08-04-2020, 07:51 AM | #1 |
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New in Idrive - "Window open app"???
Got the notification to download 3 days ago...... downloaded the 11.2019.70 update.... finished yesterday afternoon.
Yes... all my Bimmercode coding was gone. I re-accomplished it all again. No big deal. My tune, and my increased HP readout on my sport gauges however... stayed put. Thank goodness for that. While BMW updates (and reverting to stock tuning) is covered under my dynotune warrantee... I didn't particularly want to go through that whole process again. I've noticed NOTHING different...... except in my apps folder, there is the "Window Open app"???? No explanation... no description. I guess you can "program" your windows to open at a certain location??? Why would this ever be useful? What exactly is the purpose of this?
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08-04-2020, 08:10 AM | #2 |
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Hmmm, if I had this option and it works as you've mentioned...I would program a window to open at the entrance to my gated parking lot or garage at work, or the entry to my gated community where I live, or my favorite drive thru restaurant, my drive thru bank window, or if I lived were the highways were toll roads and I didn't have an "E" pass that allowed me to "roll-thru" the toll gate without paying.
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08-04-2020, 08:13 AM | #3 | |
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Seriously, that is what it does. There is a good thread about it here somewhere but not under its own title, I just looked but didn't come across it. It uses your GPS to know where you are and then opens the window, don't know if it closes it as you drive away but am sure the answer will be forthcoming soon from someone who uses it. At least one owner uses it for when they pull up at their ID station at work and has to scan their badge. It also gives the German programmers at BMW something to do. |
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08-04-2020, 08:45 AM | #4 |
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Here's another thread discussing this app and it's usefulness.
Personally I think it would be useful at drive through that you frequent and at work if you need a FOB to access your parking deck/campus/etc. Or a condo/apartment complex that also has restricted access requiring FOBs. https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ghlight=window |
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08-04-2020, 10:32 AM | #5 |
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Wow..... bizarre. I can't believe somebody dedicated time and effort to this...... so that people don't have to go through the "arduous process" of rolling down their windows?
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08-04-2020, 10:35 AM | #6 |
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08-04-2020, 04:37 PM | #7 | |
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08-05-2020, 03:29 AM | #8 |
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I guess you've never tried loading an AR15, getting into a steady position ready to fire on a drive-by and then remembering you need to drop the window?
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08-05-2020, 11:37 AM | #9 |
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By the early 2000's we had all the features we needed. Everything after that has been various degrees of useful but totally unnecessary when you look at it from the point of view of "But I can do that manually, I don't need the car to do that for me" - Its never stopped any manufacturer from continuing to roll out these features.
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08-05-2020, 11:58 AM | #10 |
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It's because the windows lower with the speed of a glacier, so you can automate this deadslow process.
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08-05-2020, 10:13 PM | #12 | |
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