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    Is there a wheel cleaner that actually works?

    Smells like Satan’s ******e burning, but works really well.
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    How to adjust your side mirrors

    The peasants don’t need to know where I am going. 😜
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    Increasing coolant concentration to raise coolant temp?

    On the back of the bottle of BMW coolant, it shows going from 50/50 to 60/40 concentration only increases the boiling point by 4C. Although, the higher the water concentration the better it cools.
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    How to adjust your side mirrors

    Not needed at all if you adjust your mirrors properly.
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    How to adjust your side mirrors

    Except doing this you are loosing the constant peripheral vision to see cars around you without even having to look. It’s amazing how much you can see in your peripheral vision when you pay attention to it.
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    How to adjust your side mirrors

    Exactly!!! The worst part is, many car brands have mirrors that can not be adjusted far enough enough to be adjusted properly.
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    How to adjust your side mirrors

    This is absolutely correct and the way we teach it in advanced driver education. If you can see the side of the car in your mirrors they are WAY THE HELL off.
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    Whats your best driving tip?

    The vast majority have them too far in. They are for reducing blind spots, not for looking behind you. With mirrors adjusted properly, and learning “wide vision” as in using your peripheral vision, you can see a full 360 deg around the vehicle while still looking directly ahead. This is one...
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    Whats your best driving tip?

    If you can see the side of your car in your wing mirrors, they are WAY off and you will have huge blind spots.
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    Dot 3 to Dot 4LV?

    BMW has been using DOT4 LV forever. Good stuff, especially when it hits -30C. Don’t see a problem using it in everything.
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    LG refrigerators without linear compressor?

    Miele or Bosch Benchmark. Buy once, cry once.
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    Hot tire pressure

    From BMW
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    Hot tire pressure

    Well that’s a load of crap.
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    How can you possibly trust your tire gauge?

    https://www.amazon.ca/Astro-Pneumatic-3018-Digital-Inflator/dp/B002PUTC0M/ref=asc_df_B002PUTC0M/?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=706737953463&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8497787715744840965&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9189911&hvtargid=pla-567936580249&psc=1&mci...
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    Hot tire pressure

    When you check the tire pressure on a newer BMW in the iDrive, it will give you recommended pressures based on ambient conditions if the sensors are asleep, or tire temperature when the sensors have woken up by driving. Recommended pressures will be the same as door jamb pressures at about 20C.
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