[swagon]

Originally Posted by Prodigy 72

Yeah, that's also what i thought i read somewhere, can anyone clarify this?
What good is just water temp, surely oil temp is just as if not more important, i use the oil guage to determine when i can start pushing the car from a cold start.

Yes, it's calculated from the coolant and oil temps. Good guy Artemis mentioned the Technical Training PDF a few posts above - I encourage everyone to read through it. It's all there.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Prodigy 72

Yeah, that's also what i thought i read somewhere, can anyone clarify this?
What good is just water temp, surely oil temp is just as if not more important, i use the oil guage to determine when i can start pushing the car from a cold start.

Originally Posted by swagon

Yes, it's calculated from the coolant and oil temps. Good guy Artemis mentioned the Technical Training PDF a few posts above - I encourage everyone to read through it. It's all there.

Excerpt from the M2 Technical Training, page 64:

[uae247]

Gauges in the morning

[BMWPWR]

Originally Posted by uae247

Gauges in the morning

I wonder if you could code the day time gauges to be 24/7...

[twboy1999]

the gauge color is just normal bmw color at night.. Should have some white needle just like other M cars.
Oh well

the Dry CF looks ok.. I might take them out and clear coat it, if I don't like it

[uae247]

Managed to pass by the local gas station and took some under carriage pics.
Now
I need a downpipe.

[uae247]

Tried doing the M235i gauge test trick and it worked.



Now I can see the oil gauge




Temporary solution for track days I guess

[ASAP]

Any update on the driving experience vs the M3?

[Reedomn]

You do know you are driving the rest of the world crazy.

[3tekcorps]

So how much different than an F80 is the driving experience? Is it all light and tossable as they have stated in the reviews, or it just feels like a short F80?

Not the sound or interior, just the handling aspect.

[twboy1999]

How you get the oil temp gauge up ??

Thx

[Prodigy.]

Originally Posted by twboy1999

How you get the oil temp gauge up ??

Thx

^^

What he said, also is the temp permanently available to view now?

[M-Pilot]

Originally Posted by Prodigy 72

^^

What he said, also is the temp permanently available to view now?

The code he enters is the sum of last 5 numbers of his VIN.

[Prodigy.]

Originally Posted by cntzl

The code he enters is the sum of last 5 numbers of his VIN.

Thanks, so do you have to enter the code every time you start the car or are those temperature readings always available from then on?
Any other cool stuff you can unlock from the secret menu?

[M-Pilot]

Originally Posted by Prodigy 72

Thanks, so do you have to enter the code every time you start the car or are those temperature readings always available from then on?
Any other cool stuff you can unlock from the secret menu?

I think you have to do this every time you start the car so it's not a very good option for daily use. In addition to oil/coolant temp, you can also access some maintenance related stuff, fuel consumption etc. There are couple of videos on youtube going over each option in the hidden menu.

[Bobdaxx]

yes you must toggle that code each time you start the car up. Its a royal pita

As the op stated you can go awron gauge which is real sweet or go cheap like I did w a $10 odb reader and tourque app and an old phone

[uae247]

Originally Posted by uae247

Gauges in the morning

I just wonder

Couldn't BMW use a red needle for the fuel gauge??

[nachob]

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I was wondering since you have both 1M and M2 if you could comment on differences, similarities, etc.

[Benzima]

uae247

Can you please post pictures of:
- shift knob at night
- interior foot lighting at night
- other night pictures of interest

Thanks!

[MTHRAR]

Originally Posted by Benzima

uae247

Can you please post pictures of:
- shift knob at night
- interior foot lighting at night
- other night pictures of interest

Thanks!

I concur....I really would like to know if there is an illuminated shift knob. It doesn't really matter that much to me, I just think it's pretty sweet at night with the low ambient light.

[SW19]

Originally Posted by MTHRAR

I concur....I really would like to know if there is an illuminated shift knob. It doesn't really matter that much to me, I just think it's pretty sweet at night with the low ambient light.

I would also like to know if the manual shift knob is illuminated in the M2 but uae247 has the DCT in his M2.Does the DCT shift knob also light up in the F80 M3?I didn't turn the headlights on to see if it did when I took the car for a test drive.

[MTHRAR]

Originally Posted by Nantucket

I would also like to know if the manual shift knob is illuminated in the M2 but uae247 has the DCT in his M2.Does the DCT shift knob also light up in the F80 M3?I didn't turn the headlights on to see if it did when I took the car for a test drive.

Ahhh, you are right. I forgot this car was DCT...Oh well. I'll find out soon enough!