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Carly - rip off

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Carly - rip off

Post by H4MP » Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:09 pm

I purchased it costing £65 I didn't realise it won't even let you measure coolant temp without subscribing to a monthly direct debit. Really annoyed, literally has no function out of the box

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Post by Leslie » Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:56 am

Even more annoying it used to be you paid once and that was it , now its a subscription service so you pay every year . :headbang: You don't need carly to measure engine temp you can unlock the hidden menu (see you tube on how to do it ) and it will be on the dash then till you take the key out :driving:

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Post by H4MP » Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:57 am

Honestly I was shocked that it literally has no function.
I'll check YouTube video for hidden menu
A seriously silly thing bmw did by removing coolant temp

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Post by Alan Gunn » Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:25 am

Depending on the year of your car this is the gadget i have in my e90 but will work in any car (diesel after 04).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071KC1NN1/ ... _lig_dp_it

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Post by Leslie » Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:08 pm

H4MP wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:57 am
A seriously silly thing bmw did by removing coolant temp
indeed as its more critical then ever now with a dpf fitted :headbang:

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Post by henrym3 » Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:18 pm

Critical Leslie, but think of all the extra work BMW will get from customers who will overheat and not even know. I would say from BMWs point of view it’s a great idea.

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Post by H4MP » Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:31 am

Yea my previous car had the same problem unlike BMW Toyota diesels have headgasket issues and the affected 2.2 d4d literally every single car will have a headgasket failure. If it isn't head failure its carbon problem which also kills engine
Going back to bmw really poor from them

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