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      08-06-2022, 09:20 AM   #89
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A bug will crack/break a BMW window. They need to change how they mfg them. I'm surprised someone hasn't sued them.
Has it always been that way? I've been around M cars since I was 6 and I don't think I recall any of them ever experiencing a crack.
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      08-06-2022, 12:58 PM   #90
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A bug will crack/break a BMW window. They need to change how they mfg them. I'm surprised someone hasn't sued them.
Maybe just lucky but no cracked windshields since 2004.
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I believe radar detectors are illegal in VA and the DC area.... just something to be aware of.
we have cops here that use Laser apparently

apparently can't be detected (as the beam is pinpoint)

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we have cops here that use Laser apparently

apparently can't be detected (as the beam is pinpoint)

any ideas?
They have radar detectors that also detect laser. The problem is by the time it's detected the laser it's already too late.

If you get hit by a laser while speeding... time to pray for mercy.
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Had the same crack happen on my m2.
Take a look at the photos a little bit more carefully. I think you know me better than you may realize!
Hmm. I know Danny from Circle. The pics are blurry and I'm not making any other connections...yet.
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They have radar detectors that also detect laser. The problem is by the time it's detected the laser it's already too late.

If you get hit by a laser while speeding... time to pray for mercy.

The beam of the laser is narrow enough that they can target you in a crowd. The only saving thing is if they target someone in front of you and the detector alerts on some scatter.... but if your alone, get targeted, then it is simply up to the LEO if wants to give you a citation or wait on a larger speeder. Waze + Detector =
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Dang it seems like these windshields are weak af.

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Well, 122 miles in and this happens…
I have been waiting 2.5 months for my windshield for my X3M. Good Luck
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Safelite has OEM allocation, give them a call.
No they don't they order from BMW which is on Backorder now 2.5 months.
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... If you get hit by a laser while speeding... time to pray for mercy.
Instant on radar its the same. Used to be California Highway Patrol (CHP) bought cheap radar units that required a long warm up period ...

[An auto loving late night comedian was famous for jokes about CHP'ers getting testicular cancer due to leaving the radar guns in their laps between uses ... but I digress.]

... NHP was not cheap. I was doing 140 north of Tonopah and got pulled over by a NHP'er in a jeep. I realized it was a "police" car at the same time my radar detector went into angry bird mode.
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Instant on radar its the same. Used to be California Highway Patrol (CHP) bought cheap radar units that required a long warm up period ...

[An auto loving late night comedian was famous for jokes about CHP'ers getting testicular cancer due to leaving the radar guns in their laps between uses ... but I digress.]

... NHP was not cheap. I was doing 140 north of Tonopah and got pulled over by a NHP'er in a jeep. I realized it was a "police" car at the same time my radar detector went into angry bird mode.
Yeah radar detectors def aren't 100% solution. I run mine with waze simultaneously, I think that's about as good as it gets.

Btw did you not get handcuffed being pulled over at 140?
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Instant on radar its the same. Used to be California Highway Patrol (CHP) bought cheap radar units that required a long warm up period ...

[An auto loving late night comedian was famous for jokes about CHP'ers getting testicular cancer due to leaving the radar guns in their laps between uses ... but I digress.]

... NHP was not cheap. I was doing 140 north of Tonopah and got pulled over by a NHP'er in a jeep. I realized it was a "police" car at the same time my radar detector went into angry bird mode.
Yeah radar detectors def aren't 100% solution. I run mine with waze simultaneously, I think that's about as good as it gets.

Btw did you not get handcuffed being pulled over at 140?
That's if they chase and catch you
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Safelite repair Safelite replace!! try them out, you never know.
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I'm on my third windshield in a little over a year. Just get used to it. It will crack again
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I'm on my third windshield in a little over a year. Just get used to it. It will crack again
Seriously? that's not normal … it must be a manufacturing problem with BMW's windshield.
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Awesome thread! Love to read stories like this on the forum. I’ve been waiting for inventory to come in but every time a shipment comes prices are marked up and still sold. Not surprised one bit though here in SoCal.
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Awesome thread! Love to read stories like this on the forum. I’ve been waiting for inventory to come in but every time a shipment comes prices are marked up and still sold. Not surprised one bit though here in SoCal.
Lists are still long for people just to get an allocation. If you're waiting for dealers to have an inventory of M cars to sell, you're going to be waiting for a long time.
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... Btw did you not get handcuffed being pulled over at 140?
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That's if they chase and catch you
No drama. I saw the lights go on, I pulled over. The road I was on had nothing paved you could even call a cross-road for the past or the next 20 miles. There was no escaping. If one did there would almost certainly be a NHP car waiting for you in Austin, Nevada. You can't outrun radio.

The officer walked up to the car and asked "How are you doing today sir?" I said "Ok until now" with a big s-eating smile. He gave me a hard look but I kept a slight smile and kept my hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel until he told me to pull my license, registration, and proof of insurance.

As he wrote me up we chatted about if he drove stock cars at the track in Tonopah (many NHP'ers do; not many amusements in Tonopah). He said "I know there is no traffic out here but you cannot be going that fast. I am going to write you up for 80 in a 70 so it does not queer your insurance" (that is an exact word-for-word quote; not my words, his).

I paid the $135 ticket by mail. I could have gone back and taken traffic school in Tonopah to keep the ticket off my record but I rarely get ticketed and that would have meant missing two days in the office so I just paid the ticket.
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Awesome thread! Love to read stories like this on the forum. I’ve been waiting for inventory to come in but every time a shipment comes prices are marked up and still sold. Not surprised one bit though here in SoCal.
Why don't you just order one?
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... Btw did you not get handcuffed being pulled over at 140?
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That's if they chase and catch you
No drama. I saw the lights go on, I pulled over. The road I was on had nothing paved you could even call a cross-road for the past or the next 20 miles. There was no escaping. If one did there would almost certainly be a NHP car waiting for you in Austin, Nevada. You can't outrun radio.

The officer walked up to the car and asked "How are you doing today sir?" I said "Ok until now" with a big s-eating smile. He gave me a hard look but I kept a slight smile and kept my hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel until he told me to pull my license, registration, and proof of insurance.

As he wrote me up we chatted about if he drove stock cars at the track in Tonopah (many NHP'ers do; not many amusements in Tonopah). He said "I know there is no traffic out here but you cannot be going that fast. I am going to write you up for 80 in a 70 so it does not queer your insurance" (that is an exact word-for-word quote; not my words, his).

I paid the $135 ticket by mail. I could have gone back and taken traffic school in Tonopah to keep the ticket off my record but I rarely get ticketed and that would have meant missing two days in the office so I just paid the ticket.
Not faster than a radio but zero chance they get the plate#

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