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      10-11-2016, 01:11 AM   #18
MysticBlue
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Drives: '20 M5C, '09 M3 DCT Coupe
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This is an interesting step forward. I would love the ability to do this from the BMW Connected App and maybe this is a step in that direction. I can see how this might be useful, depending on your physical situation. I park outside at work, in a secure, gated area with a security guard, so I would love the ability to start it from the Connected App, both on a hot summer day or a cold winter day. But I am far enough away that the remote fob does me very little good. And with the short range of these fobs, I can't "remotely" start it until I am about 30 feet away... So I can start it about 5 seconds before I would have been there anyway. At home, it's always in the garage. So it's not really much use to me. The only way it will be much use is if you park right outside your place of work or right outside your house or apartment, within 30 or 40 feet. Having said all that, I'm tempted to do it anyway, just 'cause.
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