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I've been following many threads on here seeing what folks have, done to their X5 and beyond and specifically coding is one area I've been quite keen on.
Well I finally took the plunge this afternoon and after quite a bit of research I've finally done it using Bimmercode Fellow newbies - I recommend using the Enet cable which you can pickup via ebay and RJ45 to lighting adapter if using iPhone. Much faster and stable is what I think From my experience and what I've read. I have successfully coded: Adaptive driving mode by default ADV in expert mode Lock car without horn when engine on Looking forward to what more I can do and please continue to share tips and other codes. I wish there was a central library somewhere that everyone just posts codes and nothing more. Thank you to all those that share their experience and codes |
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What does the M one look like? I haven't seen it!
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All coding is reversible with care (detailed notes of what was done, backups, etc).
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But you will lose the ADV if done. I think the Alpina looks good. May give that go and see if I like it |
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I have coded at least 1 feature from each of the menus. Most are simply conveniences.
My favorite however..... is the ability to have the car start in "sport individual" every time. That's what I do 99% of my driving in. My sport individual setting is sport suspension..... with everything else in comfort. It auto starts my air suspension on the 2nd setting (instead of 3rd setting), and eliminates the need to hit the "drop 1" suspension setting every time I start the car. |
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You're almost never going to get a straight answer to that question. Customers simply don't know and BMW will never say "no problem, go ahead". BMW may at some point clarify that as warranty voiding, but that would a) violate consumer laws in some countries like US, and b) at this technology point lose customers, like me (as ability to code out several frustrating stupidities is the only reason I am quite happy with my G05 X5, for example). Coding in this context is changing options that are already programmed, not changing the program, but sometimes the parameters can have a short or long term impact on reliability. You have to carefully and attentively reason out each case yourself and make a risk decision yourself. For example, when examining how ASS works stock in detail, coding to turn on ASS memory can't possibly be reliability risky and is likely a reliability improvement due to reduced starter and battery wear, but it might violate artificial fuel economy testing setup assumptions. On the other hand, default driving mode is a little trickier as setting Sport Plus as I do increases the risk of someone stupidly gunning the engine from deep freezing temps before lubrication has reached operating temps, and that's "bad". And some coding can enable unreleased program features or have other negative net safety impact as you're in a 5000 lbs brick moving at 60mph within a couple of feet alongside other barely conscious 5000 lbs bricks — that can be a serious safety issue, hence @ifr's approach to highly experimental TLA coding publications. Maybe not warranty issue, but certainly safety and liability issue. You have to decide for yourself, but do it with attention, not carelessly as is way too common.
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Now if I could program the car to automatically switch to Eco Pro with ACC enable and then automatically switch back to previous mode with ACC disable, I'd buy that for a dollar.
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- ACC = adaptive cruise control, which I and many of us almost always pair with lane tracking mode as well as utilize assisted lane change facility; that is, mostly computer control of all aspects of driving the car - ACC is a feature that you NEVER want turned on as a side effect of any other change as safety is involved; as implemented and the sole and only method of turning on ACC manually by the driver is exceedingly the right way to do it - when I am in control of the car, being a geeky alpha human and having given up an M3 for the practicality of the G05 X5, I want everything to the red line, literally and figuratively: tight, aggressive, noisy, responsive, visceral - hence I start and drive manually in Sport Pro, have my DINANtronics Sport unit set to Race Mode, fill up on highest street octane available here, and happily trade off the fuel economy for that connection to machine and road - when computers are mostly in control of the car, none of that matters AT ALL, and hence I always switch to Eco Pro after switching on ACC — why waste fuel on a computer that doesn't care about the driving experience in the least - hence why I want ACC on to trigger Eco Pro and ACC off to trigger last driving mode (which for me would always be Sport Plus, but why limit the imaginary function needlessly) That's my logic. What's yours?
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It maybe my car only but you can try the response of ACC startups in different driving modes.
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