[Sawkt23]

Good Evening a new f10 Owner
Well I've just completed my first thousnad miles on the 520, And I have to say Im very pleased so far, Im also quite impressed with the MPG around town.

Couple of observations.

• Im sure its been well discussed but very dissapointed with the daylight driving light looks awful, Why not just have the angel eyes lit.
• The I drive controller menu screen, Too many options with the split screen menus etc, Please make it simpler.
• The auto Light feature does not seem to work correctly as its on all day(Shame the Audi features are really good at this)
• Rear visibilty very poor, But I guess the PDC is there.
• The heated seat options switch off when I switch the car off wish there was a way of having them on when I restart the vehicle.

Any way theyre just minor, But as I said Im loving it.

Anyone considering a 5 series go for it you wont regret it.

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by Sawkt23

Good Evening a new f10 Owner
Well I've just completed my first thousnad miles on the 520, And I have to say Im very pleased so far, Im also quite impressed with the MPG around town.

Couple of observations.

• Im sure its been well discussed but very dissapointed with the daylight driving light looks awful, Why not just have the angel eyes lit.
• The I drive controller menu screen, Too many options with the split screen menus etc, Please make it simpler.
• The auto Light feature does not seem to work correctly as its on all day(Shame the Audi features are really good at this)
• Rear visibilty very poor, But I guess the PDC is there.
• The heated seat options switch off when I switch the car off wish there was a way of having them on when I restart the vehicle.

Any way theyre just minor, But as I said Im loving it.

Anyone considering a 5 series go for it you wont regret it.

Congrats and welcome. Any pics yet?

Your first point. What do you mean exactly? There are two levels of brightness if I'm not mistaken, or is it just the look you don't like?

Cheers
Robin

[islandnipper]

Congratulations on your new 520D, you seem to be enjoying it as much as I'm enjoying my F10 (now coming up to 3 months old; one of the first 2012 model year cars).

I'm not sure what you mean about the daytime driving lights not using the angels eyes only... or the auto light not working, but perhaps it's differences in the lighting spec? Certainly my adaptive xenons switch on and off according to lighting levels and allow the angel eyes alone to operate as the daytime driving lights.

Agree that the rear viz is not good out of the windows. As you say, the PDC is there though - and I've also got the rear view and surround cameras which solve the problem beautifully!

I've noticed that there are some occasions when the heated seats do come back on when re-starting the car, but not sure of the conditions. I don't think its been a long time off though (most of the time I don't keep the seats on for long anyway - except when my daughter is travelling in the back, when they're probably on full all the time! I was not allowed to buy a car without rear heated seats too! )

[Sawkt23]

Some Pic's

[Sawkt23]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

Congrats and welcome. Any pics yet?

Your first point. What do you mean exactly? There are two levels of brightness if I'm not mistaken, or is it just the look you don't like?

Cheers
Robin

Hi pic's added, The DRL in the UK must be a different spec as the Dipped headlights stay on when you select the DRL

[islandnipper]

Great pics!
I'm in the UK and my angels are on just by themselves as DRLs - I've just gone out to double check that I wasn't having a "senior moment!" ...

Do the dipped headlights still appear with your lights in the "off" position when you select the daytime lights?

Normal operation for me is to leave the angels on all the time, with the auto lights going on and off according to lighting levels.

[Sawkt23]

Originally Posted by islandnipper

Great pics!
I'm in the UK and my angels are on just by themselves as DRLs - I've just gone out to double check that I wasn't having a "senior moment!" ...

Do the dipped headlights still appear with your lights in the "off" position when you select the daytime lights?

Normal operation for me is to leave the angels on all the time, with the auto lights going on and off according to lighting levels.

Hi Thanks,

The DRL when selected appear as the dipped headlights, in the Auto position.

Just a quick one what options if any do you have fitted The Xenons?

[islandnipper]

Hi, it does sound as if your auto lights are not operating correctly in bright daylight (but I only know how my own F10 works, so hopefully others will comment too...)

The options I went for are shown in the thread below (with pics)

http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=598432

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by islandnipper

Hi, it does sound as if your auto lights are not operating correctly in bright daylight (but I only know how my own F10 works, so hopefully others will comment too...)

I have the same feeling about the lights.

Thanx for the pics. The steeringwheel is located much more to the right than in my car. LOL

(What is going to happen with Rooney, will he stay? What's the fuzz.What do you think?)

[islandnipper]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

I have the same feeling about the lights.

Thanx for the pics. The steeringwheel is located much more to the right than in my car. LOL

(What is going to happen with Rooney, will he stay? What's the fuzz.What do you think?)

Yes, the wheel is quite right! LOL!

(Difficult to tell about Rooney; the more he and Man U deny the rumours, the more you think there maybe something in it!)

[remmib]

Originally Posted by Sawkt23

Hi pic's added, The DRL in the UK must be a different spec as the Dipped headlights stay on when you select the DRL

No xenon I guess on your car.