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      11-16-2018, 03:22 PM   #1
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Ambient lighting? Weak?

Any photo of g20 ambient lighting? It seems so weak on official photo. I really like E class and 5 series ambient lighting. New X5, 8, x7 all have better and more light strips.
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Yea I like being blinded by my interior while driving down a dark road.
Not sure if this is a sarcasm
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      11-16-2018, 04:21 PM   #3
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Any photo of g20 ambient lighting? It seems so weak on official photo. I really like E class and 5 series ambient lighting. New X5, 8, x7 all have better and more light strips.
It's intentionally gimped to make you remember it's only a 3-series. Just kind of abruptly cuts off in the middle console area.
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Any photo of g20 ambient lighting? It seems so weak on official photo. I really like E class and 5 series ambient lighting. New X5, 8, x7 all have better and more light strips.
It's intentionally gimped to make you remember it's only a 3-series. Just kind of abruptly cuts off in the middle console area.
Maybe I should just buy 5 series
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Yea I like being blinded by my interior while driving down a dark road.
Not sure if this is a sarcasm
It is. But practically speaking if the interior lights are too bright it does impede your ability to see things on a dark road.
What is your car? 5 or 7?
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It is. But practically speaking if the interior lights are too bright it does impede your ability to see things on a dark road. Personally I care more about how the car drives rather than how it functions as a disco lounge.
I think the Audi Virtual Cockpit does blind people already. Nothing like a pointless gigantic Google Maps blinding you at night.
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Any photo of g20 ambient lighting? It seems so weak on official photo. I really like E class and 5 series ambient lighting. New X5, 8, x7 all have better and more light strips.
I need my car to look like Moscva nightclub inside. I vill buy Audi or Mercedesbenz.
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In the 5 you can switch off the idrive monitor if you want.

Those of you who had SAABs in the past may remember the night panel button which switch off everything except the part of the speedometer that you needed lighting up others gauges only if necessary.
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Any photo of g20 ambient lighting? It seems so weak on official photo. I really like E class and 5 series ambient lighting. New X5, 8, x7 all have better and more light strips.
I need my car to look like Moscva nightclub inside. I vill buy Audi or Mercedesbenz.
Audi not that good in ambient lighitng. Merc is really good. But E43 is too expensive than 540i
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I saw a newish Jag tonight, and when the guy got out I was blinded by his illuminated door trim - couldn't believe how bright it was! Must be RGB too, as he had it set to a lurid green colour that is no way the default choice..

Does anyone know if the doors on the G20 have the ambient light strip, same as the F30?
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I saw a newish Jag tonight, and when the guy got out I was blinded by his illuminated door trim - couldn't believe how bright it was! Must be RGB too, as he had it set to a lurid green colour that is no way the default choice..

Does anyone know if the doors on the G20 have the ambient light strip, same as the F30?
F30's is so weak. Non-existence
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In the 5 you can switch off the idrive monitor if you want.

Those of you who had SAABs in the past may remember the night panel button which switch off everything except the part of the speedometer that you needed lighting up others gauges only if necessary.
I just saw a 9-5 last week and thought of that. BTW you can switch the interior lights off in every model that has them.
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Yea I like being blinded by my interior while driving down a dark road.
Not sure if this is a sarcasm
It is. But practically speaking if the interior lights are too bright it does impede your ability to see things on a dark road. Personally I care more about how the car drives rather than how it functions as a disco lounge.
If it behaves like my '19 x3m40i then you can set it to auto dim for night driving
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In the 5 you can switch off the idrive monitor if you want.
You can do that in the 3's and 4's too.

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F30's is so weak. Non-existence
It's because it's ambient lighting, it's indirect. Could be a little brighter imo, but I certainly wouldn't want a fully exposed strip of neon that I see some other cars are getting now.
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It's exposed on the X5 and it's not distracting at all. It kinda gives the car a more airy futuristic look.
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