M3 E92 questions

[woogie]

This is identical to mine bar mine is 2011 not 2009 so a few upgrades

https://youtu.be/CdzM8dJNAN8

Edited by woogie on Friday 11th November 18:10

[John D.]

martindesu said:

I dont have EDC and my car has done 50k. The garage thought it must be 20k as it's so clean underneath.

Does EDC make them dirty?

[Smuler]

John D. said:

martindesu said:

I dont have EDC and my car has done 50k. The garage thought it must be 20k as it's so clean underneath.

Does EDC make them dirty?

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[woogie]

Just got back from Leeds , 600 mike trip and am a tad tired, will report on my trip tomorrow . Car is fab

[woogie]

Hi guys - 2 questions .

1. when I press the M button it goes to manual mode, is this correct ? I have adjusted all the settings ? I just wondered if you could press M and it stays in auto rather then having to flip it back using the stick ?

2. When the engine is fully heated up am I expecting to see orange at all on dash board ? I still see it up to about 7800 revs at moment after a 15 min drive ?

thanks

[river_rat]

Yes M mode will put it in manual mode, can you actually put it back into auto mode with the gearstick but retain M mode then (never tried that)?

Does anybody drive these in auto mode anyway, I always use the paddles even when driving around town?

[woogie]

river_rat said:

Yes M mode will put it in manual mode, can you actually put it back into auto mode with the gearstick but retain M mode then (never tried that)?

Does anybody drive these in auto mode anyway, I always use the paddles even when driving around town?

yes it does - another thing I learnt that you probably knew is the radio buttons can be programmed for anything - so M drive, sat nav , whatever ,I have one for turning the screen off as at night its a bit bright and if I don't need it no need to have it on .

also if u r in manual mode say 7th for instance and you put your foot down not much happens, but keep your foot down and keep holding M and it drops a few gears depending on what speed you are doing .

[SeeSaw]

No. the M Button will stay in whatever mode (auto or manual) you happen to be in. It will not always switch you to manual.

A (maybe) useful feature is that if you have set the M button gearbox speed (say 4) - when you pull on the paddles into manual it will raise the gearbox speed by a further setting (in this case into 5). Effectively you can have 3 gearchange speed settings built in as standard without adjusting manually.

[river_rat]

I'm 99.9% sure mine immediately switches into manual mode when I press the M button.

Is it related to the gearbox setting used when in M mode maybe (mine is set to 5, ie quickest brutal change)?

[SeeSaw]

That I don't know - will have to test out in the settings.

[woogie]

river_rat said:

I'm 99.9% sure mine immediately switches into manual mode when I press the M button.

Is it related to the gearbox setting used when in M mode maybe (mine is set to 5, ie quickest brutal change)?

I am 100 pct sure it does this lol

[woogie]

OMG I just noticed I have no USB point in the glove compartment , how am I going to play my ipod in my car , guess I will have to try that one pin point but it wont charge and will it show albums on media player ?

[Max Maxasson]

woogie said:

1. when I press the M button it goes to manual mode, is this correct ? I have adjusted all the settings ? I just wondered if you could press M and it stays in auto rather then having to flip it back using the stick ?

You can set the M button to change a host of settings...one of them is to put the DCT in auto and whatever setting you want.

woogie said:

2. When the engine is fully heated up am I expecting to see orange at all on dash board ? I still see it up to about 7800 revs at moment after a 15 min drive ?

thanks

I think thats normal as well.

I would recommend going to a BMW dealer and asking them to give you a print out of the data held on your key. In that data will be your "integration level" this is your software version - if its an old version then you are well advised to get it updated.

Edited by Max Maxasson on Friday 18th November 08:52

[woogie]

Max Maxasson said:

woogie said:

1. when I press the M button it goes to manual mode, is this correct ? I have adjusted all the settings ? I just wondered if you could press M and it stays in auto rather then having to flip it back using the stick ?

You can set the M button to change a host of settings...one of them is to put the DCT in auto and whatever setting you want.

woogie said:

2. When the engine is fully heated up am I expecting to see orange at all on dash board ? I still see it up to about 7800 revs at moment after a 15 min drive ?

thanks

I think thats normal as well.

I would recommend going to a BMW dealer and asking them to give you a print out of the data held on your key. In that data will be your "integration level" this is your software version - if its an old version then you are well advised to get it updated.

Edited by Max Maxasson on Friday 18th November 08:52

Hi - I still cant see what setting you are looking at to prevent it going into manual ? I get into the M drive but its doesn't say auto anywhere ?

I bought it at BMW on Tuesday so all updates would have been done .

[Smuler]

Woogie, unless it was confirmed by your selling dealer everything is up to date, may be worth checking.

In 2014 I bought a 2009 E92 335i, Approved Used and just 2 months later hit a rock in the road which led to "major surgery". During coding of a new DCT the car "asked" for various updates which my local BMW dealer duly provided at 0 cost.

[Max Maxasson]

woogie said:

Hi - I still cant see what setting you are looking at to prevent it going into manual ? I get into the M drive but its doesn't say auto anywhere ?

In the I-Drive
Go to Settings
Select M Drive
Select Drivelogic
Press the I-Drive button
Change the S to D
Choose the gearbox mode number
You also have the choice of unchanged.
Exit.

woogie said:

I bought it at BMW on Tuesday so all updates would have been done .

Dealers don't normally update the cars software as a matter of course...it takes a while.
Its something you would normally have to pay for unless you are having an issue.
If you get the print out - I get mine done every dealer visit, it has quite a bit of info - then you will know what software version you are on.

[woogie]

Max Maxasson said:

Dealers don't normally update the cars software as a matter of course...it takes a while.
Its something you would normally have to pay for unless you are having an issue.
If you get the print out - I get mine done every dealer visit, it has quite a bit of info - then you will know what software version you are on.

excellent thanks

[woogie]

Max Maxasson said:

woogie said:

Hi - I still cant see what setting you are looking at to prevent it going into manual ? I get into the M drive but its doesn't say auto anywhere ?

In the I-Drive
Go to Settings
Select M Drive
Select Drivelogic
Press the I-Drive button
Change the S to D
Choose the gearbox mode number
You also have the choice of unchanged.
Exit.

woogie said:

I bought it at BMW on Tuesday so all updates would have been done .

Dealers don't normally update the cars software as a matter of course...it takes a while.
Its something you would normally have to pay for unless you are having an issue.
If you get the print out - I get mine done every dealer visit, it has quite a bit of info - then you will know what software version you are on.

Thanks I will try that M drive option

[woogie]

Max Maxasson said:

woogie said:

Hi - I still cant see what setting you are looking at to prevent it going into manual ? I get into the M drive but its doesn't say auto anywhere ?

In the I-Drive
Go to Settings
Select M Drive
Select Drivelogic
Press the I-Drive button
Change the S to D
Choose the gearbox mode number
You also have the choice of unchanged.
Exit.

woogie said:

I bought it at BMW on Tuesday so all updates would have been done .

Dealers don't normally update the cars software as a matter of course...it takes a while.
Its something you would normally have to pay for unless you are having an issue.
If you get the print out - I get mine done every dealer visit, it has quite a bit of info - then you will know what software version you are on.

I just tried that M setting into auto and it works all good - cheers for that


Feck that car is quick

[woogie]

One more question re the M button - when its on I have everything on max - when its off its back to normal isnt it? so slow gear change, no sport plus , no throttle difference ?