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I’m confused by this.

Are you suggesting that I need the nanny, that I shouldn’t silence the nanny, that I should change my habits to accommodate the nanny? What if I simply want it to work the way I want it to work?
 
SameGuy said:
I’m confused by this.

Are you suggesting that I need the nanny, that I shouldn’t silence the nanny, that I should change my habits to accommodate the nanny? What if I simply want it to work the way I want it to work?
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Even though you didn't directly reply (which makes it easier to know if my post is the one to which you're reponding), I'm assuming you're responding to my post suggesting there is an easy way to avoid hearing the nanny seatbelt warning. As I said, it's good for owners who do not want to bend to the whims of the designers that Bimmercode is available to fix what they think is a bad design. My point is that it's very easy to satisfy the nanny.

I can understand your desire that the car should work the way you want it to, but is there a reason that you want to turn on your SE before fastening your seatbelt? For more than 100 years, people have had to put up with the decisions a car's designers made and I think it's great that we're in this narrow slice of time when it's possible to supercede those decisions. Though it may be difficult to implement, I assume the government will require future cars to be hacker-proof, and that the manufacturers will not fight this regulation.
 
I can think of plenty of reasons for wanting to start a car (engage Drive Ready in this case) without buckling up. Maybe I’m moving my car two feet so I can clean the lower halves of the tires, or rolling it down the driveway so I can mow the nearby lawn. But I can’t think of a single reason why the warning sirens need to blare right at start-up, over the car’s start-up sounds, when the warnings are easily programmed to perhaps chime when the car senses I’m underway and I’ve (improbably) forgotten to buckle up.
 
I don't think I've ever owned a car that waited until it was moving to activate the seatbelt warning. They've all been triggered by weight on the seat. It may be the case in some cars, but I don't think it's standard.

I did have a car from the era of active shoulder restraints (pre-airbag), I'd take an alarm over the motorized strap that was always in the way when the door was open.
 
The light might come on, but every car I’ve owned that had seatbelt chimes waited until the car was in gear. The smart waited until the car was under way (something like above 10 km/h). Pretty smart.
 
SameGuy said:
The light might come on, but every car I’ve owned that had seatbelt chimes waited until the car was in gear. The smart waited until the car was under way (something like above 10 km/h). Pretty smart.
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I wonder if that's due to a difference between US and Canadian regulations? I've never had a car that waits until it's in gear before waking up the nanny.
 
insightman said:
You don't need to start the motor to get it warming up before you put on your seat belt. Assuming you're going to fasten your seatbelt anyway, why not just do that first, before pressing the Start/Stop button?

If you don't want to fasten your seatbelt first because you want to listen to the radio the instant you're in your seat, you can activate standby state by pressing the Start/Stop button without depressing the brake pedal. Then, after fastening your seatbelt, depress brake pedal and press the Start/Stop button again to activate drive ready state.

I've suggested this procedure before, but was rebuffed with the rebuffer claiming that pressing the Start/Stop button twice is just too much. For those who don't want to press the Start/Stop button twice, it's good that Bimmercode can solve their problem.
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Thankyou, That's really useful.
 
insightman said:
You don't need to start the motor to get it warming up before you put on your seat belt. Assuming you're going to fasten your seatbelt anyway, why not just do that first, before pressing the Start/Stop button?

If you don't want to fasten your seatbelt first because you want to listen to the radio the instant you're in your seat, you can activate standby state by pressing the Start/Stop button without depressing the brake pedal. Then, after fastening your seatbelt, depress brake pedal and press the Start/Stop button again to activate drive ready state.

I've suggested this procedure before, but was rebuffed with the rebuffer claiming that pressing the Start/Stop button twice is just too much. For those who don't want to press the Start/Stop button twice, it's good that Bimmercode can solve their problem.
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If I’m not mistaken, climate control does not turn on in standby. Often I want the heater or A/C to start working ASAP when I turn on the car.

Also, does CarPlay connect in this state? I haven’t tried it. CarPlay takes a minute to connect and I want it to start trying right away. Otherwise I’m sitting in the car waiting so that I don’t have to mess with it while driving.

Bottom line, I just deal with the chime. If I had BimmerCode, I would disable it but I was unable to get it to work on my older iPhone 8.


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SameGuy said:
I can think of plenty of reasons for wanting to start a car (engage Drive Ready in this case) without buckling up. Maybe I’m moving my car two feet so I can clean the lower halves of the tires, or rolling it down the driveway so I can mow the nearby lawn. But I can’t think of a single reason why the warning sirens need to blare right at start-up, over the car’s start-up sounds, when the warnings are easily programmed to perhaps chime when the car senses I’m underway and I’ve (improbably) forgotten to buckle up.
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I just wander if we program those cars with sit belts different arrangements using BimmerTech code what happen in case of crash/accident bc as I know with my limited knowledge a car computer is recording a last 30 seconds before crash / accident will you have a case to blame manufacturers as you change a setting which was designed by big corporations as BMW to safe your life at that instance? To me is so obvious they can read that as in plane crushes in smaller scale?What you mess up there to not hear a noise to put sits belts right away.I’m old and now I drove a cars without sit belts .In USA I thing low put them in 1956 I think.
 
Rexsio said:
Sell to Carvana they going there for $40000 you pic up a wrong car which so many people LOVE IT !
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Here's an example of the used market, a 2022 with 16,235 miles and they're asking $42.5K: https://www.minisantamonica.com/inv...ric-cooper-se-fwd-hatchback-wmw13dj03n2r35703

But when you plug the VIN (which you can get from the CarFax) in on this page, it's a Signature and the original sticker price when new was $30,895: https://www.miniusa.com/inventory.html#/detail/WMW13DJ03N2R35703
 
tesrivmini said:
Here's an example of the used market, a 2022 with 16,235 miles and they're asking $42.5K: https://www.minisantamonica.com/inv...ric-cooper-se-fwd-hatchback-wmw13dj03n2r35703

But when you plug the VIN (which you can get from the CarFax) in on this page, it's a Signature and the original sticker price when new was $30,895: https://www.miniusa.com/inventory.html#/detail/WMW13DJ03N2R35703
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That's crazy! And the original owner got the $7500 tax credit. That is even several thousand more than my Iconic trim.
 
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