no M Drive Configurator in USA?

the_stranger · 10-01-2007, 01:39 PM

I heard that in M5 there is an M button, but there is no M Drive menu in the iDrive. I am talking about the M5s in USA only. Is that true? If it is, there may be chances of the new M3 not having Mdrive configurator in the US. I hope I am wrong.

m_bazeepaymon · 10-01-2007, 04:07 PM

I think there is a M configurator... The dealership was showing me how it worked.

Waldorf · 10-01-2007, 06:48 PM

yep there is. i played with it in my buddy's M5 last summer.

the_stranger · 10-01-2007, 07:06 PM

Which model was his M5(year)? I just went to my dealership here in Lafayette, IN where they had a 2006 M5 for sale. I was considering buying it and when I was fiddling with the iDrive, the configurator was nowhere to be found. When I asked my dealer, he said that only european models have that. I was quite shocked by that. The car didnt have HUD as well, which ofcourse is an option.

JEllis · 10-01-2007, 10:42 PM

dealers sit on a thrown of lies

the_stranger · 10-01-2007, 11:34 PM

thats true, but are there M5s without MDrive configurators also?

JEllis · 10-01-2007, 11:44 PM

Are you talking about the Nav screen on which you can navigate Mdrive? Or Mdrive itself?

the_stranger · 10-01-2007, 11:46 PM

I mean the configuration of the MDrive in the iDrive menu. I know that all M5s have idrive as standard.

JEllis · 10-01-2007, 11:48 PM

As far as I know Mdrive is a must for the M5 and its crazy engine settings...

the_stranger · 10-01-2007, 11:56 PM

ya, true

JEllis · 10-02-2007, 12:01 AM

Yeah even the M3 requires Mdrive in order to select sport steering mode

m_bazeepaymon · 10-02-2007, 12:54 AM

isnt that why the car only comes with idrive? because of the m drive configurator???

the_stranger · 10-02-2007, 10:02 AM

Thats what I thought, but I saw an M5 yesterday, which had an iDrive but no MDrive configurator.

JEllis · 10-02-2007, 10:50 AM

So you actually dove into the menus and couldnt find one?

Strange

the_stranger · 10-02-2007, 02:11 PM

ya, I couldnt find it.

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the_stranger Captain 37 Rep 926 Posts Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: India iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	no M Drive Configurator in USA? I heard that in M5 there is an M button, but there is no M Drive menu in the iDrive. I am talking about the M5s in USA only. Is that true? If it is, there may be chances of the new M3 not having Mdrive configurator in the US. I hope I am wrong. __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR
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10-01-2007, 04:07 PM	#2
m_bazeepaymon Major 58 Rep 1,075 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (4)	I think there is a M configurator... The dealership was showing me how it worked. __________________ ZzZzZ'er
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10-01-2007, 06:48 PM	#3
Waldorf Black Opps field agent 35 Rep 449 Posts Drives: 135i M Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: YUL iTrader: (1) Garage List 2006 Z4 M Coupe [7.75] 2007 Ducati Monster ... [0.00]	yep there is. i played with it in my buddy's M5 last summer. __________________ ------------------- :rocks: Montreal to Vermont OktoberFast cruise. :rocks: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79557
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the_stranger Captain 37 Rep 926 Posts Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: India iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	Which model was his M5(year)? I just went to my dealership here in Lafayette, IN where they had a 2006 M5 for sale. I was considering buying it and when I was fiddling with the iDrive, the configurator was nowhere to be found. When I asked my dealer, he said that only european models have that. I was quite shocked by that. The car didnt have HUD as well, which ofcourse is an option. __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR
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10-01-2007, 10:42 PM	#5
JEllis Major General 531 Rep 5,498 Posts Drives: E36 M3, E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth iTrader: (4)	dealers sit on a thrown of lies __________________ Instagram: jellismotorwerks
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the_stranger Captain 37 Rep 926 Posts Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: India iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	thats true, but are there M5s without MDrive configurators also? __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR
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10-01-2007, 11:44 PM	#7
JEllis Major General 531 Rep 5,498 Posts Drives: E36 M3, E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth iTrader: (4)	Are you talking about the Nav screen on which you can navigate Mdrive? Or Mdrive itself? __________________ Instagram: jellismotorwerks
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the_stranger Captain 37 Rep 926 Posts Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: India iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	I mean the configuration of the MDrive in the iDrive menu. I know that all M5s have idrive as standard. __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR
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JEllis Major General 531 Rep 5,498 Posts Drives: E36 M3, E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth iTrader: (4)	As far as I know Mdrive is a must for the M5 and its crazy engine settings... __________________ Instagram: jellismotorwerks
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the_stranger Captain 37 Rep 926 Posts Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: India iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	ya, true __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR
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10-02-2007, 12:01 AM	#11
JEllis Major General 531 Rep 5,498 Posts Drives: E36 M3, E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth iTrader: (4)	Yeah even the M3 requires Mdrive in order to select sport steering mode __________________ Instagram: jellismotorwerks
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10-02-2007, 12:54 AM	#12
m_bazeepaymon Major 58 Rep 1,075 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (4)	isnt that why the car only comes with idrive? because of the m drive configurator??? __________________ ZzZzZ'er
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the_stranger Captain 37 Rep 926 Posts Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: India iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	Thats what I thought, but I saw an M5 yesterday, which had an iDrive but no MDrive configurator. __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR
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10-02-2007, 10:50 AM	#14
JEllis Major General 531 Rep 5,498 Posts Drives: E36 M3, E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth iTrader: (4)	So you actually dove into the menus and couldnt find one? Strange __________________ Instagram: jellismotorwerks
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10-02-2007, 02:11 PM	#15
the_stranger Captain 37 Rep 926 Posts Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: India iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	ya, I couldnt find it. __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR
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