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Author Barnshaw has seen the light.
Ben G
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2nd Mar 13 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine has washers without xenons.

Looks lovely barnshaw, very grown up but not old fogey in the slightest.
Corsa_Sport21
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2nd Mar 13 at 14:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Possibly written off then, and instead of repairing with proper headlights, just used poverty spec lights.
Ben G
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2nd Mar 13 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably
Firestate88
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2nd Mar 13 at 14:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Weird that it has headlight washers but no xenons.


they might possibly be just blanking plates and not headlight washers, alot of cars are doing it now for some reason
Jambo
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2nd Mar 13 at 16:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Weird that it has headlight washers but no xenons.


Not really.

E36's came in later life with headlight washers and they never had xenons. They aren't mutually exclusive
Jambo
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2nd Mar 13 at 16:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Also E46's have them also, on halogen lamps. It's a German thing
Ben G
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2nd Mar 13 at 16:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
German quality
Corsa_Sport21
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2nd Mar 13 at 16:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think its more to do with owners wanting other road users to think they have the top spec package, when in fact they only have the £50 optional extra. That sounds more believable.
BarnshaW
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2nd Mar 13 at 16:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
surely a headlight can be washed regardless of what it is? my old mondeo had headlight washers ffs
Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
I think its more to do with owners wanting other road users to think they have the top spec package, when in fact they only have the £50 optional extra. That sounds more believable.


Now that's what I call a chip
Jambo
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2nd Mar 13 at 17:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
surely a headlight can be washed regardless of what it is? my old mondeo had headlight washers ffs


My Calibra did also
Ben G
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2nd Mar 13 at 17:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
jealous of our headlamp washers.

tbh, they are crap and spray washer fluid all over the front end of your car when driving at speed. not something i would be jealous of, personally.
ed
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2nd Mar 13 at 17:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I don't quite get what they do apart from squirt the front of your car with water. They surely don't clean that well with no wiper?
Jambo
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I've always thought this. My Clio had the habit of doing it just after I had washed it and got the screen dirty whilst the rest of the car was clean. Hit the stalk and every third go or something the lights would get sprayed and then cover my clean car in crap
Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
I think its more to do with owners wanting other road users to think they have the top spec package, when in fact they only have the £50 optional extra. That sounds more believable.


Now that's what I call a chip


Now that's what i call taking the bait.
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It's more about cost saving for BMW, you will find on the newer ones that a lot of them have wiring and hardware to accomadate most optional extras and that maybe only a part and some coding maybe required to activate it.
Gareth T
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2nd Mar 13 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very nice buy, I do like the look of the estates.
Wrighty
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3rd Mar 13 at 00:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
that interior against the black works really well. nice buy
Graham88
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3rd Mar 13 at 03:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
jealous of our headlamp washers.

tbh, they are crap and spray washer fluid all over the front end of your car when driving at speed. not something i would be jealous of, personally.

Yeah, I pulled the fuse for mine.
taylorboosh
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3rd Mar 13 at 08:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Worth having because it looks cool when your driving along past people
BeetleGav
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3rd Mar 13 at 08:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
jealous of our headlamp washers.

tbh, they are crap and spray washer fluid all over the front end of your car when driving at speed. not something i would be jealous of, personally.

Yeah, I pulled the fuse for mine.


Yeah it's bloody annoying, my bonnet is watermarked to hell, I've started trying to only clean my screen when my lights are turned off,
Guess I shouldn't pull the fuse as I have xenons

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