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News to me that you can - is this official or one inspectors view?

For a start - what car are we talking?

Didn't see the airbag part - as Graeme said get it proffesionally checked on a scanner. Dealer or any good Auto sparky or garage should have a scanner to talk to it. Otherwise you are only guessing

With respect - these cars are muuuuch more complex the E36 & lesser cars & if you don't know what you are doing - can be a can of worms for the untrained. If unsure - best to get professional advise

Looks good Nick, but does it interfere with your elbow when gear changing? Some vehicles do & they are a pain in the a... - PR50 Nissan Terrano for one, if not too high - they are great though

Is there any software thats avaliable to use for your bmw on a laptop. If there is i can crack it and make it work and make plugs for it. Would love it to use for my car to play around with

Jochen has a software programme that he has written - PM him for details

You are probably panicking over nothing. First thing - check the bulb, if in doubt - call into an Auto Sparky to have checked - probably a 5 min job.

Definitely 1

Nice photo shoot you have there - good on you

Of course, but when you turn on the ignition (as I assume they would) your presented with the main screen that shows the tv on the menu arent you ?

Although perhaps not because it probably starts with the radio and obc

Leave the nav running. Goes from splash screen straight to nav.

Starts from whatever it was last on

Cheers guys, appreciate it.

You could if you wanted (& could be bothered) wire the left hand one up to have both working - I did this on the Audi Quattro we used to own - easily done:-

can this be done on the E60??

Quite probably yes - with the right software programme. No doubt BMW can but I wouldn't bet on them obliging

Wouldn't you just turn the tv off when going in for the check?

Be bloody silly not to

Would be a good test to see if they take it for a test drive....but then they arent required to are they ?

They dont at VTNZ, so how would they know it was disabled ?

They could test it on the brake machine at a specialised WOF station if they had the inclination. Don't think they would though.

Having said that - when TV's in cars become common & if it becomes a common knowledge of this - they may start checking

BMW switch TV by either speed - 5km/h or off handbrake or of course -niether

Car is probably only wired for R/H rear fog (right hand drive car) - marks the outside (centre) position of the car on the road. Conversely left hook cars have a fog light on left side.

This was common practice in the earlier cars & still is in some new (VW beetle for one) -most late cars have one each side

Yes - it is - but not if it is not identified at the WOF inspection

Does grounding the unit to a normal grounding point instead of the handbrake work for standard units or is it only aftermarket?

Definitely not with these cars - wiring/programming in them is much more complex than that

I can do it for you, PM me if wish.

Cheers

Grant

Need to know the wheel width but I would assume that they are 8 inch (those alloys are the same wheel as mine) If so - then 235/40 18 is the correct one.

If all rims are the same size - then yes - same tyres all round.

From memory the M5 E39 had 8.5 inch rears & 255/35 18 tyres

Check with Jonno (zeneti) on here -think they have a branch down your way

Timeless classic - have always aspired to own one (along with everything else of course)

Bloody Hideous!!!! Ollie - I'll find you a gun

These are a couple I'm thinking of modelling it on.

Won't get lost on the track with one looking anything like those

Done - plenty. Good luck!

I guess so

What do you do for a living - Statistics?

Yep - Total money grabbing on their part - look at the potential extra revenue they look to secure. Bet they are taking a punt on the vast majority of people currently in this category keeping on with their same approach when listing items.