a quick google search for my "dead heater control panel display" lead me to this thread and I appreciate it as I wasn't even looking at the A/C fuse when perusing the fuses, but low and behold the fuse 48 was blown for some reason this wintry night.
thanks for starting and finishing your thread.

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I swear, my cars are like a girlfriend.
Sometimes its a rough ride, sometimes its smooth motorin'.
Sometimes she doesnt like how i treat her and sometimes i dont like how she behaves.
BUT at the end of the day, she loves it when I am inside her.

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'91 850i
'05 X5 4.4i
'09 Clubman S