MINI today? #2

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06-09-2016, 09:29 AM
san

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Originally Posted by MrAdventure

Brought the ZHP in for the passenger airbag recall yesterday, and they did the VCG, installed new plugs and the fuel filter. I also purchased a new key that they coded. They were able to reset the airbag light that the previous owner tripped when he was fiddling with the broken window regulator. Unfortunately, when I returned to pick it up this evening, I found that the old remote (the only other key) no longer unlocks anything via the buttons. Key still works. I didn't get a chance to check it out until after all the service managers had left, and no one else could help.
:annoyed

I'd been given a 2016 328XI slushbox as a loaner. Even with Sport mode selected, the sloppy handling and wimpy steering made me feel like I was driving a comfortable padded cell. Definitely not liking the direction they're going with the newer models.

Along with coding the key, there is a sequence of steps you need to do to make sure both keys work... I don't remember the exact procedure but a quick search returned this and it seems similar to what I had to do-
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06-09-2016, 09:32 AM
Rovert

Any transmission is someone's choice and preference. Each one excels somewhere.

A DCT in an E90 is like a video game. It's brutally fast and makes you swear on every gear change because it's so fast and there is no pause in between shifts to recover your emotion and senses. It's just a constant V8 roar crawling down your spinal column reverberating into your heart that makes you fall in love and commit automobile adultery. Oh gawd......I need a time out......
06-09-2016, 09:56 AM
fredo

I bought a second fob at my Indy some months ago, and he ran thru similar steps when the fob arrived.
06-09-2016, 09:57 AM
Vas

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Originally Posted by Rovert

Any transmission is someone's choice and preference. Each one excels somewhere.

A DCT in an E90 is like a video game. It's brutally fast and makes you swear on every gear change because it's so fast and there is no pause in between shifts to recover your emotion and senses. It's just a constant V8 roar crawling down your spinal column reverberating into your heart that makes you fall in love and commit automobile adultery. Oh gawd......I need a time out......

I drove one and while it was fast, it left me wanting a manual.
06-09-2016, 10:12 AM
slater

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Originally Posted by Vas

I drove one and while it was fast, it left me wanting a manual.

i haven't driven one yet, but i always want a manual. i can see how the DCT would be awesome on track, but for everyday use i want a manual.
06-09-2016, 10:16 AM
Vas

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Originally Posted by slater

i haven't driven one yet, but i always want a manual. i can see how the DCT would be awesome on track, but for everyday use i want a manual.

Nick Murray does a decent review of his M4 in which he talks about the DCT and why he would go with a manual if he had to get another car.

Worth watching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcaCfL6j10E
06-09-2016, 10:34 AM
Rovert

SMG was perfect for me two days ago. I jumped in the car with a large cone in my car. Put the windows down and drove in auto while I slurped the fast melting ice cream up while crossing four, stop signed intersections. LOL
06-09-2016, 10:58 AM
slater

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Originally Posted by Vas

Nick Murray does a decent review of his M4 in which he talks about the DCT and why he would go with a manual if he had to get another car.

Worth watching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcaCfL6j10E

thanks vas. i'll try to get through it - i find that guy really hard to watch/listen to.

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Originally Posted by Rovert

SMG was perfect for me two days ago. I jumped in the car with a large cone in my car. Put the windows down and drove in auto while I slurped the fast melting ice cream up while crossing four, stop signed intersections. LOL

LOL!!! well-put. :) (i always take the montero for ice cream ;) )
06-09-2016, 11:02 AM
Vas

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Originally Posted by slater

thanks vas. i'll try to get through it - i find that guy really hard to watch/listen to.

Yeah I know what you mean. I skipped through most of it.
06-09-2016, 11:53 AM
az3579

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Originally Posted by Rovert

SMG was perfect for me two days ago. I jumped in the car with a large cone in my car. Put the windows down and drove in auto while I slurped the fast melting ice cream up while crossing four, stop signed intersections. LOL

Eating/slurping (food products!) in the car - blasphemy!