink coffee in my car? Holy hell man! I eat a big mac, McChicken and all sorts of other horrific things for the body in my car! Why limit it to coffee? Why not tea, chai, hell... even a beer once in a while(j/k)
Oh.. let's not forget redbull and such either.
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07-18-2005, 10:11 AM | #7 | |
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Must be because we dont have many places like starbucks As i said please dont take offence, im just wondering On a 5 Series board ive been on for a few years there is always someone complaining about his coffee in his car, something ive never heard someone complain about here Ive even asked people here and they say the only place they see someone drinking coffee in their cars is on american movies Shure i have a tin of coke or pepsi now and then in the car, it just seem s coffee is a american thing Again, please dont take offence, im just qurious |
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07-18-2005, 10:15 AM | #9 |
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Lol, coffee is a big american thing. Here in SA, most people either have a quick cup with their breakfast, or drink coffee out socially! In america, people just drink coffee, they walk around the streets drinking coffee...sit in their cars drinking coffee - :P
I'll most likely end up using my cup holders for the ODD bottle of water, or the once a year I buy a Mcflurry from the drivethru at McD - still nice to have thought! |
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07-18-2005, 10:16 AM | #10 |
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Well, we do have our share of Starbuck's Coffee shops in the US so I suppose it's cultural. Perhaps in the UK they drink tea?
There is a Starbucks on my way to the highway actually. I have a 93 mile drive to work (one way) and I have to leave my house at 5:45 or 6:45 AM depending on what time I want to arrive, so I definitely enjoy a cup of Starbucks to wake up. Luckily, I only have to drive in 2 days a week, and the drive has almost no traffic. (Ever seen the movie "Sideways"? That's my commute). On the way home I don't take a beverage, and have been known to take the long way home in search of twisty, empty roads. Which we have plenty of in my area thankfully. |
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07-18-2005, 11:17 AM | #11 |
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Nice commute through the wine country, CC 330i! Only problem is the length, but it's great that you only do it twice a week. Sounds perfect to me
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07-18-2005, 11:45 AM | #13 | |
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Fine art that outside sales people develop when they are on a tight schedule. Or, when you wake up VERY late and need a major pick me up before you go into a board meeting.
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07-18-2005, 12:09 PM | #14 |
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You see, us Americans like to combine as many pleasures together as possible. Gluttony is the name of the game, baby!
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07-18-2005, 12:11 PM | #15 |
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I'm multitalented too.........I listened to my radio while driving.
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07-18-2005, 01:27 PM | #16 | |
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Is this the same problem you were having with the jerky transmission? With the soft stop feature, if you try to ease your foot off the brake to smoothen out the stop, the car will release total brake pressure, and send you flying into the car in front of you. I'm having talks with my dealer to buy back my car if they don't fix it by the end of this week. BMW and Continental Teves (the supplier of the the brake system to BMW) keep telling me to wait for a software update, but they have provided me no assurance that the soft-stop feature will be corrected with the next update. As nice as the rest of the car is, there is no way I'm gonna put up with this lurchy brake system!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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07-18-2005, 02:10 PM | #17 |
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I just got off the phone with an engineer at Continental Teves, the DSC and brake supplier for BMW. They are saying it's a BMW problem and that is not how the soft-stop feature is intended to work. Since they are supplier, BMW would first have to recognize this as a problem and contact Continental for assistance if needed to correct the problem. The engineers here in the US don't know much and said they would try to talk to someone in Europe and attempt to find me some answers.
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I'm sure both companies BMW and Continental will be going back and forth with the blame game. |
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07-18-2005, 04:36 PM | #21 | |
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Continental said they can't understand why brake pressure is being released after the car comes to a stop. Brake pressure is suppose to be slowing released by the computer as the car is coming to a stop, not when the car has already come to a stop. They think it's either a DSC sensor problem on the wheels. They said because they are a supplier, they can't help me and I would need to take the issue up with BMW who can authorize changes to the programming. |
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07-18-2005, 04:41 PM | #22 | |
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I'm going to try and get in touch with a West Coast Service Rep to try and assist me. BTW, forget calling Cutomer Relations at the 800 number, they just give you the run around. Call the HQ in NJ, (201) 307-4000. -Chris |
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