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...I've just parked a 2010, Platinum Graphite Touring/Sport/Navi 7AT on my driveway... Decided against the BMW Z4 in the end. It's just too....*something*. Just didn't connect. Thanks for allowing me

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Old 01-01-2010, 10:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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...I've just parked a 2010, Platinum Graphite Touring/Sport/Navi 7AT on my driveway...



Decided against the BMW Z4 in the end. It's just too....*something*. Just didn't connect.

Thanks for allowing me to frequent the forum and thanks in advance for putting up with all my forthcoming shite.
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...I've just parked a 2010, Platinum Graphite Touring/Sport/Navi 7AT on my driveway...
New Z day... always great. Even just looking at it in the driveway makes me happy.
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Shakey-arse, crappy iPhone pic in a parking lot, somewhere in Santa Monica.



Weirdly enough, the one thing I originally didn't like about the car - The dashboard - I've decided that I now like. I originally called it 'tacky' and 'like a boombox', but now I think I understand why it is the way it is.

I like all the orange and white. I like making the navigation screen inverted white on black. I like the fuel gauge - It balances out the clock on the other side. I even like the font they use for 'D' in drive mode. It's all very futuristic.

I don't like the fact that one of the cupholders has been swiped in the Touring model for iPod space. Grrrr...

I'm slowly getting used to the blind spots. I feel like the driver's side is pretty well figured out by angling that mirror out all the way, but the passenger's side still leaves me a little startled. Still figuring it out. Any tips?

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^Try positioning the passenger seat so the headrest is behind the passenger window but in front of the rear quarter window, hiding the B pillar. Makes that rear quarter useful.

Also, my neck can swivel farther now than it could before I got my Z, it takes a good turn to see out the rear window

Z looks great, congrats!
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congrats... there are mirrors for blind spots you can buy from advance or autozone, those really help alot...
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I've found that after properly aligning my mirrors, the only visibility issues I have are when backing out of a parking spot. The little porthole leaves a lot be to be desired.

When adjusting my mirrors, I had my wife walk around the car making sure I could follow her from mirror to mirror to mirror.
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Push the side mirrors out so they are either BARELY within view of the extreme edges of your rear quarters, if at all. That helps, exponentially. Im not a fan of those little blind spot mirrors myself...
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When adjusting my mirrors, I had my wife walk around the car making sure I could follow her from mirror to mirror to mirror.
This sounds like a good idea! Thanks!

Yeah, the portholes are pretty much useless, but I'll try your suggestion, schrute!

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Congrats. Sweet car. Sweet color ...although I'm a bit biased
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I'm slowly getting used to the blind spots. I feel like the driver's side is pretty well figured out by angling that mirror out all the way, but the passenger's side still leaves me a little startled. Still figuring it out. Any tips?

Thanks, Fellas!

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