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Old 06-11-2007, 10:37 AM
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adam, i would jump on that like a fat kid on cake
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 10:40 AM
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A fat kid would NEVER jump on a cake. That would ruin it.
 
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The Wife unit has taken control of the mood lighting color. She sets it and changes it and sets it again and changes it some more. I figure she does that because I have not allowed her to drive Romi.

I cannot bring myself to being ok with someone else driving Romi. The Wife unit is a wonderful bag of soggy water, but she has not driven a standard transmission in 35 years and if she ground Romi's gears, I am afraid of what I might do or say.

I keep telling her, it's for her own good and the good of our marriage that she never drives Romi.
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 10:52 AM
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My wife has driven Mystic once. I wasn't with her and never will be when she does. I hide. But, she knows how to drive a stick (I was gonna edit that, but for those of you lioke double entendre, oh well) and she bought me the car. Soooooo........
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rooandren
It's one of the silliest features I've ever seen
I agree totally....and yet (especially with daylight savings) I still try to fnd excuses to motor when it's dark. It's just a subtle tweak...added to the rest of the subtle tweaks...which equals .
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 11:00 AM
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It is. But I wish there was more of it. (Reminds me of Woody Allen's line about life, using the chinese restaurant analogy: "The food is lousy and the portions are too small").
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 11:09 AM
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Blue for me too. Lights up the arm rests better. . .
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 11:17 AM
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I'm purple, but that's only for the tiny dots on the ceiling. The side persist as blue, unfortunately...
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 11:26 AM
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daff, you certainly have your share of "anamolies".

BTW, are those dots supposed to illuminate anything, or are they just supposed to be dots?
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 11:49 AM
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Funny...those dots seem to follow me all over the place...day or night? Is that an option?
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 12:28 PM
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Orange so far, just because it feels weird having the ambient light be a different color than the instruments.
 
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Originally Posted by dennisd63
Funny...those dots seem to follow me all over the place...day or night? Is that an option?
do you have the daytime running lights turned on? if so, you're always gonna have the dots, I do.

and mine are blue or violet. mostly because you can see 'em better, but I like the magenta a whole bunch.
 
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I keep them orange or blue depending on mood. when the gf is in the car we play dance music while we are going out and she changes it with the beat all dance club like. remember "They Might Be Giants" The turned the car into a nightclub. Might have to do that much more she just got a mercedes.
 
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Originally Posted by CSC.RCC
do you have the daytime running lights turned on? if so, you're always gonna have the dots, I do.

and mine are blue or violet. mostly because you can see 'em better, but I like the magenta a whole bunch.
I mean I don't even have to be in the car and I'm still seeing dots.....everywhere!
 
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blue is my color
 
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BLUE for me too
 
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Old 06-12-2007, 10:24 PM
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I had to check... Blue here, but by accident. They couldn't have put in a less useful feature. Now if they were brighter the wow factor would climb, but as is, they are a forgetable item in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by dennisd63
Blue...blue..love is blue....

Felix, you can adjust the colors on the overhead switch panel. I think it's the second button from the right side of the car here in North America...I'm not sure if it's diff over there? The symbol underneath it looks like a sun that's half full of ale?
sadly there's no panel on the euro cars overhead - that's only on the MCS! god, we get screwed here in britain over the little things!
 
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Originally Posted by Melor
if they were brighter the wow factor would climb
I wondered about that too. If it were brighter would it be too distracting?? Maybe. The biggest use of this feature is probably helping passengers find the door release...my '03 didn't have any lighting there and folks were constantly fishing about to find the handle.
 
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Originally Posted by Felix Press
sadly there's no panel on the euro cars overhead - that's only on the MCS! god, we get screwed here in britain over the little things!
SNAP....are you serious? You mean you don't have any switches over the rear view mirror? That's cracked!
 
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Old 06-13-2007, 01:27 PM
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the standard is orange in bmw too... so i ll go for the orange
 
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Old 06-14-2007, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Melor
I had to check... Blue here, but by accident. They couldn't have put in a less useful feature. Now if they were brighter the wow factor would climb, but as is, they are a forgetable item in my opinion.

Paul
You do know the brightness adjusts with the dash lights but even on the brightest setting your not going to light up the car if that's what your after.
 
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Old 06-14-2007, 03:10 PM
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so put some LED's in. trust me it is plenty bright and almost any color you can think of
 
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Originally Posted by familiarstranger
so put some LED's in. trust me it is plenty bright and almost any color you can think of
Please dont rice it
 
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Blue. I wish I could change my dash lights too.
 


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