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03-12-2018, 10:12 PM | #89 |
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True, even if completely irrelevant for the purposes of the current discussion.
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Anyone know why they always blurr out the testdriver's
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03-14-2018, 08:27 PM | #92 | |
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-I personally found the air suspension adjusting button useless, use sport mode to get lower and comfort mode to raise back is much simpler. -ambient air is not standard on M760, but no one bothers to pay $350 extra given its $150K base price. -it's average mpg indicator, same symbol on current model. -current cockpit style fits perfectly with the sport displays. Not sure if they are going to upgrade the sport displays as well. -plastic top on the iDrive fob is pure ugly, ceramic control looks much better. |
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03-15-2018, 03:12 AM | #93 | |
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-thanks, I've never turned the HVAC completely off in my current car so didn't realise the temperature slider also goes 'off' in that situation, thanks for pointing that out, every day is a school day! -it may be different with US configurations, (given another point below) but the suspension button is meant to raise the suspension up higher than 'normal', so higher than when in comfort mode. The idea was to allow cars to go over the odd field or gravel road with pot holes without bottoming out, it only works up to a certain speed (25ish mph iIRC) then it lowers automatically again to comfort 'standard' settings, or you can press the button and lower it again obviously. So sport mode lowers it, as you know, comfort mode is standard setting (higher than sport) and this button raises it further to give even more clearance. (it looks like a 4 x4 for clearance when it is finished being raised!) Hope that clarifies what I was discussing, it was a separate button below the other buttons for surround camera and parking assist. Hope that makes sense. I will grant it is only useful in very few occasions and not something one uses generally but still I find it useful to have for that odd time one goes over a field or bad road (here in the UK at least). -A good point about country specs. I'm flabbergasted that ambient air isn't standard on the 760 in the US, it certainly is in the UK, and checking the German configurator it appears the Germans have to pay for it on the 760 as well...unbelievable but true...we have it good in the UK. Enough said! Thanks for pointing this out, it may not have been spec'd on this one so not necessarily a removal of the feature from the 7 series. -hah, caught out! not realised that the same symbol was used already for mpg, thanks, need to get better glasses it seems! Rather poor fuel economy I have to say then but maybe it was just reset... -agree, I'm a fan of the current style displays myself, not needing a 'modern' take on it personally, but if it can continue to offer the standard dials as well as this bar graph style for those that want it, we all win and that would be good...just not at the expense of our current dial display (or a bit touched up as you have indicated may be of interest) -we're in agreement on the ceramic controls being better looking and more pleasant to touch. Should be standard on this level of car... Good points, thanks, once again welcome to the forum, please do continue to contribute and if you feel up to it, I'm sure that we'd all love to see some pics of your ride (in the 'post the best picture of your ride' thread or elsewhere on this forum. Safe travels.
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Comfort: 135mm standard ride height Sport: -10mm ride height from standard (It's -20mm on the M760Li) Raised Ride: +20mm ride height from standard So that button takes the car to like 155mm height which is high but only keeps it at slow speeds as Pelo Cat said. One to use occasionally for really crap surfaces, going a little off road at slow speeds but that's it. Standard in the UK on the M760Li. Infact there's almost no options on the M760Li because it comes with almost everything standard here. |
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The remote parking feature wasn't available on the G11 / G12 right at launch so an early 2016 model might not have even been able to have it as an option. I'll see how good it is in a couple of weeks hopefully and report back. UK garages aren't particularly wide so be interesting to see if it can handle that. I guess probably the one other difference is I suspect most of the sales in the UK people specify their cars as they want vs pick one up the dealer already has in. They do generally have some new cars in of course but I suspect by far most are factory orders. That probably works better for us when the factory isn't quite so far away. |
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The discounts on the M760 are higher than the base models. Think in the region of £30k which is probably just over $40k in US dollars. Obviously it's a much more expensive model as well but those discounts do a good job of eating up the additional depreciation you get from a V12. Maybe not the same in the US but they don't hold their value all that well here. |
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