My owners manual solution.

audioMeth · 06-29-2010, 04:43 PM

i posted a thread a few weeks ago about where you put your owners manual. the majority including myself all left it in the trunk above the tool kit. recently a thread about battery terminals came up which brought up a valid point, what if you can't get to your owners manual because of the particular problem that you are experiencing.

Owner's Manual in PDF

2011 Manual with iDrive
2011 Supplementary Manual

My solution:

py335 · 06-29-2010, 05:34 PM

hahaaha nicee!!!

audioMeth · 06-29-2010, 06:14 PM

i believe 2009+ cars have no trunk key hole. i know for a fact i don't have one.

Krozi · 06-29-2010, 06:24 PM

Nice!

Krozi · 06-29-2010, 06:54 PM

Just did this aswell...awesome!

sheepboy · 06-29-2010, 07:37 PM

Genius!

M3luvr · 06-30-2010, 05:13 PM

Thanks for the tip!

EJ_92606 · 06-30-2010, 05:17 PM

good idea! Do you have the supplemental M3 manual in pdf as well? I only have the main manual which is basically a generic 3 series manual. Thanks!

kaykay · 06-30-2010, 06:23 PM

Krozi you're sig is out of control...

WTF is that???

LOLOLOL

donovan · 06-30-2010, 06:52 PM

hehehe... that is a weird Sigable. However, that is a nice PDF file.

Krozi · 06-30-2010, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaykay

Krozi you're sig is out of control...

WTF is that???

LOLOLOL

Your the 3rd person that has asked me lmao!

I really have no clue what the hell it is

BMW3R · 06-30-2010, 08:37 PM

I have an IPad and I was wondering how you got the manual image loaded to the bookshelf.

audioMeth · 06-30-2010, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMW3R

I have an IPad and I was wondering how you got the manual image loaded to the bookshelf.

it did it by itself, did you add the pdf via itunes? maybe you can't do it yet because you cant get the ios4. i believe the image that gets displayed on the shelf is just the first page of the pdf.

kloh · 06-30-2010, 10:47 PM

Great idea. Anyone do this with iPad yet?

han405 · 06-30-2010, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kloh

Great idea. Anyone do this with iPad yet?

yeah, I got the 3 series manual in my iPad, however, the BMW only have the general 3 series manual in PDF for download, the M3 specific PDF manual can't be found.

JCtx · 07-01-2010, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PencilGeek

There is a trunk key in case the battery is dead.

Give it a try and report back to us if you could open it

. You'd be the first I'm aware of. Mine feels like nothing is attached to the lock; could have broken the key trying. My take is BMW never intended to have a manual lock, so used the remaining trunks with locks without actually connecting them

. Could take my trunk apart to confirm my suspicion, but honestly don't care since I have a pass-thru hole and a skinny daughter

.

My owner's manual, service manual and registration papers fit beautifully in my glove box, inside the leatherette '///M' case that was in my trunk. The rest of the manuals are in the trunk spot above the tools, inside the vinyl case.

CarForHire · 07-01-2010, 12:27 AM

That's how you do it.

audioMeth · 07-01-2010, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elp_jc

My owner's manual, service manual and registration papers fit beautifully in my glove box, inside the leatherette '///M' case that was in my trunk. The rest of the manuals are in the trunk spot above the tools, inside the vinyl case.

what is this leatherette m case you are talking about? picture please.

quality_sound · 07-01-2010, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nuespeedgti

i posted a thread a few weeks ago about where you put your owners manual. the majority including myself all left it in the trunk above the tool kit. recently a thread about battery terminals came up which brought up a valid point, what if you can't get to your owners manual because of the particular problem that you are experiencing.

Owner's Manual in PDF

My solution:

Nice! I just D/Ld iBooks as well and it's pretty sweet. Was the manual available in the store of did you have to D/L it to the phone via the BMW site?

Also, how did you get your battery strength to show up as a percentage? I have iOS4 but on a 3G, not an iPhone 4.

FruitCake · 07-01-2010, 02:22 AM

my 2010 does not have a key hole in the trunk, why not i do not know..
i would want it incase the battery dies.

saeedg48 · 07-01-2010, 03:24 AM

thanks for the post.

quality_sound · 07-01-2010, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FruitCake

my 2010 does not have a key hole in the trunk, why not i do not know..
i would want it incase the battery dies.

WHy couldn't you just open the door and pop the hood?

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