The new BMW X1 has a heated steering wheel....Of course not that I have been looking at this at all

mcphersonstrut wrote:

The new BMW X1 has a heated steering wheel....Of course not that I have been looking at this at all

Namby Pamby - warm-air toe warmer as well I guess  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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For £150 you can have it on a D4

for a £5.99 pair of wooly gloves you can in a FL2  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Or you could go to Maplins and buy some electrically heated gloves!
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Last edited by Cerdo on 8th Jan 2010 12:20 pm. Edited 1 time in total

OK, OK ....no more please.....I've made a mistake by looking at the BMW site

My punishment is 1000 lines of 'BMW's are c p

@Cerdo

what pirelli's do you have on? My brothers Pzero Rosso are  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Heated wheel was free on my vogue

NP They're Scorpion Zero's. Bargain from Duckworths with the wheels. Had 17 " Goodyear'Ats before, though hard to compare the 2 as we didn't have snow like this last year. Feeling is that the Goodyears may be better, but the zero's are better for general driving. Indus Silver
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His PZero rossos are as if he has no grip at all Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I've just taken a set of Pirelli P Zero Rosso's off my wifes A3 Quattro, they were completely useless. The car was twitchy going in a striaght line let alone attempting a bend. Replaced with some Goodyear Eagle F1's, which seem much better already!

I found a website reviewing them and under snow or ice it said N/A

his dealer has said it should act line that and he is booked in with them to look at it on Monday, they think its the DSC acting up

but when I tried it, I kep revs down and it was still  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

A couple of things:
1. I think all cars do this but you're more able to see it because the space 'twixt the wheel and arch is that much bigger and it builds up more.
2. It'll also be less prone to being broken off - on a low-slung 'carpet creeper', a small bump in the road could be enough to knock the build-up off. You'd have to drive down a damn kerb before you'd catch ours!
3. As someone said, you're probably going out in the snow more than the creepers - I'm certainly the only one who's left tracks in the office carpark....

4. If it's none of the above, who do I call when my car develops a growth?

Can't turn the wheel, hu? It's clearly a design feature: you can use them to lock the front end when you park on a slope!

npinks wrote:

As mentioned in another thread I have noticed the FL2 collects snow behind the front wheels, this builds up so much it hinders the turning of the wheels while stationary.

Thought its not noticable when driving, as the rotating wheel shaves the snow off

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